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*1 d I b OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN teaoe froa th6 road- r6novo6 tha prop6rtpowaer8fi It aouaty’r obl&etlon rebuild

wa 8a d ha00 ?or laid property owa6r6, Or IAO;~~ I' Oondition 68 it W66 ktOr8

f$$good b6 L

2L4 Don 3. IXrkrr, Face 6 pnorabl6

oatiOIl FrOOeOdi~, FU.WhtNJ~, OOntX'-t Ol- otherwire. Seotloa 17 of Artlole I of the st6t6 COli6titUtiOll

prides thata

"h'o pemoa'8 property shell be taken, dam- aged or dertroyed for or applied to pubUc uee

without odb~u6t.s oompsnsatloa being Imae, unl8ss by the coneeat awh~pers~nj and, rhea taken,

8xOeFt for the U8e of the 6tate, 8UOh 00XZIp8ll66- tion rhall be first mnde, scoured by a de-

posit of money; and no lrrevooabla or unooatrol- lab18 @3r& Of 8p601Q1 5W1irir6&38 Or iEEUUllitiO8, 8hall be nadei but all prlrlle@e and franohi8es ~ra.ntOd by the L.e~lslature, or oreated under its authority shall be 8ubjeot to the control thsr60f.m

we quote iron Texas JurlS. Vol. 16, p. 994, 08 Sol- 1-1

*In other jur~sdiOtion8 there 16 a OonfliOt of authority upon the question OS the right to recover the costs any renmol of bull&n&@

ilnd rences as a separ& item of damme, aok

mthoritlee holdlry: that thla Co8t l6 merely (L iaot to be oonsideied ln drtetiniry: the de&w

clatlon oi the land by t&la&. In T6xa8,

while all authorltlea qree that the Jury nay

tske aooount of Ssct that the rsnoval OS 6tru6- tures 18 neoersitated by the Condenn6t~on of

part oi traot, some deci6loM appear to ln-

diaate that ruch dam&e Maya not be awarded air a a rerdlct is 8epsrate item, but other6 hold t&t not objeotlonable for the sole rea6on thst the OO6t Of rerntal Of 6trUOtW68 tlpp6m8 66 6 dlstlnot and rerdiot.

Vhe 8ubstantial point involved is that, under the eneral priaolpie o? the law of &am- ages, % 6tFUOtiOIl8 lU3Oey not ba 80 dram a8

to permit a double reoorery. The dsfendant is where, on an award inoludlry an lt6m

protooted for remral or 8truatwe6, it 16 made clear that the generul item for depreciation exolude8 .eeparste item6 mentioned. A fortiori, where a

8il@O 8m awarded ror all depreolatlon in- eluding the cost removal of stNQttme6, nn

Bonorablo Doa D. In8truotloa conrider soat .* __ reamring

of depraolatloa 18 not objeotlonable either a6 permit t1 a doublr or a8 being a oharge Mootery oa the ve of ovldeaoe. %t

"On other band, Inrtruotlorrs are objso- tlonable a8 allowIng a double recovery where the jury are oharged oonslder ovary Saot and air- omuIt.ance of evidence In a88esslng the deprsola- tlon, and then, by a further lmtruotloa, are directed to oonslder the oo8t of t0mofa.l and re- ereotloa of fence8 .w See the aa8e6 of W$'6S TS.

LfoLaIll, 100 S. Ib'. 802; city Of San isntonlo t8.

Fite, 224 9. E. 911; Ft. Forth and D. 5. P. 1.

Company ~6. Judd, 4 S. W. (26) 1032; Central Fewer and Light Co. ~8. Sillacy County, 14 S. 8.

(2d) 102.

No 6peoIflo 6a8wer to the aborementloned question could apply to all of the tt a688 which might be Involved In right-of-Way for road purposa8 and the rebulldl~ aoqulring or replaoing of fen008 for the propemty ovrner8, but each 0~186 would be 60Yemed by it8 own facts.

Where right-of-way 18 acquired by purohase, contract or otheruI8e except by oondenmatIon prooesdIng8 an¶ the con- 8truotlon or rebuildlag o? the fence 16 the vhoie or a part of oQn6IderatIon for tuoh new right-of-way or addltlonal right-of-ray reaured by tlm oounty, then the oounty would be obligated to carry out It6 agrement With the landowner regard- ing the rebuIldinp, oonstruatlon of the fenoe acoording to the oontract or egreepent had between the parties.

In the oa8o of ?!orrI6 VII. Coleman County, 28 S. F. 380, the court 8aidt

We thiok the item In the acoount for cost of of danIa688, fenoe, a8 a 4istinCt fire miles via8 properly stricken out. The question la, what additional burden was put upon land aifeoting its value by opening the road7

If 6UCh a6w or additional ri ht4f-way I8 acquired by oondsnnatlon proceedings, then the 'j udgmmt the court would oontrol .

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gonorable Don D. Parker, Page 4

Trustin% that the foregoing answers your Inquiry, m remsin truly

YOUr8 very ATTO?JE!f GENWJ. OF T2iX.S By t&fQQflL tide11 7illlIam A8SistElLt COMMITTEE A r.4