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*1 OFFICE OF THE All’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Ron. moo wa1t.r
ootint~ Attorney Taflor 0mtnt7
Abilene, Tuar
Dear Blrt
opitllon #or O-130 Ret Artiolr pinion 100. iWe6 to a pidtttitr ore an uuwer 8tituktI8hti with any opitl- a fialll'to~ amt ham been able to un4 ‘ISI the above mum- 8tatUtM.7 authorit 7Otu #be #a. $. bmb optnlon, wa8 unable on thir .quertion. it2 GOtUtt7 &?@rt
8Uit Wa8 rild 38. ~. Citation dtif iuura on the the :citatiolrr delivered to ,Mk* cord for ‘Plaint$ffi lphir Oa8e War l *~8 ib o ket at thi htLugu8t tera 1936 rom.term to tezw l?he rltatlon been ~rrturnea. hunot ,X0 ,anttwer ha8 been filed derandwnt. ib$he 49th'da7 of We, A. D., 8Ut) m8 teQUO8ted Li88ii88ed b7 th@ thir *2 Ron. X800 Walter, p8ge 2
attorne7 o? road ?er phintirr, ma hh ro- qUF8t W?a8 granted and 10 erder entered rimed the JUdse Uaal88l43 the oa8e.
*The termm o? the a0tint7 Court Or h7lor beC;ln N the third Honda7 o? Tebruar7, huaty June, btgu8t, dotobor a&I Deeabmr. April, %mh test oatlnulng until the &Wrb7 preeed- lng the beg5.m~ a? the next tern. The county emu% o? Wflor Mutt7 is never ln vaoatlon but i8 l lnm in 8S88iOn. All ears6 ln uhloh olta- fion h8 been 18med are plaoed on the Judge*8 deoket ?or the om8uin6 turn..
g(l) a done Or mre bw have .pa88ed aa a0 8enloe had 0a the &O?en&nt and no anuer em au8e bo Urri88ed (a8 in raoatlon) rim, b7 the plalntlrr without pa7lng the ire to the Qouatf Judge ?or a ?&ml etier o? ai8po8Itlon?
"(2) ti ~8srrioo ha8 been had 611 the deten- I-t, .au plaUlf?, prior to the beginnIng a? the tea to whloh oitation 18 returnable, and anttwer 18 tiled, bisml88 oaulle wlthout boforo pa* Ju6ge1s fee for flnol order?
*()) 1l L;re 8er~bo i8 had on the 4efuident but no l otlon taken b7 the plalntlft eat tho tea rhleh ritatiea 18 retrirnabla a~& ,110 Uuwu tiled br the Ueiendant, 08n the plafatlfr ub8oquontl7 di8ni88 Wah O&lUe (a8 ill VaOatiOZI) without paying t&o Judge’8 ree ror flaal order?*
Artialo Mb9, RevlAd Civil Btatuter o? Tua8, read8 a8 ?olhm8t
We plainti?? JUT, entor a d~rcontlmmn@o on tho dooht ln raeatloo, In an7 suit *OreIn defendant h08 not l nmueil, on tho paplet that kr4 aoaru4d thweoa,* of all oortr Tom8 ~url8pnadonoo, Dl8ml88al, Dl8oontlnuanoe atd xon-suit, 8oetion 8, pagO 242-3, read r0lm8t
.**Pho plalntlti ma7 enter a diroontSnuano0 on doakot fin raeatloq, in any Nit rharoln *3 Non. BmooUaltu.page tho dleromlaat h8 not. umuod, on the pay- that haro l oorrtqd thereon.’
l ttt Of ui 008t8 "2b18 8tatut0, MO& hi8 bun in l rroat rlth little m3QiriO@tiCm 8iBOe ~0~7 earl7 aIre to plalatlff, upon payment tlm8, or ooot8, an unpualifloa right, if the doton- &ant im8 not sn8wueQ, to dl8ml88 the suit, without l ny l etlw of th e &ag e. No o rao r or wurt I8 aeoe88uy. Bui an umfer ha8 bag rib sd tho malt ~7 not bo Ql8al88eQ in vacation, TN by NtrJ OB the do&et puy&eBt 0r 08t8.
WA8 we hare 8Oen in an l arliu artielo, sntry of a Qlnl88al by an ttorno ia premmed to bo authorlzod. The iollou w otx-7 I ha8 thoreforo been held t0 be 8ttffi0iUtt Rl- thou& the 8ktute stak8thnt the 'plelntiti ma7 ontor l di8o ontinu uno o ou t&o doaket.‘t da7 or ~~~ ~~~ , in vaoatlon. _ "'OB the the defondant8y , tlOt-hatiag UI8W85.d ifatirf8 '. antOr th18 heroin, the plc -- ---_ their di8CNt~uaBOe 1- Nit; all 008t8 that hive SCCtied havh& boen #a14 b7 plaintiff8~
~Itty8. ior Pla5ntitr 8. " m lb turn Vacation* ha8 born aeflnrd In uttty rhmmrr by t&o courts. WO QUOtO tror COrpP8 J-18, 8*0- ti0n 5~. pag08 a8 r0ii0-:
*It ha8 boen raiC%hat word do88 twt harr a fixed ud dofinlto, 6~ a well 88Oor- talaed, rlxeQ,81ngle, pnraryl~, teohnioal retmlq, but that, when Qatermlniag tha mean- lng of the worQ la lyl8lation rrlatlng to the lln8t dopendr UPOB tho pW&JOH, ~8OOpe, OOUd8, 8ubjWt matter, aid the noeu81tyir ,Or the mar- routl~ OLfOUUtUiOO8,’ Of the law in rhioh the *orb 18 U8Od.... Iu lb loeal.or rtrlot toohnloal *4 Ron. Zsoo Waltor, pge 4 8utse, and in re1atl.q 'So oo~rt8, tharora
hum bout 6@fiMQ l 8 meaning Ul tho the, or th8t pedbd 0r time, brtWooa t&e ud as one term NQ the byltmlag of amthar; the Interim eoemeacl~ lmeQlaxl7 af&r oao toa and onding at the wauenolllg of tho next; the time bctw8on trrr. %tt. wrd ha8 boon do8crlbed a8 tho 00rrOlatlre 0r %arr*; that a8 c eenoral rule, md it ha8 been sea raoatlon Imp o rt8 l b8oaoo or power; aa oper- ate8 a8 a ampenmion o? Ul ooatentlour b~8lzm81 xoopt a8 ragarQ8 lafunotlcm8 ad mnttu-8 of orpno7.w
We aall Jour tteatloa tho oa88 o? Amou8i ~8. 8twu8, 83 m u04-5, rhOrO$n the ?bl~Orr$t#& 1Uu&Ue&e u8ea I
*a (Uaaoruorlwj 01~8) Wo call 7our ttantlon to the oa8e 0r cOmaiU8 24 sw (26) 759, wham thr following luquuge z.,ftgl7, : ~laintlfr aid not unilcrtako to ahal th8 oa8o Sn vacation and baforo amearanoe aax as ho might ha~e don0 u&u R. 8. 1925 Art without an order or oourt.
The motion tb ai8- u88 made ftu 8 part 0r defUIdUtIt8 rlu utmwu~a aftor a~uranco day. m NbQU- (In this oa8e tforendmt wa8 8eOriB43 OUl-8) oltad app ar) a0. V8. First t’h8 Oa8. Of Cl’.ftOB ~UoUttila llatlohal Bank ot MequIt I, ~(Tex. CIT. App.) SW 205 ho&t8 that S di8=18ti Of S 6WBi8hMtlt Nit to prior term to whloh writ -8 raturnablo Wa8 di8miutIl in vmatlon. We quote rm8 8aia oa8s ?ollort
"'fhd flr8t pmpO8itiOB 18 that th.
Eon. E80ODWalter, pace 5
diNi88dl ma8 at a prior km or the eeurt and that th e 8ue l cmld not bo 8at a8ido.
except in an l qsltablo etlon brought ?er that JUQO80. ?he rWOl'6 do08 BOt dir01080 whether the o-at7 otmrt a? &8quo Wunt7 in 8088iOn,OB SeptMbU lsth, 1925, or not. -8 The writ of garnl8hat la thl8 oa8e war mad0 nturruble on the 19th da7 Of Ootibor, 1925, uld 4ute ra8 beginning ud. rwlt-ed that U? tile MXt H@lbY tO= Of.:S8id OOUrt. Th* d1mmimm.I andeirmmmiderittlon~rar -tihan?~ .dU8e St :lS&8t WdfUlli.8861 by Ulti'J H tU thi8 on the dooket Sn vaoatlont ,a8 authorized Berl8eQ oiril5tatuter 1925. Art 2669 . a8e t 0 8alQ Ootobk %ea?m 'brln6 aa a poemmae wthlnk tg 0 rotion to set 8ala di8ni88a *r&e -6 rollutate the oa80 00da bo proper17 h*~q rt moh term.” ~WnQ~r8eorlng our81 ! 0~ Novuber hth, 1927, thir dopurttmnt fa an
pimlowaitt~n~~7 Boa:.& eraQ7 QhandlOr, ti818hnt AtttorQO7IkXie~1, daTO88~6 t0 EOlL&t Benton, pIi88Od to the pue?tion rai8ad in 7mr quo8tion 8imilu ;p,; . Wo quete ?r0m thlr opinion as ?eUew8t are ,8dVi806 that Artlolo 2069:prw ~~ .Tid@8 for ~dlsoontlauanor-e? U-.miD WB ~th. hokot
.Sr.~Oab$oni---~nd~ thi8 statuto, ti. piutttirr pa7 all W&t8 ao0ruoa up-t0 thbtlmr. "In moh 0a8.8, It 18 not nroe88ary for the judge to make any ardor ma, therefore, tho 0a8e 18 not rimw7 di8pO806 Of bJ th0 jUdg0, anb, Of OOUr8e, h0 18 not ditha any r0c _
*Therefore, 70~ am adti8Od that 18.7 lottor 0r Jane uth, 1927, intend06 app17 onl7 to 0a808 at a tom of court br that were aid88ed the Judge, ma war not intend06 to appl7,to oa8e8 dbf!i8SOQ under Art1010 2089.'~ or oour8e, after a term 0? wurt op8IU, the plaiatit? doe8 crat hare authorit to dim188 rirtuo o? &tfolo t,tt. oare oan ati bo di8IUi88ed by the jUdt30, it *6 Hon. Bmo Walter, pege 6
i8 in Aleh l a898 thnt. bb& judge uhere he l otually entored -the sr(ik dhai88* Uu oare that ho l ntitha.t0 r r oel~r the roe prorlded for b7 Art1010 2936." (Und~r8wriag 0-h)
We anolo8e horowlth a 00~7 of Opinion No. 0-u Of a8 bpUrtYM&Lt.,
Th*.autborltles upen the80 que8tlon8 are meager. We hare hat l on8lQorable-~Ql?flouft7 in aa8wwlag tb8@ .it %# -the opinion ot-th18 dopartmmt QU08tiOB8T meTor, thSt i) *a8 a8 iBt@BtiN Of tb &@&81&W. ill pU8i.B& Artid@ 2069, ,8QpX-l!, to PXVTidO s 8-10, SBQ rrpeditieur inexpenrlro mthoU whereby l ~plalntl?? am16 Qlaml88 hi8 8alt ua4a -the onQitlos8 outlined by rid art1010 without the aeoor8lt~ of 8oNrlng 8 $udgreat.ot di@88al rr0r the ONrt. owe feel that thi8 8tatuto euld,bo -tmaa An aiT0 ?$OOt 0 OTibBt intOBth Of, Nob -U U theLyiUatuz% We ire thor~rora of opinion that wur flr8t ir tbr. ?firaatite~ 8UfXid guertleB8 rhould be ranrend With rdorenoo to foor %hlr&quo8tluzi, m&or the faOt8 rtatod thOrOin* rou m IW8putidL~J:abTi8~ thet during tam time the dirrml88al mut bo nadr by the Ooomtr Judge and that thr d,l8oontimunoo on the deokot pbintur may be made at mob tfm, it aIlL, 58 I.8 not tm time? of~.tho 00urt.
-8ti.Bg that thfm 8ati8?UOtori.l7 unffW8 pm &+ry~ wb are
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