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Honorable0. A. Falter@ OOUty AttOrnaT **6u1 Saba**  **County** San Saba, Toxar

&I, aatIol&iting

that ha w0ua be ~ao4mrfrfl. on that third eramlnatlon, maar thti raoa aaa *au aomiaatodover the prerent in0umbant. Thlr week brlagr the infornmtloathat he railed again for the third time.; I preeutm he will take~aaothsr euLmfaatIo,aaad~,

Ii ha doea I awwme that the raeult wlil ba knowa beram the Novacabal: elrotlon.I

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Honorable0. A. Walters, ?age 2

TJnlaeaprohibited,eltbsrthrough a mnaamus or Indunotlon, one oriboth prooesdtags, his name will b0 oortifledby the oomaltter and his name will go up oa the tlokot at the general l

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On the basis of thsse fasts yes hesire to~knowl (1) What stepsmay be taken to eatabllsh the lnellglblllty

of the 04n4laate for the orii00 or county attorney; (2) If steps may bo taken, rho Is author,-

. Iesd to institutethe aroessaryprooerdiags~ < (3) 'Other questionsbased upon the assumptlon that timely stdps will not bo **takea.**
U OpinionNo. 0+%?05 this departmentheld that 

### u&orArtlolss 332 ana 2927 OS the Rev'lssd Civil Statutes, '1925, one who does not hire his license to praotloe law aad 'willnot have It at the time of thg Suly prlcmry oleatloa Is not entitledto have his name oertitid ae a oanalaate for the offLoe oi oounty attorneyat suoh eleotion.

Artlalss 2927, 2928 6.tta 2989 of Veraon~6 Annotatoa 01~11 Statutes,rep&: as r0110w8:

*Art. 29117.
To person shall **be** ellglblrto any Stats, oounty,pretolnot

or munlalpal 0PiIoe In this Stata unless ha shall be eligibleto ho14 ofiiae under the Coastltutloaof this Ytate, and unless he shall her0 r6SIdsa In this Stats for the pQrIod or tw6lvemonths and sir months in the oounty, prealnot,or aunI0Ipellty,In whIoh he orfers himselfas a oanblbate, aoxt preoodIng any gea4r41 or speolal eleatloa,and shall hare beon 1111

aotual bona fide oltlsen of said oounty,prsolnot,or munIolp4lIty.for a0re than sir months. No person Ineligibleto hold oftloe shall ever have his name placed upon the ballot at any general or spealaleleotlon, or at 4ny prlmclry

electionwhere oandldatbsare soleoted under prIm4ry eleotlon laws of this State; and ao such ineligiblecandidate8hal.l ever be VOtea upon, aor hnre votes oountad for him, at eny suoh general, 8p00141,or primary el0OtIOn.Eonorable 0. A. Walters,Page 3

“Art. ZQE%. \ “Neitherthe Seoretaey of State, nor any oounty judge or this State, nor any other authority **authoria4a** to issue orrtItloat48, shall Is8u4 any o4rtlrIoat4s or eleatlon or appolntakent to any person 4l40t0aor-appointed to any oriios la this State, who la not eligible to hold such 0ff~o0 uadt3r tha CoaetItutIon0r this State and under the above artlale; and the nams or ao InslIgIble

person, under the Constitution ma laws or thle State, shall be oertiriraby any party, ooamittee,or any authorityauthorha to have.the naa0e Of 04ndia4t0splaced **upon** the primary ballots at any primary eleatlon In this Statei and the name or ao Inellglble aanalaateunder the CoartItutIonand laws or this Stst.4 shall be plaO@d upon the ballot of any general or 8p40141 eleotloaby any authoritywhoa@ duty. It -Is to plaoo names of eandlaateo

,updnolrlolalballots,
“Art. 2929. “The dI8trIOt court shall have authority to Ieeue writs of Injunctionand all other neaessary prooese at the **suit oi**  **any** Iaterestad party, or of any voter, to enforod the pmvisions or the above two artlolesand to prbteot.thereunaer

the rights or all part.108 and the public; for suoh purpose, jurisaiotIon and authority Is ooarerrra-upon all dlstrlot oourts or this State and all oases filed hereunder ahsll hare rimi right 0r pr000amoe upon trial and appeal."
Under the Artiolee of the RsrIsed Civil Statutes, above sat rorth, the Oandldatementlonrd In your letter Ie :notentitled to have hla naae go on the ballot in ths general eleotloa In lOor@mbsr na the D4aooratIoaomlaee for the **ofrice 0r**  **county attorney.**  He should not be voted upon at that time as suoh nominee, and Wider Article 2929 an ln&K~o- ,~tIon my iaeus rros the dlstrlot court to prevent his nam being plaaea berore the YOters at the general 614OtIOn.

iet us point **out** here for your guldanoethat awhile mtiole 8E53, Vsraoa~s **.4motiit4a** 01~11 8tatute8,pro-

.**~-,** Honorable 0. **A.** salters, Page 4

,videsthe remedy of an InfornmtloaIn the natul quo warrato to be 4Ireotedagainst qae uulawft truaiag upon or assuming the atah8 or ea 0rric ,whIoh he IS aot entitled,that rmaedy IS not a1 sat11 the oae againstwhom the writ Is to ,bed: hmm,aotuallyintruded Into ana unlawfullyh0iat

As stated in Callaghanv. Tqbln, 40 T. 1 90 s: w. (ea) ss, writ refused,

*There Is nothing In that statute that would prbteot the Inauaibent or an ofrIo rrom one who thrrateneato remove him iron4

the 84q and to take possrssloa or the propertyappertaining to the ofri04. That **hatut** giVS8 a remedy agalnr a person who ha& slr@aay usurped, Intruao Into, and unlawfullyholds an 0rrf00, as the very aesIgnatIonor the prooesdlag olearly~WlIe8.~ It Im R, procieeblng

by Quo warranto, to be w0a ~agalast oae in po8eaesIoaor an orrio*, and 04anot be used by an lnouabentto proteothla frois
**attenwtea** usurpationor his 0rti04.r

see also WIllIsmsv. Cast~eman,ii8 817 9. w. SW.

.You hare been advised that an injuno sue to prereat the nam. of an IaeligIbleoandl appearingupon the ballot at the generalelrot uaber as the DemooratlonomIne for the ofrloe oosoeraours.lveswith the qu.stIonof who is $0 institutethe aroessaryprooredIngs.

AlthoughArtlole ii989 provides la ha that *any Interesteaparty, or any tot*PlaaT Isjunotloathere provided for, the 0880 or All deofaedby the Comlssian of Appeals Is 19s 0 9. if. (aa) 751, oowtrueu the **st4tut4** 

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,/- In that OaBe one Braly, the Dl4IntIf

a third man were oandldatesror the orfIc# of torney. At the .l.otIon It appeared that Bml the higher&number or votes 048% and the plair ssoopd largrstauaber. Braly hosevor,was Ix arr Art1010 8987 to be 4 04adhate for th. orI trlotattorney,aud the pl4lntIrt,the l eoosdHonorable0. A. **Walton,** Page b

**lnstttutod** the neoesearyetepe, as a totor, **to proouro**  an InJuuotionunder Artfole gQgQ\ to **prev4nt** the name of Bralp **from** appearing upon thr ballot at the general eleotion and to prevent hi8 oertiiioetion a8 the Demooratio ncdlwe ior the offioe of ~dietriot attorney. The Court stated:
&The petition thorrrore rail6 to thor that tha plaintiffhue a logal right, distinot Srom the **gwwral** pub110 of whioh he la a member,whioh will be aHooted by the osrtifioation

of Braly a8 the Dsnmretir nomlneo ior diatriat attornrg,or by the printing of his naum, aa euoh, on the of- fioial ballot **at** the goneral lleotion in **Rovembrber**

. The **plaintlrr,** a8 an indirldual,, is not rhown **to** have d juatiolablm interset in the aatter. fia thererore io not entitled to llvaintain

thie euit unless authorizedto 40 80 under that prori8loaof artiole 8889 o$ the 8tatut.mnow to .be noticed. A portlon of that article provider in erreot that the diotriot oourt &all hare authorityto ioeuewrits ot injunotion at the suit of ‘any voter,’ to restrainths plsoing or the name of an ineligibleoandldate upon the offioial b&lot at genafal ora~4oial lleotion.

be th6 true import-ofthe tatatutory proriaioa just **nferred** to, **that** provision oannot hara offrot to lnveet the plaintiff, simply baoause he is a votar, with the authorityto ;lalntain

this **wit.** The Conatitution **does** not pertit this ‘tobe dons. the oaee jus8 oited t&at: It is 4,+a in ‘, **It is nroeaearpfor the et&e to be 4 party when the action ie for. the benerit 0r the publio at large, though growing out/I korable G. A. i’taltera, Page 6

of 4 party prlmery eleotion. The etatute oannot oonfer a right upoa private inaimuale to hot for all where it Is, shown they have no interest airrerent rrm irll othera. “The Oonetltution provide8that the oounty attorney shall represent the atate
Fa all ChS40 In the ai8trLot CQurt. By oth4r oonrtitutional provisioa4 the L4girluture is authorizedto impose that duty on the httornep General, and, in presoribed oiroumathnoee, upon the dietriotattorney. Sse State Constitution, art 8, I gll art. 4, a ee. These oouetitutionul provisione mark the liznits

of leglnlativeauthority to prescribewho shall reprileent the etate 4nd oontrol Its lntereat6In a lawruft in the district court. The Leg1 slature ie isplledlyrestrainedfrown oonlerringeuoh duty and reeponsfbillty on the individual oitizen. Maud '1. Terrell, 109 Tex. 97, 200 P 5. w. 378. Then plaintiffthereforehae no authorityto naintain thie suit, ae a voter, independently

or a public off ioial who, ie properlyclothedwith that authority.” (underscoring

ours)
Ke my thereforeoonolude that any cult provided for by Article E929 mat be proneoutedby, the State.
Ssotion 21 of hrtiole 5 Of the Conetitution of Texas, reads, in part, as follower

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. The county, attorney shall representthe State in all. 0484n in the Uietrlotand lnrerlor courts in their roepeotiv4 ooilntles~

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In Uaud, County Tvx Colleotor,v. Terrell,State Comptroll4r,

LO9 Tsx. 07, 200 S. W. 375, the court stated; “. .t 4. Thlit

instrument, by Section 21 or Article 6, lo&gee with the county ettorneyethe duty of reyreeentingthe btate in all 0~544 in the dietriot and infsrlorcourts, with the right in the i* Leglsluture to regulate by law the mepeo-**.P** HonorableG. A. Xalters. Page 7

tlve **duties of**  **aiatriot aad**  **oountp** attorneys **wh4re a**  **oounty la**  inoluded in **a ’** **aietrlot having** 
**a dlstriot**  **attorn4y;** and by deotion 22 of Artlole **4 that**  **tidy 44**  **to errits**  and pleas **in** the Supreas **Court** Is ooufided to the Attorney uenoral. * l ***

639 see al80 5tapls’s v. ljtat.4, 13.2 Tax. 81, 248 S. **W,** ; Diokeon v. mrloklana, ll4 Tax. 176, 2aa a. 1. 1012.
It ia the **opinion of**  this department and **youTax-** .,, **r~epeotfully aayiisra**  that you in **your** ofiioial oapaoity **es** oouuty attorney ars authorized to represent the Stats in a euit for en lnjunotion under rirtiole 2929 or the Revised Civil 8tatute8, 1926, to prevent the nams of an inelfglble oandidate for ths office of county attorney in your Oountg Ron being pla0ed upon the ballot, Voted upon, or 0@rtiii@d as the Demoaratlo nominee for the oifioe at the goner41 eleotlon in liovember.

IEaohof ths other puestioue y’ou have presented P iqr our oonsideration are based upon hypothetloal situations which may never orisc, and in view of the foregolag advieing that the rsaedy of injunotfon is 4vaUnble now, their auswer **Is** rendered **unn00484ary.**

**Very ‘** **truly yours**  dPlWRNMGWPX#L.OB TXJIS

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