OFFICE OF THE ATIORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

5morablr I4art1 T&N, Adalalrtratm 

hxar Liquor Gontrol Beard 

Aurtln, Taxar 
Eonorablo Ekrt Ford, p&g8 2 

“‘If upon hoarlng u&m the ~tltlon ot 

any epglloant rm a 1108118@~, the Oounty 

Judge rinds the faote atatrd therein to bo 

trur and has no other j.arful mason for danying the applloatlcm, hr ahmar an ordrr so oerti?yIrlg, and a oopr of Mid ordrr 

shall ba dslltlrod to the applloant; * (Urdrraoorlng ours) 

“1. Upon what ground cay a Oounty 

Judge rrfum a lioana~ under the manIng 

of the tmm *lawful roamto*, as ths t tarn 

is usurd In tha ebore-quotad atatuti? 

“2. May a lianaa bs d8ni84 for any Of 

~~llw;aona r0r *Iah a l+nar mar ba oan- (I 

1. Our oplnlen Is thab In aa* th8t th8 

Ooanty fudgr ahall irrur a lloansa *ii apan hearia 

upon tbr patltim ot aw epplioant for a llaonn, the 

CoUntJr Judgr finda tha fa o ta ltataU thanin to be true, 

#and has no other lawi\ll raaaon ior Uansln& tha ap~llouI 

iId% 

” gh L $16 lnuaUUb tha undrraoorrU 

to r3f2ti &Zll&~. pr:Y%aions of thr aam 

l aotlonr (A~tIola 667-6, V.C~GW*S Panal @ode; Acite, 1937, 

45th La@alaturr, Oh. 448, ~aoatlon 49) 

“If upon hearIn upon the prtltim o? 

any applloant ror a llarnar thaw Gouaty Judge 

finds any raots atatrUtborain to k untmua, 

tha appllaation ahall ba d8mIrdt ax&l It 

shall ba anffiaiant oausa for the Ooanty 

Juaa to rafuar to grant any llaonae 

when he has mason to balie~o that tha applioant will eonduot hia’buainaaa or callIng berr at retail In a mennor oontrarv fo 

$aw or In any plaor or JWXWSE oonduciro 

to riolation of, the law, or likely to Pasult in any jeopardy to tha paago, mrd.8, 

health, or aafstp of the gmaral publie. . .” 
In our opInIon, a wlaw?ul reaaoxP for danyiag the applIoat Ion for S llanae, undar thr texaa 

o? the formgoing atatuta, muld be any faot or faota 

hoard in l rldanoa by the County Judga whloh wwld 

&ITS reasonable baa18 ?or a oonalualon tMt tha agpliosnt will oonduot his buainraa of arLlIng brrr at rotall In a manuec contrary to lew or lu any plaoa or 

manner aonduoiva to ololatlm of tlw law, or llkolf 

t4 nault In any j00paray to the poaoo, morals, 

bralth, or aaroty o? th8 ganoral publlo. The authority 

to dany ttm liornaa on auah ground is of courao In addition to the ,~authOrity to drny thr 110anaa whhara tb 

C$un~“,~~: rinds any ?aota $tat8d in tha l pplioatlon 

. 

Our opinion fr that a liouxr mty br 

brnla4 onl; 08 th grouadl sat forth in. Art18la 667-6 

Vmnon~a Tonal Coda, a# ~rounda tir refnalng a litma;. 

Eowwor, wa or11 your rttaatIcPn to tha faot that 2~ 

ma08 Inatano*a, v&at IO a ground for 6uiying a lioanra 

is algo a ground ?or ornorllsg a liaonm, Aptlolo 667-6 

prorldoa that a lloanar aaJr be bnled if tha ?a068 l ta to d 

In tha applloatioa arm iowttl not to ba trua. Talar 

l tetu~nta in the ~applia8t&m ara alaa, a &rouad ?br 

oanoaling thO lloqnaa under aubdlririon (6) o? Artiolr 

667-19, Tha rtataunta rrquIrr& to ba in the applioation ara rat oat In Ar6101.r 667-5. Tho NquIruanta of 

a rrtaflar*a application under aubdlrialoru (41, (51, 

(6) and (7) of Artlola 667-5, aqrreapona to thr rounds 

?or mmarlige a llornar art out In Sub~lvialom 7 m) 

and (8) of ArbIBla 66749. The naainlne lbroundr 

ror oanoallatIon sat out in Artiolr 66749 rrlatr 

generally to thq operation o? his buoiaaaa by a ltaoaaeo, 

an4 would ham ao appliortlon to a ‘person who her nob 

pnrfously had a llornaa. T? a psraon bra prorIoual~ 

obtainad a llornar and hem rSOlato8 asay o? thr pradSIOM 

o? AptIOle 66749, in wr Opialni~n auclh YIOlatfMS 04016 

be oonaldored by th County &%ddgS in detoxv~ining whethrr 

the nquialta atatiom~nt In his appliestim that ha ti 

a “law ebidlag” oltlxrm Is true, and ln datmmInIn6 

whet&x thr appllant %I11 oonduot his bua5maa a? 

selllag b*or at retell fn a mannar oontnsry tb law Or 

In auy plaoa or manner oonduolrr to a VI0~tlOu O? tha 

law, or likely to result iu tang joeparity to the praoo, 

m0rsla, bralth, or safrtf or the ganaral publio” under 
1.4 

Bonorabla krt Iord, page 4 

tha prorialonti 02 Article 667-6. To thlr extant, wa 

beliava that the raafmzm ?or whloh a lIooas@ may bq 

oancalrd my also be grounds ior whioh a ~iaenrr my 

be danlad. 

%a make the furtlw stetrrsnt and ask quratltmn thereon n5 fbllmar 

nFh4 Taxno Liquor Qcmhrol A&, .Qatfon 

6, rirtlolr IX theme?, proridaa Is apart as 

fbllous I 

**I? upoa haarin 

any rpplleaat for a !I 

upen thr patltioa s? 

1 oamo the Gouaty &&a 

tInUs any ?eot~a data tr6 themin $0 ba 0ntm4, 

the appliaatlon 8hoU ba danis sml 1% ahall 

be ou??IoIant bawa ror tkaovln i 9 Ju4ga to 

ro?aaa to grant any l1oanso u&an ha ha 

reason to b#iIr~e thut the agplioant will 

oondrrot~a buaInoaa 01 ~1lIag bow ,a6 r& 

tall in a ‘ddlnnar ocatmry to law or In any 

plsoo or maanar OonduoiYa to rioletl~n of ‘thr 

law, or li!mly to rcao3.t In any jrop~~dy to 

tha p811c8, morals, health, or rafat of tha 

gtmaral publio,* 03n~raoorIu~ ours f 

“1. Under tha term *reason ,to bellerr, 9 

would the t%unty Judge be penitta~ to ta- 

?URS a ~Iaaaa upon mattara wIthIa hla puaonal knuwlr dga , 81~ doss ha hare to baaa hla 

raamna for suuh refusal upon ~rldrn~o introduoad boforr him U~QR the hoarilu$ held to datermins whrthrr or net the ll~aaa~ rhould k 

grcr nt@d? 

riphti2& ift~~:~~~~~?~~t~~~~:o~~*~ 

r loostfoa whara tlnare ir rridaaoa ?&at the 

particular pleoa for w&ioh thb Uauiar la 

sought is OM of $.Ll raputr as to &unkannaao, 

preriou5 ooadt4ot of patwwm, t&a gnatia of 

Immoral aota; that it br 00ngtitut8a a 

hi&way trafflu hamwd~ or that It Ita oth*Twise a plixor, br roatsoa of iti 

r 

at rouorfla, 

uondlurlrr to rlolrrtlona of f&is ow and 1?$- 
Honorablr Bart Ford, png@ 5 

sultine in jeopardy to 

Of the ocinmunity? 

cha nmmla, pea88 adl hralth 

1~6 ~“,‘kion 8 liooasa whora it 18 ahowa that 

18 tho Countf su4ga warrantad in rafuathat partioular perron ha in tha peat barn a 

violator Of #a lipuor lam InI thet hi8 part 

aotlona and p88t OaMoot an auoh that ahm ha 

ha not baaa a paraoa v&o raapaota or obap th 

lan ln gaaaral? 

“I. Would tha County Judp,a ba warrantad in 

rafualng a parson a lioanaa whora it la ahown &at 

hhat partiaul6r person haa eomal8tad rota oontraw 

to public aaoano ard rata ubihioh raaulta4 ia jaoparay 

to the morals, hi alth, 

pablio? 

praoa or rfrtr of tha (ranoral 

In granting l aah 1108~88 

or in a Judioial oapoity? 

*b. Gould the coono~ Jacl&a oonaid*r upon 

a hearlag to datannLnr rdrath8t or not a li#n~ 

alamla ba ~raatad, 8fr~avitia oi parthat iaata 

aa alrotmtaaasa, ma %a the aaaa In ~rinirtrativr 

haerl~a) or ia the UoanQ Judge oaly allawad to aonaider upan auoh haariry mat0ara mad thiaga iatraduoad 

in aoeerOama with tha ruler of l vltdaaaa raoognlsad 

%a the aourta of law? 

“7. W&at legs1 wal&t ia to be givwa by tb, 

Oeuaty Judge to tha ra eomaaadatioaa meda br &ha 

Dhtrlot a County Attoraa~ or the Shariif of the 

o~oa8y, and the Mayor a& chid of Pollea et any 

inoorporatad aitl or (ia*n whrrela Cha l pplioant 

for lio~~aa propoaaa to ooadwt his buslaaaal or 

* by a rapraaaatativr ot tha Board, and Weld It 

bo m~barial whather a~ah rraomeaastioaa uara ma68 

In writing or by oral tartlmomy; would mob reammendlstlona br suffioionc to mrrant tha Cottabl Mga 

la raffieing aaah lianaa? 

“8. If auah moammendatioaa era not aurfloi0at 

CQ werrent a refural baa*4 upcf4 raoomaaadatkwba oi 
&,zmrsblr Bert Ford, page 6 

law, than what 18 it naeaasalg to add to 

euoh recommon6atiorm in order to gtvr tham 

eufficlent might to juetlip R rsfuaal?m 

Our mower to tha qusstlons atdtea above 

are a8 rommi3: 

1. !&a Oannty 3utlga wctlld not be pamittad 

to refuse a liwnas argon mattrra wlthia his I;rrecmal 

ktiowl s&y, 

hesritq, 

not disolored br rvl&mcr prod~cad at a 

but wuld hevr to barr his ruasoua fbr such 

rafussl upon evibeno8 (stroduoed at ths hrerlq halA 

to datsraiue whcthar or noa the 11aanaa ahould ba 

granted. Article 667-6, Vamm*s Penal Co&, agaolfioally provldaa that notion of I) hasring shall be given aad 

that a hearlug shall be hald by the Oount Ju&ga. Oar 

ai the purposes of thr hrarine, evldsntlp i 8 to eftord 

the oppliannt an opportunity to know rhat evl~anoo ia 

~ffarud @sInat hla and to rrplain or to rebut auoh 

l vlda no a b y svidNw8 o f his o wn. This purpwe till be 

dafaatrd if U-MI County JIlllga la 3rrmlttad to deny 

the application upon metare not aiealoeed at the haariw. 

“1% Is ricw a wall settled rule, catablishad by numm!aa daalnlona in thla and 

other 3urls4icbicns, that orders of en 

edmloietrntiva @car&, to be valid, muat ba 

aupported by subetaatlal cvidanos introduoed 

at E hceriug befora the board. Abaant suob 

oubs2antitil supporting ~atldsnoa, such orders 

are arbitrary, unreaaouable, en8 basalaaa.~ 

A oruaparabla aaaa ia the United Gtntrs supnma 

C0ur.t ia Xnt*ratatr aOBIQF8Q Comlasion V. Loulavllla 

au& Bashvilla RallrOa~ C 0. t mu. s. 881 91, 91, ia 

whloh the aourt sajral 
Honor able Bert Ford, pago 

(at PRF:(I 91) 

7 

“But the statute8 dove tlm right to 

a fall hearing, and that oonferred tha 

prlrllagr of lnttoduo 

9 

tretlfaony, end 

et the earn8 tire iinpoor the dcty of dooidlng In aooordanoe with the faote protad. 

A finding wlthout eridoooe le arbitrary 

end bserlaee. And It t&r Ogternaent*e 

oontrntion la oorreot, it would IUQ that 

the Comaleeion had a power poserreed by 

no other ottloor, a8mlnletratlre body, ox 

tribunal under cur ~torzimant. It w0ttia 

meaa that when rQht8 drpmd8d upon fade, 

the Comaieelo~ aould dismgard all rule8 

of etld~noe, and oaprlolouel~ malcr flndinge by adminletretite rlat. i&oh authorlty, howrrar bearflowtly sxmraimd in 

01y oaee, oculd ba injurloa~l~ rxrrkd 

In another; Is inc3onaletent with rational 

joatloe, and 0ome8 undw th8 Conetltutlon~r 

oondrnnatlon OS all arbitrary l xeroler of 

p0wer.’ 

tat &a 93-94) 

The @onrmrient further lnelrt8 the% 

the Uoamrw Aot (36 Sat. 743) rrqulror 

the Coade8lon %O obtain inforntation ned88- 

rsry to 8nabla it t0 perfOrm the dU%irs aad 

oerry out the objrOt8 f0r WhiOh it We8 Ol-WbOd, 

and hating bren &Inn la$ie.latiro powar 80 

mekr rater It aan eat, 88 cmuld aCU3$X’688, On 

euoh lnfomatlon, aud therefore It8 finding 

must bs preeuaed to bevr barn eupportrd by euoh 

lnformt ion. even thou&h not fomally protad at 

for manliret~r thrrr Ii ii0 hearng whsn tha partr doe8 not know what rridanoe 

18 ofrrmd or 00mdar6a ma is not gmni 

opportunity to teet. exvlaln, or miutr. The 

‘information gathered under the prOYielOW of 
18 

Honorable Bert Ford, peer 8 

812 may ba need as baale for instituting prosaoutlons for vlolatloae of the law, and for mana 

other purposes, but le not ~vellabls, es euoh, 

In meem Hera the party Is entitled to a hear@. 

The Commisalon is an edninlstrstiva body and) even 

atera It acts in a quasi-judl clall cepaolty, is not 

limited by ths,~strlot rims, r)s to the sdmisbibillty 

of evidaziob, whloh prrrall in suits betwsen private 

pertie 9. I&t. oom. come. v. l3ai.B.q 194 u. 8. 25. 

But tb6 more lib~aral th6 praotioo In admitting 

taetlmony, the man lmpsratlvr the obligation to 

pr6esrve the essential rul68 of sridenoa by which 

rights em aseerted or defended. In suoh oases the 

Commieeionsre cannot klot upon th6l.r own lnZ@rmetlou 

a8 OQula jurors ln~LJrlmLtlvs days. kll pertlee 

muet b6 iWly, apprleed~,of the svidenoe subrmttsif 

or to be ccneidered. ~~and,muat be givsn opportunfty 

20 croae elunlne wltne8858, to lnagect documsllbe 

aaf. to offer evldrngs, in exglamtloz or rebuttal. 

h no other wep can ‘~8 party. .maZntaln .its rights 

or make:. Its 46fenee. In no other wep oan It tret 

th6 eufflol6nc~ of th6 f'uote to support the findlng~ 

for atherwiee, even though it appearhd that the 

ordrr me without evidence, the mnlfaet deflalency 

could slwnye .be axplains on the theory that the 

Oummleelon had before It oxtraneoue, unknown but 

pt+seumptlv61~ euf?lolent Information to eupport 

the finding. trbib64 Scats8 v. <t1IEon & Ohio 

S. W. R. R., 22b U. 13. 14." (Our smphaele) 

See aleo Brown t. IWabLr 011 do Rerinin& 

126 Tex. 296, 83 S,ro. Rsbblt C 

Co., 

i 

v.. Sh811 Petroleum Co., 66 8. W. '(2d) m 

reek 011 C 0. 

B umble Ofi: 

k'Refinlng C 0. P. Raflroad Comrnieeion, 83’s. W. (2d) 

. 

Whllo the abowl oa8ae axpress what VI bsllavcl 

to be the oormot view, w ~oall your attention to osrtaln 

dabislons v4lloh would indl8a~te that an adalnlstrativs 

offiolel might ocnslUer.eome mettere proved at other 

hewing8 and not introduoed at the haaring on the particular applloetlora involvad. In milroaa Commieel on 

v. MoDomld, 90 S. W. (24) 851, &.6.&q Bangh of the Austin 

??ourt of Civil Appeals said! 
19 

Honorable art ma, )8g6 9 

(at PW 584) 

*we a0 not un&*retand, nor a0 we think 

the Legislature war oontempfatod, that the 

Railroad Coamleelon should be rsqulnd, 

l aoh time an appliaent sought a permit to 

use a state hi&way r0r a~erolel purpome, to conduot l xtenelvo hearings ober 

anb over again, as to the oondItlon of eueh 

highway, the treffio theroon, end the publla 

convenlanoo In thr use of ruoh hlghnro. When 

thee* faots err aeoertainad by tha oomaleelon, 

am relatod to oartllnal public highwaye or liha 

state, In the absmos or a shoring that oonaittte have oh-*4 thrnon sinor the eeaartainaant of euah faote, thr Railroad oOmmIeslon pay properly aat upon l pplloetlone for 

permits to operak upon moh hbhweye, ba8ad 

upon the faNit and ~ndltI0~ relatlta to l uoh 

hl@wa~e tbratOforcl proprrlr and adaquatol~ 

obtaina@, without tha aecr8elty of drtailmd 

proor thareof on eaoh ard a+arf appllcetlon 

prrsented to It.” 

In ihim t3umaleelon v, Ilouthweetorn droyhound Liner, h a** 8 w (26) 29b ( 

other grounds, 9T 8. F.‘(2i,) 263) r ila g ZE$ 

a l zd t 

(92 S. W. (24) at pagr 304) 

While ,t& etetute oontemple toe and r*- 

qulme the oonraleslon to aeoortaln teats 

as to the burden,8 the highwaya lnrolnd will 

bear, both as to phJreIcel aondltlon and traSrio o0ngastion, tm do not undrr8Eana the law 

to require that every tiem euoh app2ioation Is 

meda to uw a state hlghwey as a oarrlor tha 

commieelon must oonduot l xtanelve hsclrlnge, 

*end raqulre detalled proof as to euch oondit lone. Ii, In hearlnge upon at&r applloatlone 

to operate over the elrar high+aye, it her aaoertafned three f’aots ,In hearings baron It, 

It ie entltlod to teke into oonetdrratim euoh 

facts and conditions so oiiioially 688ertainad 
.- 

20 

Bonorablr Bert Ford, pago 10 

by It, wIthoot thr nredlraa l s~enaa and oriort 

or rrasoartalnlog the aeiw recta over end wrr 

again befor+ It ean peas upan anoh applioetion. 

A oerdIna1 highway boIn@ hrra Inrolvrd, ena 

oao over nhloh eppellee, snd doubt1888 many 

other oerrlera he4 been grentad pormita to 

oporata, we think it tiey be eaaamod thet the 

collrriaaIon ‘had, e8 the law raqulrd It,to do, 

l ur r lc r leaoorklnnrd, o ~a tly an¶ was In poaasaaIon 

or, these roots end 0Iratmrtenor~ at the tins 

It peaaod upon Zaokaon~a applIaatloa. Se0 

~Ilroed Oommlaelon v. NoDonald (Tox. 01~. 

ltpp.) 90 8. w. (24) 91. The burden mea therafox-0 upon eppellro to abow that ao 8adititi0i 

bardma oould aefal~ ba plaoad upon auoh h&hwey, or thet the oommlaaion was not In porrclaaIoa 

or th088 raot8, before it wee entltlrd to sot 

auoh order aaide. a 

95 

Sea alao $?iatr v. PublIe $arvIao OomIaalon, 

Uaah. 376, 163 XMo. 1143, lU6 Pao, 795, 118 whloh 

the court aeldr 

(163 SW. at pa@ Ui.6; 

'WO h8V0 .giwn tha ftJXW&(I qUOtOtlOa 

rroa thr drolaioa or Uir ooa&~alon ia oh18 

oaae ror the roeaon that, baaido8 stating 

scat0 0r Its. argtmenta, tthr quotetlon elao 

oontalna some flatmqa or raot whloh WI 

think tha oinelarioa a8 en adniairtmtlra 

and ngulstlvo body her paoull8r powers to 

a0t0min0. Xt la not bound, IU is a oourt, 

to eoquin Its lnrormstlon oonoerning Ssl. 

latter8 Involved, In the prooradlng beton 

It wholly clad entirely irom tha erldraoa 

of witaaaaaa or other l tldmoa produced 

berorr It, but may take Into oonaIdrrrti0n 

tha roeulta of Ita ganeral invast~6tIozW, 

ganaral Iarormetlon u edll n gina sub aat 

within At* pO-rss fi nB all amttera w d Ioh 

errsot the matter and aonoarning whloh It 

mat d0tentiin8 the r00tt3.* 
Eonorsble Bsrt Foxd, page 11 

Although broad lengun~:o, Is used In the opinions 

from v&i oh we have furt quoted, ae to the power of ednlniatretlvr offloom, whsra e hearing la required, to 

oonaiaer teota not provad st th#i hsaring, us bslisva 

that If tha quaatlon la aqu.eral;p gi’saentod, the euthozity 

to aonsldrr feota not prorad et the hearing will be oonflnad to raota whlol: are so ~rmrally wall known and 

aocrpted thet thry would oo,ne wlthin the aems olaaa es 

mettera of whIoh courts oould teko judlolal notlaa. 

Compare Wlmore on Evldenor (3rd lfidltlon) , Sootion 2580. 

With this exosptlon, la our opinion tha County Judge’s 

action should k baaed only upon evldenor produaad at 

the hearing upon the applleetloa for tha llornar. 

2. Article 667-6, Vernon’s Fenel Oodo, euthorlzea the County Judga to dany ths eppllostlon ror e 

license Ii he rinds that t&s eppllaent will oonduot his 

buaIneas of arllI~ bear *In any pleae or mmner cmm&uo~vr 

to violation or tha law, or likely to result In say 

jeoperdy to the psecs, norela, health or @orott oi t& 

general publIo.* This l tettitr exproaely authorbaa the 

County Judge to oowider any ralevent roots In drtsrmlnIng whether the ertlouler loostion is one which is ooaduoive to v10~~t P on or ths Iem or likely to rrault in 

dnngrr to the peroe, morals, herlfth or wfotf ot tha 

gmo ml pub1 I o. In raaltine; auoh drtrraInetIQa ho My 

oonsidor, emorg othsr things, avIdon that ths place 

is on0 0r ill repute a6 to drunkmmeas, previous oondaot 

or patrona at auoh place, tha preotlor or Immoral mot8 

et suoh plaoe, or that it be8 oonatltutrd e hIghway 

tmrrio hazsrd. or COWM4, the wsight to be @van 

auoh ooaaIdaratIone, in determining whether tha appllcation should be grsntad or Waled, is a mettsr within 

the proper dlaorotlon of the County Judge. 

The pl;ce et whioh e llooaare pleua to oonduat 

his basinoae Is e pxopsr end Qtsn en LoapOrtant oonrldwetlon for tha pub110 offIoIela charged with datarrainlung 

whether the lloenae should ba granted. In the oeaa 0r 

Ooytlno v. Mooklser, at el., 103 Pea. 174, when an eppllostion rap 8 llcrnse for a pool hell had bsen denied 

0~ ths ground wthet the place nosed therein ma iooatoa 
Honorable Bart Ford, page 12 

In e pert of the city Inhabited by a olaaa of people 

whloh vnuld renierr a poolroom, Ii satabllehad therein, 

a pleas of resort ror dlaordarly eul objeotlonablr 

parsons, and that a poolroom In said looellty, balng 

populated by oholoa ati othar people of like or similar 

oheraoter, would, In the judgmant of the board, tonb 

to tba dlaturbanoe of the pub110 place, and to render 

tha preservation of order In said looallty dIffIoult,* 

tha California Court or Appeal aald: 

n Conceding that no arbitrary 

dlaOre~I&‘oan ba axarolaed by the board 

or polio6 commiaaionara in applying tha 

ordinama in quaatlon, tha raaaona aaaIgnad 

by the answer for denyInS tha applIOatIon 

for e license were erectly auoh ea should 

aotuata a poll08 drpartnunt la danylng a 

parrnit or 110anar to keep a plaor of emuaamant whIoh Is llablo to baoaae thr aoono 

of disorderly oonduot and dlaturbeaoaa of 

ths poeoo. . .” 

speaking 0r a atatuta oonrrrring on e oounty 

aourt the authority to grent or dany lIOrnaaa f5r pool 

halls, the MIaaouri Court oi Appeals said in Stata ax 

ral. YoClenahan v, DsWltt, 142 S. W. 3661 

” 

. . . we brllava the law lodges in 

the oounty court the dIaoratIonary power 

to rafuae auoh 1iOanaaa whan In their 

opinion there ara reeaonable grOUXl8 to 

apprehend that tha parlon applying IS not 

a suitable person or thr place is not Suitable ror tha carrying on or bualnaaa. For 

Inatanoe, the applicant may be an habitual 

Jaw breaker or grossly Immoral, or tha 

plaaa may ba near to a churoh or eahool 

building, or privet9 dwelling, which would 

oonatltuta It e nu1aen0a.” 
. 

23 

Honor ab lo Bsrt Ford, page 13 

211 s. w. 

See also State ax ml. Oetkor v. Johnson, 

682 (Mlasourl Court of Appela). 

3?. Aa wa have stated In our enawer to your ~~. ..~ aeoond qusatloa under this aubdlviaIon, the Oounty 

Judge may axrrolaa a raamoneblr dIaoration In datormialug whsthar or not tha applicant will probebly oonduot 

the buaQeaa of aellIng beer In en Illegel manna]:, mad 

It is our opinion that he Amy proper17 oonaldar ma rolevent @vIdenoa In auoh QsteraIuetIon whathar the pertloular applioent has I!i tha peat been e vIoletor of 

the liquor laws end whether or not he Is a low-ebldlsg 

oltlzan. As ws shall hrmIneftar point out, the proosadlnga era a&nInIatretIvr rather then judIoIel, and 

tha atrlot rules or evldmos applloable to judlalal 

trials wwld not be appllaablr. Thr County Jtdgr mey 

hear and oonaldrr avIdanoa of aproIfIo eota of mlaoonduot es nil es evidence of general Nputetlon. 

whether or%ot 

Llkewiaa w be lie va that in datarmiaiog 

the eppilcatlon for a llornaa should & 

granted, under the rulaa harrinbrfora atetad,~ tho 

Oounty Jud.88 mmy propvly aonrldar 8via0a00 to tb 

errrot that tha applI0ent has aoaIttad mobs oontrery 

to publio daornoy and rota whloh rraultad In jaopardy 

zbE,” morels, heelth, peeoa or aeraty or t&r 6anarel 

. 

5. In granting, e lloaan unbar ArtIola 667-6, 

Varnoa*a Panel Ooda, the Count Suddga la 00tIW In en 

edmInlatratIve oapaolty es dIatInguIahad from a judicIel 

oepa city. The supn~ Court or Texea, In the oeaa or 

Stats v. DISIlve, 105 Tex. 95, 145 8. W. 330, &d, 

with rerrrsnor to tha rrvooetlon or a liquor liwnaer 

(105 Tux. at page 100) 

*The aaawar to the second quartion 

depends upon the ohareotar of the aot of 

MlllOVCll. Was It judIotal3 The Boot that 

tha parson who perronmod the mot or ramoval 

wea a wunty judge does not male* tha mot 

judicial In ohnreoter. That daponda upon 
24 

Honorable hrt Ford, paga 14 

th6 mnttrr in oontrmsrsy, end the reasdy 

a ppll6d. It would be a uaaloss ooneuption of time to adduoa authorities or arguaanta to the sifsot that 8 lioonas to aa11 

iXltOliOSXlt8 18 not a proparty right, but 

t a privilege grentrd by thr Stets, niiloh 

may bo rrvokrd. 

(Our rmph88ia) 

Tha BBPLI maYonine, wbloh 14 tha 8uprsm Court 

to hold that the rrvooatlon of a license la an nlolnlmtratin sot, applier to the grant* or rafuml of a llomar. 

140 s. w. (24) 5992, 

iVtl ADDgala hold 

that there 1s no right 02 appeal to-the d%trlot oourt 

from tha retieal of the Oamty Judge to @rant a liornso8 

bat0 t0 8hSllga hi8 Q&100 O? burinanr. 

6. Tb prooerdiq brfor6 t&a Oomitf Tu‘pdga 

being adminlrtrativo rath8r than judlolal, th formal 

rd.80 or a~ldrnoa clpplieablr to judialal prooo6dlngr 

do not hera apply, and tha County Jades m8y oonaldsr 

effldevlts of partinant faots and oiroUm8tanors. In 

this raapaot, wa beLleve that the prooaadlngr boiQr* 

the C-u&y &A&N arr in th6 8anu category l # the proarrdiag8 bafofa the Board or the Admiriirtrator, with 

nfrranor to whloh it has bran l xpror~ly held by t& 
Honorable B8rt Ford, pa&a 15 

7. Artlola 667-6, Vernon's Ianal Coda, 

provides that "in the granting or withholding of eny 

litmma to sail bear at retail, th County Judge in 

for&a& hi8 oonaluaionr shell glva due and proper oonrideration to any r%co.mm~~ndatioM made by the Dletrfct 

or County Attorney or tha Ghwlfi of tha County, and 

the l6ayor and Chlai of Polla of any lnccprporataa olty 

or torn wherein the applloant propoaar to ccnduot hla 

burlmos and to any racanmtrndsltiom nada by rapresactatire8 of the Beard." 

Tha ete tuta glrrs no further fitatbmant 

olarlfylq what sort of raoaernandatlons are rafarnd 

to or what %x&&t shall be divan than. pie ballsra that 

it was the intention of the Lagleleturr that the raoopaan8atlon8 of the offlbara nanad bs oonsidrrad tosathar 

with the other rvldanoa In the hearing and that. they 

shoula be @van ouch wright (1113 16 due to the knouladga 

Of the faOt8 Wtiicrh theoa OiflOerll pOlrf4888. Thasr r%ooslmmdatlom may k either In the fbnn 02 written aftldarlta 

or or81 tastlmony. '?lhethar or not they are In t&maaltar ruifloiant to justlry a rafueal wi3.l dapaml 

upon wt~athar they 8tata fsots whloh air sufficient 

to rorn a raeicjnabla baels for the rant&al. Bar% raooraarndatlonr, whioh rteta no taotr supporting tham, 

would not be suffiaiant @ounds for rafuesl. 

8. This quertla bar bean oovarad In part 

by our praoadlng anewer. If th raooamendatlons or 

the offlcar8 rtste no iaots suptortlng tham, n think 

thet the raoommandetlons would not Is themealwa ba 

sufflolent jiround fur rafbslng the lloanse, ahd that 

a rafuural of the lioan8a would b8 jwdri8d Onll if 

there ware additlonal arldanca offered ehowiag faots 

whIohrould fbrm a rational baelr for the rafural. 

B. Appaati to the Dirtriot Court fram 

ia Rafusel eta Lloanra by a Counts 

&g@= 

Under the foregolag baading you aak.s the ?ellawlng etat8&ant and ask the follaWln@, quaetlm,la: 
Honora bla Rart Ford, page 16 

“The Taxaa Liquor Control Aot, Section 

~,~~;le II thereof, provider in part aa 

**In the avant the Oaunty Juaga, Texas 

Liquor Control Board or Admlnla trator danlaB 

the applloatlon for a lioansa, ha shall antsr 

hi8 jud&inRt rOOor&lngly, and the applicant 

nmy within thirty (xp daya thereafter appeal 

to the Dltatrlot Court of the oounty where 

8uOh application is mada, and such District 

Court may hear and detarmlna suoh !ppeal in 

taw time or raoatlon in a trial da nova. It 

shall k lnoumbant upon the applloent to make 

the name ahowing in all matter8 to the Dlstrlct 

Judge that ha is required by this Artlela to 

make to the County Judge, and, the Dlstrlot 

Judge in hearing upon the appeal ahall hear 

the aauaa and render jawant 531 Ukn manner 

aa raqulrad of the Oounty Judge. hdmnt of 

tha Dlatrlot Court ahall ba final ati it the 

application ahall ba granted by Sinal jud&mant, 

a orrtlflad oopy ot the judeant &all be prasantad to Wita Aaeiaaaor and Colleotor of Taxes 

who shall tharaupon aooapt the iaaa nqulrad and 

make report to the Board ia the mnnac required 

upon lllm orders iaauad by the bounty Judge. 

Any prraon appealing from the judgarnt of tha 

County Judge ahall give bond ior al.1 costa lnoldant to such appeal and ahall be, raqulrab to 

pay uoh 008tS if the judgfaent on appeal 18 unfavorable to the applicant but not otherrlra. a 

‘1. Upon an app&al to the District Court 

from rsrwal of a lloenea, &as the Dlstrlot 

Judfja sit as 8n at%nlnl8tratlrr sgmop; or does 

he sit as a oourt? 

vince% the Dlstrlat Judge to datawlaa isðer 

Upon auoh an appeal, la it the proor not the llcsnsa should or should not be rsfuaad~ 

Or is it hi8 prOVinc8 to d@t@rmb Only th8 188~ 

of whether or not the County Judgs aatad arbitrarily 

and caprlclouely, baed his raaaona for rafueal 

upon aufflolant ctvldanoa, and whether or not 

bia reaaonB for suoh rafusal ware @od in law?” 

i 
Honorable Eart Ford, page 17 

In reviewing the aotion of the County Judge 

in prantlng or rsfuelug a llaan8a, the dlatrlot aourt 

aats In a jucilolal oepaolty and not in an adalnlatratire oapaolty. Wile the aotlon of #a Oeunty Judge, 

the Soard, or Administrator in gmnting, rafuaing or 

oanoallng a pawlt la a4mlnLtratira, thr nrlaw by 

the dlatrlot court IS of naaaaalty judlolal. A oaraful 

analysis of the aituatlon la glean by Judge Blair of 

tha Auatln Qcurt oi Civil Appeal8 in the oaaa o? 

Brad18 Y. Taxaa LlUUOr dontawl Board, 10% 8. W. (24) 

YJdz 304f 

(at porn 302) 

The caneallatlcar of a pennit 

to aa~i ii&or under th tiqoor Oontrol 

Aot and the prlnoipla of law go+amln@ 

l uoh mattara la not a a%rll ault or aauaa 

of aotion; buli th8 p~ww ard authority to 

ssnoal rash a pazmlt ir lwrall the azaroln ot en adninlatrativa fkmot%on ati 

dutynlmpond bf tha aot UpQn the boaxtl Or 

it8 aiIdnl8trstor. A pomltka or llornaaa 

under the cot hea no rastad ti&bt to Sell 

liquor, but 18 a mare pazmlttaa or lloaaraa 

with the prfrllaga oi aalllng liquor in aooordanoa with tha tarma Of the aOt, and a&- 

oaptr hi8 parmit or llaanaa l ubjaat to the 

authorkty or tke Barr& tci oanoal it for any 

viol6tlon OS the statute8 or cloy rUL8 or 

ngulation promulgstad by the boerd under 

authority oi the sot. And if the etatut% 

wara ginn the oonatruotlon eontandaa fur 

by appellant, it uould be UmOnatitUtlOu~l 

as an attempt 011 the part or the Laglnlatura 

to aonfar adstAnfatra0iva 90-r and dutlar 

.upon the judlolal dap?irtmant oi the @Tarnmerit.* 

I 
28 

Bonorablr B6rt Foorb, peg* 

(at Pm@ 304) 

16 

n 

. Und6r thrre Qeoisiona the Inquiry 

on en &;ael or oouxt proarqdlng authorlz84 by 

the Taxa Liquor Control A&i from any admlnietratire ardor, rule, or ra@latlon or thr board, 18 

tc detrrminr whothor the board ootwl within tha 

statute8 undrr whloh it oper8trr; whath8r It8 

ocmplainod of order 18 ruatsinrd by rubstantlal 

avldanor; and whethar~ it aokd arbltrarlly or 

oaprialousl~ in tha performan of It8 adniniatratit. dUtiiO8." 

The law on thir wbjoot is alro sumwmlerd 

by Yudgr Osorgr of. the V&isda 

t 

ourt of, Civil App6ale in 

the a086 of Tax80 Lianor Con ml &a 

110 8. W. (2a) 646, 648; 

rd v. b-iarrlrld, 

*Toma Liquor Qontmst Elo8rd anU lt8' 

admlnlatrstor en mpmnd end authorize6 

by arts. 666-X.2, 6664.2a, Y*rqoa~‘r Annoktad 

Pam1 Coda, to oeacol ,p8O)cr;68 #tam p8mita 

thrrstorsre grnntrd upan the heppanlng or 

oertain 8pdfira muate, 8Ztax notie as& 

hlSxil¶g, 0Ib3 muah OOtiQB h, not jBdldiCi81 

buti 18 merrl? t& p8rfomWCt Or ut 8dnini8tratlv8 funotion. Brad1 y v. Tax88 Litper 

Osntrol herd (~sx. Oh. 1 pp.) 106 8. W. 2d 

)OO; Stat. v. SwSilve, 10'5 Tax. 95, 145 

8. 1A. 3301 Baldaoohi v. Ooodlrt (Tar. Div. 

App.) 14s 8. 1. 325. 

"Tat thr juriadlotion of oh0 oOwt8 0-r 

th8 parer and scthority of tha board and it8 

admhiotmto~ tc oano81 paokage 8ton mmita 

is to ilct6mlns wh6th8r they aotrd Within th8 

saopa ot their (Lsl868trd authorit?, basrd 

their order or r uling up o n l ub eta ntiastl- l 

í d6ilO6, and did not eot.uuraaeonablg or arbitrarily in aalclng thrlr order, and tha exsrpies of thi8 power im judicriel in ,ftari .:. 

na tur6. Bradley 1. T4X68 Liquor Control 

BOOI+ (Tsx, Clv. App.) 106 6. WY. 24 Nor 

Shop88 v. Railroad C4nuaierion, 123 T4x. 521, 

73 a. 8, 2d 505; Brown '1. Buabl* Oil ds Ref. 
&norabl6 B8rt Ford, png8 19 

00. * 126 4.x. 296. 63 8. W. 26 935, 65 

s. :. (2d) 1069, 99 A. L. R. 1107, 101 

A. L. R. 1393; &d68tB 1. Public tftlliti68 

(%kUll18S1Oll, 97 COnn. 453, 117 A. 494; State 

T. Great North6m RI. Co., 130 Minn. 57, 

153 N. w. 247, fbtl. C68. 19176, lmli" 

2. Upon thr appwlto thr diatrlot oburt, 

th6 di8trlQt 00urt ha8 no rig&t to detrmin6 68 an 

original proposition am to whther the 1.iOBM8 8hOPl.d 

be grentsd Or l'6fu66d, but is OOEfbwd t0 the d6trX’dnatiotl or th8 qmstions wh6thar the O0unty Judg8 r0ii0w~d 

th6 rtatutory pr066dw and wh6thrr ho lnar4 8ri48nor 

whioh 0OnBtitUt.d 0 rr~BOn6bl6 b##%# iar hi13 BObfOIL Thi8 

ha6 been repsat6dly atatsd to be the rule by th6 6airtB 

in 00868 inrolvlng appeal8 tI'0a POtiOn by the T8X68 

Liquor Control Board, or the 8drin~BtlWtot ald w8 

l ro of ths op%nion that th8 mui@ ruloa wl.Li b6 a~~1164 

tQ apprale fma aetlon by tlu &mntf rUdg#. 

Br6dl8y v. Tetse Lfasor Qontrol Board, 106 

8. 3.“. (26) 300, at p6#8 m&j 

0. . . thd6X th88. d80iriOM tbr inquls7 on an appsal or court prOO##dillg 

authodcod bj th6 T6xar 'Liquor Control bet 

from an 

1 

adminl8tntlt8 order, wlr, or 

rsgulat on ot thr board, ir to drtirrninr 

WhcthBr th6 board 6Ot.d within th8 8t6t~t68 

under whioh it 0p@r@te@; uh6ther i.b ooapiainad 

o? ord6r i6 eustatn~d by #ub#tantia~ rtid8aor~ 

arid whrth6r It aotrd arbitrarily or oapriolou8- 

;~t:~8thr prriormanor ot it8 admiairtrative II 

. * . 

* 117 8. w. 

ì. . l It ha8 bm fr 6q ta entl~ held that 

the-dietriot aourt, up0u mob apg6al8, may 

Only determins wh6th6r or IlOt thora, w611 eabatanti t6etimonf b6for6 the Board to 8upport 

it8 rIndIn&?+, or did it aet aaprioiauel~ or 

srbitrrrilg.N 
Honorable Rart Fmd, pag6 20 

Texas Lipuor Control Board 8. Lanza, 123 

8. w. (2d) 1153, 1154 : 

"Thr 66ttl6d ru16, at6tadconr6rs6ly, 

18 that, oxdsrs or fMlag;s of faot of a 

rogulatozy body or 6ocmieelon, or8 noa 

raViBWabl8 OB appeal, UXI~OBS thrl are un- 

#uppOXt#d by 6VidBnOB~ Humblr Oil & Re?iuiu$ 

Co. v. Railroad Coat~is8ion st al., Tsx. 

Clv. App., 112 5. WE. ad 222. . .* 

NaGormlok v. Taxes Llauor Control Board, 

I,l 5. W. (2d) lOOk, 1005: 

II. . .Tba Ll uor Control A&, ~6rn~'B 

AM. P. C. Art. 6 8 6-l et 86q., 18 punly 

rrgulatotoa in natur8 and thr adminirtrator 

or the Liquor Control Board ir not govwnrd 

br thr atriot rulea (zorrmlug court8 in thr 

oonduot o? hle hrartuge. Our aarrtr her6 

00n#i#t#nt~~ held that thy OOtiOn Of th0 

admlui8tFator in oanoollin$ a parmlt WI11 

not b6 intrrrar6d with by the OOUrtB rrhrn 

it apprre th8t ha aotod upon 8ub8tanti82 

6vldutOr w#rlmntiX& OBnO8llatiOn Of the parmtti. Taxma Liquor Uoutrol Board v. Lanea, 

Tax. 01~. A&q’., 129 8. W. 26 1153; T8xae 

~imor Control Board v. Smalley, Tax. Cir. 

APR., 129 8. W. 26 466. In attaoklaa, th8 

ardor of bhr Board, oana~lllng hIe peait, 

appellant had tha burdrn of prorin$ the inmlldity or thr order or oanorllatlon br 

BkiOWiaa; that th@ diliFii8tl'6tOXt8 fkrdh68 

w6r6 without 8ub8tant~sl 6Vid6XIO6 to BUQpOrt 

tbm. V~IPO~*II Ann. P. C., Art. 666-128, 

6ub#@O, 5; Taxas Liquor Cmtr'31 BOurd Ye 

Laxno, Tax. Clv. APR., 129 S, W. 26 1153. . .* 

c. Rsnrwel or Lie6n88 

UndBr the ?'3l9@.U& headin&, fort =OkO th@ 

foll~w~g BtatuPBJZt and ark tfr fbllori~ qUOBtiOu1 
33. 

Honorable BU Ford, page 21 

“The Texas Liquor Control Aat, seotlon 

7 (a), Article II thereof, in regard to oxpimtlon and renewal of llaanaaa, provider 

68 rollowa8 “*Any license beuod under the terms 

or thir Artiolr, l xoopt Branoh Lioenree end 

Tenporarf Lloenass 8p00iricaiiy prwided 

for, ehell terminate one year fro0 the data 

lamud, aa5 no lloanr shall ba l~8ued ror 

a longer tam than one year. Any parun 

now holdfng a lloaner to manufaotum or 

sell bsrr in this Statr and daolrlng to 

renew the aamo shall barorr l xpiratlon of 

h5a pmaent lloenao, and not more than 

tblrtr (JO) dare prior to auoh oxpiratlon 

date, br required to x&aka mppllostlon 5n 

the manner heroin provided for the primary 

ire\tanor of any olars of llcenaa; end whrn 

it 5s desired to renew eny lioonoe obta5.md 

under the prooedurcl prortied in thle Artiolr, 

tha holder Of uoh llaenm rhell make written 

epplicatlon to the Aaeeaeor and Colleotoo 0r 

Texas or the oounty or the Llaenaeo*8 ro8ldmeo 

not more than thirty (30) day8 prior to the 

date of ezplration oi the lioeneo held by 

himi such apptloation ror ranewel 6hel.l 

!N rigrod by the appliaanti an4 oontaia full 

and oomplate intormetion ee eat out en4 mquirod 

in any appll &ion for origin*1 liamre, end 

spplioent #hall pay to thr b8e88Or end Doll~Otor of Taxra the appropriet8 limnsa irr for 

the clnas of lioaner 8ought to bermand. Thm 

Aa8eS8Or and Collsolior Or Taxer Uhall thereupon 

transmit to thr Board e OOpy Of 8aid epplioetion far mnawsl to(lether with the Oclrtlrbation t::st all mqutrrd~ fear hare been paid 

for the enruing lioema period; and upon ro0e5rfg the copy or e6fd appl5aatlon and Bartlflcatlon a8 to the pejnant ot roes, the 

Board or A&alni8tmtor IMJ in its dlecratlon 

i8aw #a 1iUensa clpplid for, or fIi8f w5bd.n 

iin, (5) day8 artor roor5pt or 4u0h appliocrtion rsjaot the 8fIIm rnd raqulm *bet the 

applicant rar mnewal flla applicatLon w5th 

J 
Honorabla Bart Ford, pega 22 

tha County Judge end oubmit to hearing baiara ~~oh County Judga 5n t&a menner raquirad 

of any applicant for tha pr5imry or original 

15omsa. Any eppllcent ror ranawel whan 

auoh ranawal Is rrjaotad by tha Board or 

Adminlatretor ahall be antltlad to refund 

or any lioan8e r88 paid to tha County A8888- 

aor and Collaotor of Texer at the tima o? 

r5mg hi8 appllcetlan ror ranawal: 

"1. xi the holder or a 15can88 paxmlt8 

h5a lloansa to l xpiro under It8 term8 without ronawiqg mm8 in aooordance with tha ebotrquoted atetota would ha, undar tha lnw, 

8rtar 8uoh axpiration be l ntltlad to a ranawal of a liaaxmr or muld ha naoaraerily hate 

to make applloetlon ror a new lleanaa 5.n tha, 

aaem mennar ea ha would en original lioanaaPw 3 

1. Tha law makar l prolrio raquirament8 a8 

to tha mar 5a rhloh appllcatioru for ranewe 8hel.l 

bo mad.. A per8aa who oompliaa with tha88 requirOmmt8 

may hevs h5a lloanaa ranawad without tha naoaaaityaf 

a haari~g barore thr OOUnty Jrrdga, lUI188e thr Nerd 

or Admhi8tlWtOr So r8qUir@8. In our OplnlGn it =8t 

not bo pr88lIIO8d that tha ~g58letUra did en Idle thin6 

in asking thaea raqaltlrsnantr a8 to epplisetiona for 

ranewela, 8na a parron who f8ti8 to comply with the 

3n~ 10888 h5e pr5v5lrga 0r apply5ng for a ronawalend 

mu8t eppl.y rw a now 15oanaa in the sama maMar a8 

he would apply ror an orig5nallioanaa. 

/ . 

D. Txwnorer or rioen 

Under the romgolng hsadlpe, you submit 

the follow5n(l atetomant end quert5Onar 
3 

Bonorabla B6rt Toord, prg6 2) 

T3aotion 7 (d], Artidla II of the Taxar 

Liquor Coatro~ A& prorfda8 68 f6~16W81 

=*Ho llorn88 18aRab under the prorldonr 

or this Aftlola ahall ba 88eP@Iabla by tin honoldar 

tharsof to eny othaa parson; prwidrd, tht 

should nny holdsr at 8 lloaaaa bait@ to oha~a 

tha plaoa of bosinr8r darignatod in such liaann, 

km may do 80 br 8pplyiag to tb. CIouat~ aUrpdg8 8~11 

nor5r5na hi8 oQnnn9 or aDDroTa ma In Olm ~886 

.i.Ll a lioation fo~~lioonsa as &unia 

$o~%%?iiid~5ng mquind to pay add& 

Olonal 15canaa tear tir the mmdnlng anaxpind 

8an of the 15oanaa bald by him. @ 

OUW) 

(ung6r8oor$ng 

*1. 3.8 6686 or II). *ppllomtlon for 6 tawulor oi 15oana8, 58 5% assdatw ah&or fhr 8bon- 

~quOtr& 8Catuto that mrh l ppl5oatlon be iilad 

with Oha oounby *d68 8n& publrahra br pwtdng, 

nab d hrsriug h6ld thorson in thr mu maunat 

a8 would ba ?lece88rrf In 0886 thr appl%eanl: 

~5~~a5ag aa t3r5&nel. applioation r0r e 

l Irouitl a p lni:*rot88t 8n whioh woald bo go04 

origIna P appllcatloo be god l p-t 

an epplla6tlon r0r a trarrefar ol lioanra?* 

t3etiOl&l! 356V8 t0 Chad@ tha phO8 Ot bU8in888 Oi thr 

II3 OUlY OQiniOn it 56 Illllndi3tO~ %hd th8 8pp11- 

liornaaa 8hall ba tiled rtth the Cmnby ihV&a rdl m 

8nma notlca by poatlllg and thr aama ha,aring wuld ba 

nro6886ry an In the 01188 of an original appliaatton 

for a lfornsa. The nbovo quoted etatube provide8 that 

the ChQSQ8 in tbs plaO0 Or bUEina88 may ba obbai.mb 

-by apply~ Eb the County JuC&a and moaiving Urn 

oonaant or epproval 88 5.n tho a888 Or or1 

.6dilM." A8 w0 heva alroocy pointad out, 1 

667-6, Verrmn*s Penal cOb6, the Lag5siatura O%pZ6684 

proridad that the plrcre of the ,,opmitlon of the bu8i1~88, a* mall a8 ~fcsonal qufllif%mtioas OS th8 appllotmt a& th msnw:r in whioh hs till conduat hi8 bu81- 

~188, may bc cwsi~5ar54 In pranting or rspU5i6g th* 

llOW!tl@l. Ir (I: bear butinere is to bs morad Isto a naw 
34 

Honorable Bert Ford, pege 24 

location, or even a naw neighborhood, proper notloe 

should be given and a hearing held in order that 

proper protests wag be made by any parties interested 

adveraely in the ops ration of the buslneea at the proposed location. 

2. Sinca the applloat ion for a chahge la 

the place of business relater only to the new pb oa 

where the licensee seeks to operate, the grounds for 

rafuelng the applloatlon would be such aa apply to 

the propriety of operating at such place. We do not 

belleve that the application ror a perialt to change 

the plaae of business wvuld open up for a new lnveatlgatlon the personal quellflcationa of the licenses 

or any other matters rxoept whether the propoard Bew 

location is a proper place ror ruch a buslneaa to be 

operated. 

SuppZaaentarJr Li cemaa 

A. D~saualtiioat ion 

Under the foregoing heading, you sat forth 

the iellawiag statement and quaatlonr: 

*The ‘foxas Liquor Control Aot, Section 

10(a), ArtloLa II thereof, provider in part 

a8 roiiowa t 

**It u&all be unlawful for anl person 

to sell beer or orrer sama ror sal6 brtweea 

the houra of 12:OO ofclcok rld,night and 

7:00 A.~ M. or any day or iron! and after 

12:OO 09010c& midnight Saturday until 

7rOO A. M. Monday or the following weeki 

provldrd, however, that any holdrr of a 

Retail Dealer’s Licener or a Wlne anl Bee? 
i 

Honorable Bert Ford, page 25: 

dolLam and oentil to mre than thr aalo 

value of rood and other wmoditlea for 

fiuan oonruautlon sold by such licenser 

durin& suah hours, be entitled without 

brillg reaulred to Day aru fir therefor. 

to a-map$laaientar~- limnie authorida - 

him to mll muoh beveragea durbg any 

hour of any day. iiald supplenmntery 

lioenae shall be on a rolp rurnlsbsd by th4 

Boerd or AdminirtraOor and upon being lssurd 

shell be attachad to ati beocg~ a prrt of 

besla llornse ot the holder, and suoh suppleosntati lioenr shall expire with th8 

tary license ror rlz (61 month8 thereaftrr. * 

(Undar~soorlng aura) 

“1. %hsrs a repzes8ntatAvo 0r ths Tsxar 

Liquor Oontrol Board meIce s Inquiry Into thr 

burinbar or the holder or a supplementary 

lloense, as provided in the urxlerlinrd partlon or tha above--guot8d rtatuta, m6 such 

holdor h ?&?I to show such rrpereatetits 

that his rood aales mceod the aele of bar, 

ia ruoh rallum on the pert or the holder 

grounds for aenoellatfon of nuoh llosnae? 

“2. In malclna, auoh showing to the Foprasentatlw of the Board, doer the holder 

&me to show that hia food salrr rxored 

his beer reler durIa& raoh day 4uring ths 

weak, during sash week during the year, 

during ssoh aonth during t&e gear, or that 

his rood aeler exceed his bsor sales during 

the aourw or a gsar'e tlnrr~n 
Bonorsbla Bar8 ?ord, pass 26 

1. The atstuk puotad abovo provides that 

the l upplarntarp liornw naf br revoked Wnlaaa St 

8an be uhowa by ths liQa~a8' that tha galas of alaohollo bawragaa do no t l zauad in value the aalas oi 

food and othor ccmsodltlaa during tha atabdparioda 

0r tiinr. ThLa etatut* olrarlf plaaea tha bar&n tan 

tha li~wnara ta rake tha. naowaarf akmwi~ es to hla 

aalra , e&i hir failure ~to rsh~euoh ebowing,arta~’ 

notlw, rrd hearin&, jup tifba the RomM or Adainlatratar la rrvokbw aucih aupplonmatart llaumr. 

Ha balievr, hmmTsr, that uadar ths atatuta, 

tha llosnars la ant itled to en opportunttf, after 

mtioe, to prsoent ot II henriog bo~frrm the Baard or 

.Ldiainiatrator rridriwo a~b to 914 aalra vi 81OOhOllO 

bsruagoa and sales or toed, and tht mm inebility 

or railare or tkr licenaoe to prsrnb auoh eridenu 

to a r~.~eerntstlte or tbs Board wb6 is iaquirfag 

late his bwin8ea would 1300 alana be afrbaion0 

$rcad !ior retokfng tbe tirsmar~. T&a $Bote, us to thr 

aaloe by th,o ,Zicmaae am to bs ~,d~teraInrd bg tb 

Board @r A&ninlatrator, of%ar hsarlng, aa we brllan 

that it was me Iate!nti49ll af ths at*tuta to ,plaaa 8hr 

burdea or proof en thr liasrlaar te 

show t&at his ,a o'b~tera$oa am nOt 

l r o eedIQ l~ velur the alas of food and other @omaodttl88 ror human wnakmptien. 

2. Thr etatut la not at all clear a8 tO 

the prrlod of OiaM Blah ah611 br wnefdmd Ilo doterminiq whethrr the aalra OS rlaoholta b*verws8 

rxosrd In velw the ealaa of iood and othar oemodttiea 

for human oonsumptian, ePM?t, Of OQUFMv *hB* WY 

8tliea aurina, tha hours bbctwem mad f&n 

‘8” 

8 and 7100 

A. y. of say day $nd-fi!6mX.~2!00 o’uleok J&i n&b8 

$aturdaj u&II. 7100 A. IL mn&ay of ths ibll~irig 

wuek u&all be oonalderod, wt brlfavo that tha Lagkfatum intended In the last elauae undorliar& in tba 

statute quoted above to aat up the aama stnadmd a* 

that art out in the first Olm08 twierlinad above ia 

said statuta, I. e., ydtorin# ueh prohibIted bourn 

n0m1l.y In the wur06 Oi @nr 0~8 weak’8 tiU8." We 

think that this lsn&ua@a Olaarly l lMnste8 ?Ako 

,poeeibility o? cOneidSrln& Sia(rla b'Wa, si.EOO * 

period deaignatrd Is Wnl One welr'a tiOS*." FWtheZ'- 
Honombla Bart Ford, pegs Z7 

mon, tin use of the word wnoma;L1yw menlrerta an 

lntsntlon that a singlo weak aast not ba sonsldarsd 

aloe as s standard, but it must be a normal or 

averago wask*s salas. Ths stetuts doss not tall us 

mar whet parlod the arerags must br takan, but laatas 

this to tha reasonabla dlseratlon of tha Board or Edrlnlstrator. If thara ara saasoml.l: rarlatloar In 

sales, the Board or Admlnlstntot should monsldsr a 

suffloiently long parlod SO se to urlvo st a Sslr 

aterags ln order to dstarmina Ihat %ormal* l slss bmrr 

barn. Ths langth of aaah parlod wbloh ~111 bs usad 

by thi Board or Administrator will hare ba bs datsrmined on a rrasonablr basis by thr Board or Admlnlstrator dspsnding upon t&a feet8 as to saasansl or perlodio 

rsrlatIons In salrs in sash particular oass. 

8. ~aliilostlon ior Ranawal 

Wndsr the fcw84$oing haadlty yeu sot torth 

tha tollcmiafj stataarnt and qtmstioar 

VW8 and Ragulation No. ZZB-1 of 

ths Tour LlqUOr Control Borpd,~%lating 

to ranawal Or arlstlnCC sopplamsntary 

llwnaes, protldas as follows: 

**Any rota11 bwrr llsaassa for onprmlsaa consumption, or wins and bssr paralttas, now holding a suppl.saaatarl llsaasa, 

may, at the time of th8 rasaipt~f his rsaewad basla lloonso, maks applloation in 

dupU.aata to tha County Job&o of tha oounty 

of his rraldanos, ror rsnswal or his supplsrnantarj llsanaa, whlah scdl appliation 

shell ba in fMldeVlt fOW ati 8o!Uiainis% 

the roilwring inroxmt loa: 
Boaorabla Bert Ford, page PI 

“‘stata of Rxs8, 

“‘fhunty Of I 

w’Your arflsnt, . a 

rosldant oltlrro of &a oouat~ ahd Sfatr 

abova sat forth, bsiaQ O$ l~ful~@, and 

first duly sworn, oa oath stats~ and nprrsants to the Go\latr Judge oi 

Qountl, Taxas, and to Uas Wxas Liquor 

control Board as roihm: 

*‘(l) That ho is the bolYsr 0r 8 

rammlrstall bssr dsalsr~s on-pru$ss 

llooneio, or wins and bear retailir*s permit, NO. 

**(2) That ha was the hoLd~@r of a 

~applamatary Liornsr Ho. * i*suod 

by the Qounty t&to of 

TQxeS, on the day oT"----+~~: 

for the prsord~ llosn88 PUiOd. 

"'(3) That at all times Qtlrbq the 0Xistems of the supplaa~ta~ Wosnsa prriod 

arorosald, the sale of food and other OOmnodit for human aonsumptloa 80ia by arflant during prohlbUd hoes as driiard 

by brotlon 10(a), Artlola ZX, or the Texas 

Liquor Oontml Aot, srossdad in dollars and 

cents ths amount of bosr sold during said 

hours and ne raot adsts that in any way 

dlsqualitlas appllosnt trap rs0rl+lng 8816 

;;fp~s~o$iary Llosnm, sad ~furthsz l fflant 

. 

AWIAHT 

"'Sworn to and subsarlbsd bafcars 81. this 

the - bay or ,19__. 

%otary Pub110 in aad fQr 

Qounb~, Taxas. f 
Honorable Bert Ford, page 29 

"'Said appliaetlon shall be signed and 

sworn to by arrlant, and prasentrd to the 

County Yudge or the County of hls reeldsaoe, 

and it said County JUga has roason to be 

llrva that any stckment contained thsmln 

is untrue or misleaa~, hs my rafusa to 

issue the same; aul it the Cloanty Judge Is 

sattiSlsd that the statsmrnts oontalns& in 

said appllastlon are trua, hs may issue the 

nnawod Bupplapsntary Llarnsa to l tflant, 

whloh aald Supplemsmtary Llo81sr is to bs 

sttaohsd to end mods a pert of the bar10 

1100n80, and shall expire on thr same datr 

as the basic llasnss, 

wlA oopy or the 8 

Pp 

lioatlon, tcqathar 

with a 00 J o? l&r Sopp amontprf Zloomm so 

ranawod, P r grnntad, shsll be ibrwardrd by 

me County Judea to ths Toxas Liquor Qantxol 

Board at Austin, Texas. * 

This Rule and Ragulatlon was passsd, 

no doubt, to prerl&s 8 evthod ot rmtswl~ 

8 supplsmsntar~ lloenss, ika ta tha faot 

that the statuta was wt 8goiri0 in rsg8rb 

to auoh proosdursl a&hod. 

where thr applioation fbr F@nMIl 

ISJ zaa;:’ la the County Jold&e duty-botlad to 

tnko u&h a??Ldsvlt at its ?a00 VslUs, or 

does hs here the dlsastfoaary authority to 

requlro additional wfgaoX other 'then the 6wop~ 

affidavit of t&m appplioanti and does ho ham 

t&a dieorotlonary autheltg to mfasa, FoWWll 

app1ieationa it hr hss roaaoti to belira 

tkt aoh affidavit is mislradlng or untl?UOTW 
. -_ 

40 

&gvrablo Bert Ford, pots JO 

1. Tbo 0ount.r Jude8 ia not required to take 

the arridavit or the appliotint 00 its raoo value but 

has dlsorotlomr~ euthoritl to aoeopt cr rojoot ouch 

application upon ovldonoo hoard by him, if, suah evldonor show a reosonablo ground for bllovlq that 

aatarial stntammts in said affl6avlt are mlslraaing 

or untrua. ArtlOl8 667-7, Yornon'a Penal &do, prcvlUas that the Boa-d or Admlnlotrator say roqulro tha 

oppllcent tar a roaowal lloonoo tc vii0 appllc4tlcm 

with the Uounty Ju8go aad submit tc hasring baron Muah 

County Jude8 in the manner rspuirsd of l nf applioaat 

for the primsrf or orlglnel 1i0onso.~ Wo bollovo that 

thls~glvo# the Oounty Judge power to roruss to aocopt 

as true tho statsmoats in the orridovlt, provldrd that 

there la other svldsnoo givlw roascnsbls grow&Is for 

balioving that th St4 tsmvnts OOntatiod in bha s~fldarlt 

are not true. 

Xojano tioaa 

Bador the above heading, you set out tho following statansnt ana ~~stionsr 

TPho T6xas Llqucr Uoatrol hat, Goat&n 

27, Artlolo II theroOf, provlaoa as f6llowS: 

**Upon hovln& col.loQ tc his a ttontlon 

bg affidavit of l g orodlblo parrson that 

any person is violating, or is shout tc 

tiolate, any 0s the pxarlslons or the 

Texas Llq,uor Control P.ot or it any paraft or llodnso was wron@ul~y lmvuod, it 

8heu be th8 autg 0s the Attorney t3onaral, 

or tbo Dlstrlot or UountJ Attoxnof Ii0 

bygin prccoodfngs to rostrsln any suoh porson from the throatsnod or any furthar violation, or operation under sueh permit or 

llooaso, sad the Djstrlot Judge shsll.h~+e 

authority to issue roetraining ma0F8 

without hearing, and upon nobleo and haaring to grant in&motion, to prevent suoh 
Honorable Bert Ford, p8.q 31 

throatens or rurther vlolp.tlon by thr 

person oomplaind agalnat, an4 my rogulre 

the person oonplalning to file a bon& in 

euoh emount and oontsining euah oondltiona end in such oaeee ae the JuAer 

to notify the Coilnty Judgs of the county 

wherein wafi iaeued enp lioanar or palmit 

a0 canoslla A, au4 to notify the Boer4 

or any Juclgnbsnt ct 6 oourt whiah aar 

oparak hereunder to 0a50el a licensr 

or prrmit.* 

#mare a llcansre has been enjod?&om violating tha Texas Lipuor 

Control Act or any par13iaular phs8 

thereof an4 in oitcd for contePipt Of crourt 

an4 is fouu4 guilty of belag, in oonterdpt 

or oourt bp vlrtue of hsvibg violate4 acme 

grovialon or the Injunotion, ia his liornee 

sutimetiofilly, by operation or law, void 

aad or no further ior a5d 9mOt; an4, 

without further prooeedl.qe and without 

the [louEt*e juagslent 60 deolaring, would 

euoh lioensee be Ao%ng business without a 

liaen~~ should he f&U. to oease dofix 

budnear upon the date the contempt jodgsent was rendmod? 
Honorablr Bert Bard, page 32 

“2. what would be ths rfatur or the 

llaanae ii In the oa4a or a 00rporatlon an 

orfloor or mploya or the oorpor:tlon, 

hnvlng bran enjolnsd, is found guilty of 

bring in oontkplpt or court? 

“3. What w0ul4 be tba 8tatu8 of the 

llomaa lr In tbo aa4* ora~pertnarrrhlp, 

a4sooIatIon, or ~n4lvl4ua1, an auploya8 

or a&ant or the lioan8a0, havlag baan rlr8t 

l ijolu84, 18 loua guilty of baky in aon84mpt Of aourt7; 

(+tlok 667-27, Veruon'a Poaal Coda) rxprrarly proThe rtatuta whiab you hav8 quota4 abovr 

Ti444 that, *upon any juddgnrnt or tha oourt that 

riolation or 0~ r04tlainlng order or injtmmon 

irsu84 h8rranA4r ha8 ooourrod, l u6h juU@unt 8hall 

oprr4tr to aanorl without fkrther proo8rAIng8, any 

licanar or permit hold by tbs prr4ar who fa datuulmt 

In the pmas4Ing4. . .* Ths elrar import of thla 

lan.@a~a 18 that tha juAgm8nt finding thr drrendant 

guilty or a violation or an Itljunotlon or the oourt 

work8 an lpao root0 oanorllation or thr llaanaa, avan 

though no wuh 8xprasr pmvi8lou br aautalned in t& 

j 

UtQmBnt. lUo doubt the bettor praotloa 18 to have tha 

udgmont provide that tha li4an44 18 oanorlrd, bus the 

aamallatlon rollowr 08 a metto]: of law l'rrm thr juagmat findIng that a violation of thr lnjumtlon ha8 

oaoarred, an4 a raoltatlon of the oanaallation in tha 

jaagsrant 18 not rsrsntlal. Tbr court ho8 no Airaratlon an to whether 4 aaao4lla8lon wi3.Z rimult f'roa @U&I 

Gumparr Toxae Llauor Control Board I, Blaoh8P, 

$?%: (24) 1030 ln hi&~ lt hldthtbbr 

dlatrlat aaurt hed io dlktlon $'r.keln km canosllng the licraar whara the rvldmoa gave rsa8omblm 

support to thr Board’8 ooaa‘lualon that liti Lipuor 

Control Aot had boon violatad. 

2. Artiolr 4661, Vernon's Taxas Girl1 Statut84, 

pr~vlder in pert a4 followrt 
"1111 lnjaaotlon r44tr4ln4 tha attornqa, 

Santa, ruvmntr old rm~lofrr of the party 

enjoln84, or wall a4 thm party hla84lt, 

l rr4otira from tb4 eonlea or notl44 of tb4 

lnjunation an4 during it4 continuanor In 

foror. . . . * 

It roiiow4 that it an ofrlow or aaplo~oa or 

a oorporatlon vlolatra thr lnjunotlm and i4 found in 

contarpt or the oourt*a jod@nt, tha llarnar 14 oanoalrd. ?iooo44aPlly, tbr oorporstlon o a n l o t only 

through ltr agenta. IB analegou8 demo, lt h44 b4m 

br14 that 4 lla4n4r map k oamalr4 for rloletionr or 

tb Liaubr Oontmol Aat bv an ulent or rrm4nt. atan 

aontrary to l x p r a 44 in8truotlo58 Or the llaanio8. 

Bradley v. Tgxaa Ll~uon? Ooti~01 Board, 108 8. W. 

JOOi Tare8 LlauOP CloatPol Wear4 v. Warfield, 122 

8. w, (Ml 66 

117 8. w. (26 

3. A48umln6 that thr l aployar oc a&rat of the 

lle4n4a4 was ~urpoPldi~& to aot aa 8aah at'thr tlm8 of 

th4 tiolatlon 0r the oouirt~a injo~ti~m, hi4 unlawful 

a aaraxlant la the lnjunotlon poaading, the atatut4 

quota4 abore 4or4 not prori'a4 bhat there 8h8l.l ba aotomatlo aanodlatlm,, tin aktuk ~roridl~ that the $u%- 

mnt ahall ou4r4ti to oanorl %nf 114411~ or p4Pmit 

dil4 bl tha braon who ir brivndint in the pr~oa44lnga.* 

Ii thr agent, an4 not the amployu, 10 tha d~fendoat, 

we kllevo that in ordar 80 oaaa41 tbr llamaa of bha 

aaployar $S would ba naorraarg to feller the proeadorr 
Eonorablr Bert Ford, pgr 34 

for auoh oanorllatlon art out in Artlala 667-19, V4mCIIQL’4 

Penal Oodal 

Your4 VOPy tPuljr 

ATTORWBY OBWIHIAL 011 TBXAS 

A4aisbsnt 

APPROVEDJAN 4, 3.941 

t$zL&& 3vLL-u 

ATTORNEY GENERAL Or' TUAS