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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

HonorableJohn C. Marburger countykttoraey Fayette county La Orange, Texas
Dear Sir:

6, 1459, fou mbuit ?or rollowiagpuertionrwhioh

J iu the le*s*r of aah wbloh are out by nl m.laing

thla 8 neomrary to orotm the pubth lar$e truake that haul ramthe mine to th4lr plant

The ear.1 oomwish to buy lloensesoat ir truoka ia order that they may thur amme the publla road.
**-Ia view**  **of** the above faota 5 wbul+ like: to have your oar19 eplaioa $q th4, fbllowfngpue8tloM:

# as?

Emorsble John C. Yarburger,Page 2

"'1. buf May the gravelCo. legally .ldan **snderpess under**  th public ioad 1s it is so oosstruoted that 

### ltwillnot Interfere

with or endanger

the traveling pub110 that wishes to use this pub110 road? 

### "'2. Ii tb8 grew1 e=imnf MT i8gtily,?onrtruot8uoh an enbrrpur will thor be ref&red to reglrterthrlr truake as L8 roqulred by rrtlole

### b693e-2?*g with roferanoe to your tint question. as to the right ot sn abuttlngproprty 01~11~ bdldlng a private underpase under a **road** right-of-way, you lmfer ls your latter tlat the pub118 oan only have an easementla said right-OS-way. PO kuow or no rule or reason th t woellpreventthe county or State from dwning a fee slmple Lnterest ls ths right-or-way. 80 are assuming for purposeOf this OpiaiOn.that tlm publio only 

### ha8an easement In tBs mad **rlgkbof-war.** Nothing In this 

### oplnloo

shall be uonstrued as **grutfng** pexmlsslonfor the oonstruotlunOS raid underpass 8houl6**the** County or State have sn interest 3.n

the right-or-way

otherthan an easement. Luthkgh the County or Stata iej have a bomlinant easement in the road right-of-way, tht title to the lan6 and all profits themstrom, not inOOn8lSt~ with as6 **subloot** to the easement,remain La the owner of tke 8011. Elliott, ln hle work on **Road8** an6 Streets, Vol. 

### 2,4th 

### M., 1142**says:** wSubjeot only to the pbllo easement, the proprietor has all the usual rights and remsdleso? 

### tlm mur of a freehold. Re may sink a crrinbelow the m&ace of the road, it pza~ oare be taken to cover It so that It shell remain *air and aomenlent. &r my sarry water Js pipes under the way, a& he nay mine under 

### it."

m ClutterT. Dar18 et s& 6g 8. W. 1109, the court of clvll appeals oltedwith ev2iatt approval the dootrlne set out in Jahaon v. Rethany, 15 Joinu (If. f-1 

### 449,452;8 u. Dec. 263, whloh reads as fol~8:

*whoa the soverel&a 41tgae8

**a** pobllo 

### right-of-way

uponthelsd ri es lnbIvl6ualEiouorpble John C. Yarburger,Page 3

th8 title 0r the r0m onpu 18 not bft tlngulshed; 

### but la eo quallfled

### thatf$ O~IL only be l

a~oyed,

subjeot to that

l asabant The rormu proprietorstill retainsUs l xoluslve rl t in all -88, ~uar~lefi

+ s~rinbza

oi ww or. timber an& earth **ror** erer -purposenot lnsomgatlble with the **pub1 i**  **0 ~ight-Oi-VW.**  **’** In Starr t. CsmUen,eta., R. B. Co., 26 ft. J. Law, 699, it was held by the Suprme Oourt of Hew Jersey as follornr



### “Thts oarsmeat

(ofa publiehighway) does not ooaprehandany interest in the roll, 

### nor give the publie the legalpossession of 

### it. The rim 0r a treeholb18 not touohed by the establishing or s hi&hray but eoatlauesin the uwnu oi the lad, in the ame mumar t&t it was before 

### thehi&way wed l

stablishe6,

subjeat

### to eaeemant
. This’

prlnolple Is so unlversally reoognlsebthat it would sees to be a work of supereregatioa to olte authorities to sustain its hanoe the 

### owner of the soil may lay water pigee, ass, or other pipes below the surraoe,may ox0evatefor a vault or dig ror mining purpoees, and use it ln ssy other swmer that does not interrupt the free psasage ovsr it. Es retains the full posaesslonof it, subjectonly to the easeme%t

. Es may fell the t8ees upon it, **out the**  **grass, or**  **departure** 

### it.*
In ffoodrlng

v, Torks Townahl;,, 2S Pa. 361; 90 AIL Dee. 134, Chlet **JUstiOe** Lewlfi, &ellrerls&

the oplnlm of the court said:
“A man who owns soil oa *hiOh the

pub110 have a hl#kway has a **right** to enjoy his property in rrery ny that may promote his interestor c~nvsnlenoo, so that he takes oars not to la$ue 

### thepublie saseiwnt


### . 810 uterr tw at allentu h08 loadas, la the msxlm 

### whloh appliesin suoh oases. Ha may out a passage aoross theEonoratilo JoJm C. Uarburger, Paw 4

road ?or th4 puqwer of dralulng his lend, or leeding rater to his mill, beoause the lud la his own, and he may use 

### it for al,1 legitimatepurposes.a
In the Woodrlng 0880, supn, the OauPt‘held that the ?a& owner of a road right-ot-war had a ri t/to eonstruot a aill race under the pub110 road bessuse t lie- ana ma his to use ror all legltimstepurposes so lsng as he 414 not lnfure the publlo l

aee~at. 

### ?or ?uPthet l

### uthorltles

holdingthat the ire owner of a pub118 highway has a legs1right to bull6 a all1 raoe under salb **hlghway,** seo Dygertv’. Sshenek,85 Weudell 445i 38 Am. Dee. 8P5 an& PSrlSy f* ChanUer, 6 Mass. 453i 4 **Aa. Dee.**  189.



### rn Colegore 

### Water

Co.f* HolLyood, 1Sl cal. 4gs; 13 L. 8. A. (a, a.1 904) 90 PaOD105% **the** Court ssyfi~

*The owner 0r the fee or a elty street has the rl -- + t to lay a u8ter pipe ?or Us own use earath the sur?eoeso far es he esn 40 so without lmpsdlng tbr publioass, end, forthat purposemar l xsetate tbr soil, subjeot to suoh~restr~otloss by the msslelpallty as w;U insure the least LntUrUptiOn to the pub110 lasa ant.m ks seen In the Colegrove ease, mUpa, the owner of the See in a highway ;ray

have to obstruot the road tenporarlly in order to lay a pipe aoross tht road. This teporary obetmetlon la not suoh aa can be prohibitedas an laterferenoe with the pub110 la aemut

. The editor of 13 L 8. A. (B. S.) ls a DOta to the Colegrove oaae, supra, et page QOS, seyr :

“It la a rule very generelly ?ollaed by all of 

### the oars8 that, where the 

### sssership of the ?w Is lo the abuttin OwamT, or in anyone other thw the publio,ths pub110 ltselr has but a mre easemeat, an4 oennot prueat the we OS the property under the surrase by the owmr o? 'tha fee. ima even a mar* tuwrary laoonvenlesn to the publla,,

rush as a pU%lS1 an4 tamporery ob8trPOtlOaof the U@wa~, b~th4 owner or the 

### roe; has beenheld not ts ke.

Bonsrsble John C. Yarburger, 

### Pay S

Th* editor or 1S L. R. A. (l?. 9.1, supra, oontlnues.~

‘%I speaking of rho rl&ts possesse4 br cup abuttlqgam&r, whlsh may be used to 

### irpalr

somewhat sad for a time the rights of tlm publlo in a highway, the Court, In 

### Clerk

1. Fry,.8

OhioSt. 38s; 98 AIS, D&o.SQO,said: 

### 'SeI, also, the 

### lqmo~eaent,

or bulLdln6,or ropslr 0s houses, en4 the eonstruetlea 0s seworsa oellars aad brains, oa 44jaeent 

### l&s, 0rtu ereate neoessary **tesporuy** bp8ai

### meats on publlr hlehwsys. These are not laraslona**of, but**  

### filmp4 inOl4eJit

to, 

### or t-ether uuali?lastlos,s

or, the rlght-orusy trenslt; ths llaltatlonupon them 1s that they must not ke uaaeoessarllymd unreasonably lnterpossdor prOlon&sd'." suoh a 

### wrongto thepub116 as mey be prevente4by in$motlon.~

In the case of Tom of Olenooe v* Red, 101 H. W. 

### 964j69 L. R. A. 901, the 8uprems **Court** a? MinnesQfsuses the r0ii0rlng isngrug~: l Xt la quite evident iron the trend of Amuloan deolsloas that the only lfmftatloa 

### uponthe 

### rlixhts of tho ouner or the Isa to ooatrol end use the loll an4 other nstursl 4epo8lt8 wlthln the llmltr of the hi&way is that suoh use shell be eoaslstent dth the full enjopant of the publio ea8emant .” Othsr oases holding the ssqe dootrlne might be oltrd, bat the rule that the **uwner** of the &and apoa uhleh a pub110 roe4 is laid out hsr the eroluslto use of the soil, eubjeot to the l

esement of the right o? travel lo the publie, ea4 the laol4ental

### right Of keeping the highway Is properMpslr ror the use of the pub110 is so wsll establlshe4 that tho oltatloa or othsr authsrlt~ss

### la not ae8essnry~

**via** eonoluae that the les8eo **of** the (brave1 

### pit**abutt** 

### ingon the oounty road, 

### with'the p,irmiaslou



### a? the owner

ofBononblo John 0. Urburgor, Pap g

the foe in the road right-of-way, ban lrgal~ bull& ur.imdrrpa88 un&r 8al6 county road if it 18 0 oomtrwtn$‘tbat it will not intorferowith or 

### l ndangrr the trarelln~~p)lbllo. The Cod88ion0r8* Court woulg havr autborlty to rup0rn80, in a roa8onablamannor, the **oaa8truotlon** of th* **ua&oQ&88.**

You lnqulrmfurthor a8 to the naoo8ilty of nglrtering motor r&lo108 under thr pro~irloarof Art1010 6g78a-lb, Vornon*r Annotate& Statutea, ia ordw for raid rohlolrr to orou unbr a ootmty road br war or aaig undorparr. Artiolo 667&-mpra, road@, in part, a8 follou8;

Vvery ownor oi a mtor +ohio&r, trailer or real-trallorrued or to **br** uwd upon the pobllo h&huay# of thin 

### State, an& l aoh ohauffeur, #hall Apple .eaohpar to 

### theState Hi&hwarDepartadnt **through** tb Countr Tax Collrotor of tha County in whloh ho nrldrr for the regiirtratlon of eaoh 8uohh+r~hll10 owned or controlledby him. Artlolo 6678a-1 **(a), Vernon'a~mnotatod**  **Statutor,** dofiner a pub110 highwar a8 follor8a

m*Wbllo lilgbua~* 8hall inoludo any road, mtraat, way, thoroughfare or brldga in thlr Stat0 not prltatoLy ownod or oontroll& for the uae.of rrhiol08 **oTar** rhioh tha Stat. haa iOgiBiatiTO jurirdiotion un6em it8 poll00 pOllrem

It 18 plain **that** 0110 who **oro88u** under a oountr road **? a**  **Dritdo Ufl6OrPaD~**  **ir DOt**  **u8iDg** 

### l **ndtor TOhi**  ***u**

-fE **tat.".** WI ~onollld0 that aotor T0

_ &irtrrad undrr proTi8lonmof Artioir 6678a-8, ia;-toor088 under a oountr rod br war of Bald prlTat. URb.ma88. Tour8 **rerf** tmlr

Olrnn B. trri8 ATTOEKEiHk'

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