**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 



### Hon. Jay Sam Lsrey **haslstant Iliatrlct**  **Attorney San**  **Antonfo, Texas**  ibar Sir: 

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Opinion 

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# *4 Be: Reatsslty of reglstr sr the as~sme statute. This ~111 a of April 2S, of this Departa use ai th@ foil thsusersthsre tutr of ths.ssh

1, taQ by XugeQ t oi.your atter v ior UQ oplnlorl 

### or 

### ornotthe UnQ r4qulrM USmlnaQ nune etuion (owned 8~6 **opaa** 

## Mruk6t **(4nmeul~ uml**  oporakd

and o&iteQ **by JO&I** 

Statutes oi Texas,

shall aonduot 

### or trausaat **State andor**  **any amnmeQ**  **y deshpation**  **name** otyle, rwiae othdr &an t&e real nume of eaah lndivldttel mxkdaating QC transt aoting suoh buslnese, unless suoh perrrcnshall file in the oitioe of the **oounty clerk**  **of** 

### the counties In 

### uhloh suah parson eonducts,or trm!wuo%~or lntenba 

### kr 

### &ndrlat or 

### truQM4ot suoh **business, a**  **certificate setting**  **forth the**  name under which auoh bus.afukss Is-,or is

### Hon. Jay Sam Lavey, Kay 9, 1939, Page 2

to be, condwted qrftransactsd,andthe 

### true full nme or n&-es of eachperson conducting or transactingthe sane,with the post-offloe address of each. Said ccrtlficateshallbe ~executedand duly acknowledged**by** 

### the persons so conduotizqor intendinsto cond:lot said business in the mannerprovided for acknowlaigment of conveyanae0r real estate." hrtic1.e1067 and 1070, Penal Code of Texas 1925, couatitute the 

### penal provielone ror the violation of Artiale 5924, supra.

A aareful examination of the authorities does not reveal that our Texas courfishave established anj rule for the determlnatlon of what constitutes a vlolation .of.theassumed name law.



### The oourts In construing 

### statutes sisilar to th6 &as statutes have looked to,the leglslatlve Intent bo- %ind the passage of Push 

### etatutmb The Court of Appeals of Xentuoky In the Case oS **Warrea** Oil drGas Company **VS.** Gurdmr, 212 SW 455, says:

*The objeot of the 8tatute is to ena@le the public, as wll as those rho deal.with the eonaern, to asoertain definitely who Is the person or persons behind the.buslness in ease 

### litigation arimm. The 

## statute18 

### a part of the public polig OS the state and aas in- ",;;;fap proteot and sais@lard the rights of.

.- 

### This statcnnent

~ofthe purpose ot a similar statut6 

### was likewise announoed ln the aase ofAame Drilling **company ‘** **~8. Goman**  **011 Syndioate,**  **249 ITIf** **1003.**

**The aourt**  

### said or a slmllar statuteof Montana In the case of Canonioavs. St. George, 208 Pao. 609:

*The objeot of the statute Is to prohibit persons from conoealingtheir ldetity in their business transactionsunder the cloak or assumed or fiotitious nsmes; If the identity is not dis

### closed In the name or designation employed. then it must be disclosed in the publio reaordprovided r0r that purpose."

### Hon. Jay Sam Levey,Cay 9, 1939, Page 3

The public, in dealingwith a 

### corporation,can ascertain the netura o1 + the ornanlsatlonand can obtain sufilclent 

### datawith respect to the partieswho compose itupon which to predicatea suitby 

### inquiryof the Secretary 

### or State. 

### The Legislature, In Itswlddom,passed 

### the assumed na?e law for the purpose of requiring all 

### individualsand or@nizatl@ns, other then coyporatlons, 

### to rile Informationreflectln(: the ownershi?thereofwith the county clerk of the county inwhlah such Individual or organizations conduct business, in the event they oper**ate** under any but 

### *the real name of eaoh lndl~ldual.~

The test ofwhether or not the assumed **nuwa** 

### mde the **basis of**  **your** lnqulry must be reglstetreda6 required by Article 5924, aupra, must be whether 

### or sot the names as adopted sre auiricient 

### to t the publla upon nothe as to the party or partlea Amth whom they are dealin& CALIthe public be required to walk into one 

### or these p&Soea or buslaeaa and 

### inquireas to the true owner6 thartif be&ore being able 

### tomert &mm eaua~ at aotion? In so doing, what asaursnee does the pub110 have that they ere befog furnlahed the oorreat lnformstion? The answer la apparent that the publia hsa the right to 6Mk **anad obtain**  lnformstion 

### fromaow reliable aouroe 66 to the owner~.of~a buslneas *th whleh It does buaine66.

It is therefore, the opinion oS thla 

### Impartmutt am3 yun sre 60 advised that none or the names aubmltted are anfficient to put the pub118 upon notioe as to the true owners thereof and each should **be** reg%stered under 

### the~provislons



### 0rArtiole 5924, anpra. Trusting that this auffiolently snawers your 

### inquiry,we are very trulyyours



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