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OFFICE OFTHEATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable Vi.B. Baker collntyAttoPney Coleman County Coleman, Texas 

### Dear Sir:

Your request 

### r this mparfmint. we

or this cotwp, le 2089 0r the ct *the plain**the** 

### docket rendant

has t 0r all ooets that

I 

### desire to kaor whether 

### after axing wait and PS, in vaotican,by endooket, in eabetance;-ikw 001088 by Attoxne;la and %ismisa this ease ter paying all oosta or suit inned by plaintiwe 

### Attorneys uiththe clerk a dollar for the aat or or aat 0r di~miseing, the saee 08 aAd where the dsfendant has XL& an**swered.**
-Our Dlatrlot Clerk has 

### oonatrued that 

### Article to man that ahe is entitled, pador the above eircumstanaes, to oharge a dollar the same aa if the oaae had been dismissed in **Court and.**  

### m&deed judgaant **enterad** 

### j~as$ llka **during**

**.**Sionorable w. B. Raker, Page 2

"It I8 4 oontentlon that where It Is dlsmlassd, or dlsaontinued, In vacation, under the above taots, that the Clerk rould not **be** entitled to charge anything for the dIsmIesal.w
16 'Per. JUri8., dismissal, dlsaontlnuancre and non-5ult, Sect105 8, pp. 242, 2c3, reads as r0il0~:

*iI a. 15 Vaoatlon. "*The plaiatirr may enter a dieoontInua5oe on the doaket I5 vacation, I5 any auIt wherei the dere5da5t has not answered, OILthe payment Or all **oOutB** that hare aoorued thereo5.* 9hIe stat&e, 

### whioh has be05 in Orrmt 

### with little 50dirioation ai50e rery early tIma, give6 to the flaintirr, apon payment 0r 008t6, an unqualltied right, If the defendant haa not answered, to **dlumlss** the auft, dthoat a4 aution or the 

### judge. Ho ordek or uoart Is aeuea- ==Y* when aamuwer has been tiled the uuit may not be dIsaIssed In taoatlon, ~YM by entry on the dooket aI46paylrmnt 0r coats. *Aa we hare seen in a5 earlier artlale, the entry of a displisealby an attorney Is 

### presumd to ba 

### authorized. The fOllo\ring entry ha8 thererore been held t0 be mrriaient ah th0ugh the statute atatea that the *pm5tirr ma)-enter a discontlnaanae on the docket*z **05the ~_day or ~~ ~~~~~ , in vacation, the defendantsI5, the plaI5tIm * noFEi?ia ,g

### answered hersI- enter thie their dIseontlnuancrs

### and dlamls~ Tor thiii Bait; all metrr that have 

### aoorued having been paid 

### by plaintilirr. 

### Attye. ror Plaintirrs*~ Article 3927, Revised Cirll Statutes Or Teza8, lists the fee8 to uhlch district Olerks are eptItled.i.0 Peoeirs In cirI1 wits. 'There Is 50 rse listed I.5thle Artlole ror a disniseal, or dlsaO5tfnuanco u5deF AZ%iQle 2CSQ; rq 

### are mable to find a4uheme a4 author%7 whlah

### i’



### Honorablew. B. Baker,page S

would authorizethe dietrict 

### clerk to chargea fee under Article 2089. We 

### find in Artiale 5927 that the clerk ia entitled to one Dollarror e&oh rinal judgment.



### *A judgmentIs the tin&l consideration and termination

of a aoart of oompstent jurfsdIotIon 

### upon the matters submittedto It in an 

### a&ion or 

### proceeding.* Fort worth Acid Words Y. 

### City of Fort Worth, 248 S. W. 

### 822, 824, Words k Phrases,3 Ed.,Vol. 4, p. 607.' "f3ensPally

-- the ocmrteoonstrue 

### etrlotly statutespresorlbing fees, and reject Implicationsas to the fixingat tees and the orricerswho are to reaeIVethem.
. .I U Tex. Jnrle.,Clerksor Court,Mee on Compenea8105, Section 2C, p. 250. It is the opinionor thi.6 

### Departmentthat the. aotlon of plaintiffIn enteringa diecontlnaance oa the docket In YaOatiOnla a suitwhere15 the defendanthad not answered**aad** 

### the peyIngof all costs that had accrued thereon, lrould not be a 

### jthgraent.

You are, 

### thererorr, respectfully

advised that It Is the opInIonai thle Departmentthat under the facts stated In your letter,where.theplalntlfientersa dIscontinuanceon the docketla Vacation,In a suit wherein the defendanthas not answered, andvhere the plalaintirt had paid all costs that have acorued 

### thereon,that the districtolerkwould not be entitledto charge a tee or One Dollar for a rlnal judgment,end that .the clerk **would** 

### not be entitledto chargeanythingfor the dIsmIssal.

Truetingthat this sat:sfaatorllV answersyour Inquiry, we are



### APPROVEDAUG 18, 1939

.ATTORWEY

GEtWiAL Cb TEXAS **COMMI-ITEE**