Case Information
*1 31 OFFICK OF THE AlTORNKY GENERAL, OF TKXAS’ Honorablr Fred Uorrh
county Auditor
Polk county
Llrlagrton, T-8
oopy OS a O-en
Pipe Line corpo
OI and erected telephona e publla ronda oi Polk 3omo of thaar new hose new looatiaue. rtw yards from thd old looation8, but * weta neosoeary.
About Daawabor, 1928, meld OOrQOrotlOn preesnted : ’ Polk County with an aooount raprersnthg the OOI!& neO~at3itated by tha above mentioned work. The oomt&ai arm’ Pourt pasred “i an ardor that the i3am be paid but tn6 a*d tar ramad to the warrant, and to data fh0 8OTporatlOn &8 not reOeiVed rip *2 Y c s ., -. [32] Honorable Prod Horrla, Page e
my compensstlon but now demands that the eooount be pald.
The preaont mmaJealoners 9 oourt at a rsocnt nertlng ra- eolndod the fox-mar Order OS said oourt pasrrd by their preda- ose6ore orderin that the sooount br
paid. Unasr the nbovo aantloned faots ycur orlglna1 lngu&y prosantrd the rollcuing quostlont
mPleaso abvlsa, as to your oplnlon, as to nhethrr X$~o~~nty maa Bhell Fipe Line Oorporstlon anything And in answer to the abbvs in our original Oplnlon ao. o-2408, it was hala in effsot that the oo!mIsslonors~ oourt 0f Folk RN&y had no authority t0 pay the olein.
Under tha,iaats &&ted in the orl~lnnl requeet It ma arsumd that the above =rontlcnal oorporatloa #OS ocaetruot- ina and rumin@ its 21~0 lines under axlstlng pub110 roads.
nowever, under the aatual Santa Sresented to this Depertront the said oorporatlon hod right-cl-uey deedo for ell the pips in Polk Oounty and the new blgbwoys orossed the line laid right-or-way ot the said corporation at several dittsrant plaoea, due to the oonstruotion of the new hI&hways, the aor- poratlon was foroad to lower and ease lta lines in oo~nyllanoe and law, end at no point alone; the with the Stats rs@.atloas pip line did the now highway usa the old highway right-Of-TfCW.
It la a rundameatal yrlnoiple ot law tbat pxlvnte property ohall not be taken ror a publia uee wlt.hout l ddquate oozi~ens~tlon, And that no peraon ehan be deprived Of his ?rO- party mxoept by duo ooursd OS law. Werefore, vre axe of the opinion tb?rt where ths state has permitted auoh oorporatlon as above mentlcaed to ersot and oonotruot its ll~nes under and l o r oac pub110 ronas, and where tke oounty requires tbe addl- ticnal rlp,ht-of-wey ior new highways or pub110 roada cvor and aoroea the private property of the above mentioned oorporatioa, for thr srpenso the county would ba llnbla to sold obrporntlon of aaslm said lines and burylnl: thein et a proper Cegth. Y:o Wink that our Opinion No. 0-2274;end tha authorities olted is opgllaable therein t0 the quastion here Under OOnSidaratiOn and w~oiotm a aopy of the sane ror your oonvenlsnor. our orlg- 1~1 Opinion Uo. 044OII 18 haroby withdrawn.
Trusting that ths foregoing fully answars hour lm&rF, II) are ; Yours very truly
APPROVEDOCT 9, 194Q tiLLA& .w
A&&$RNEY GENERAL 0% TEXAS .