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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

Bonombh Dul&t Yhitwll 

Cridaml Dlcltrirt Attoxw~ 

Collla County 

JtOU~, Tuur 

oa8fdw8d four Fequut 

mU48b F Udiw l 8 fOl- 
Xonoreblo Dvl&t yhitwell, Pate P 
flo~lrolloot~anr UMlpaf thu IEtotha calnt;l 

TWNWU’tOb4 8dit8dtOthe 0ffiOul'I &l&q 

rtuxs. ne 18 rurthu rrqtired uador the ~#rnral 

8t8tUte8 OO+WiA# thLtd+~ flFUWO8 l b p WtiOUb r 4 

under the fee rtatuto to fllr an Aawn1 Repart rotrtib lindtrtiOA8 full fPar th4 tin. of the di8OOTU7 

0r the miuppllmtlorrt 

'qiu8tLbrr HO. ha 18 it tho oitioial dut O? 

the Count Attorae~tobdnga rlvilrtita~ no* 

I 

r 

the, U-00 l@OtW ad hi8 8WOti.8 to FOO0V.r thib 

ronqt IO thU 

to Arti.1. 339 

that Yhoa it o,oar to 

ot collnt~ Attomut that 

w County tntnut8d with 

tundr iR ia w UnMP *brt80- 

l 8 -0 WOO80 

&at;@8 w 8Uah 

ublla b&ornot to U-OffibW8 4abrOW ag-0818 th*ni-, 

buded to almlfr ow 

hr 

8itia With ntOlWM0 t0 01p 

mthorlt to rat b t 8 utter. Tt ou rhfmld hol4 

that it I 8 Aotthe offioial4u~ Of de hunt7 At-=eY 

towlsqa oIvllrat.IasyriartthIr Otf%a@?ad hi8 

8WOti48 thO8f8tbn ro;tpohtbit%-tbr*r-#- 

vent the cordariaarrr oowb ?ra 

T 

lq&g8amcowtJ 

AttarcuftompWUhth.~orrrrQf- oOlt-@'- 

oration La addition to'k3.a rtrtQt0lrt 8aZI 

t be apud wn betvoea the Oowt and the “f ttomufl ‘I 
Xonorrble Dvl(lht YhitvolL, P8tr r, 

%+I? Opid08 Cm thi8 B8ttW 18 6OliNd 

bdW'0 JaEllU7 31, 80 tht W Y7 ii10 ttW MOU88rJ 8Uitt;;;;~ th. X'WldE# Of lid.t&loIi, a8 

8000 88 

tloa In ?hI 

. Th8nhia1~ pu for pu ooopwa8 mttw, *o are 

In the m8e Of MU? Counw T* IlwwlOh, 8t al., 159 

8; v. @da) lb, nit UfUWd th. t%Wt Of citil AmU MI 

Yith l QtU8ti80ldAP t0 t&t 8Bkd 

he fr a tver r e th a l t p p ello Ma a, wy I(rr 

tb 8tdtUt~bocpd ylUb.6 O?tu~O~WtG-l'8 WI&t;OMd that 

h 8hould "taithtld~ WOn aad di8OhrFgO .ir Of m dUth8 

requIr@d OrhIBQlaY 88 TuCollMto?." Arturnfrrrl 

l nd Quotiry tw a U.UEbr Of t-8 Oa8@8 dealIn& rlth 8 

QUe8t~OM 8otw Of dlbh W8X’8 w th8 cord88iOB O$ 4pW1# aad l llofvhh hold that 8uOhaauBu ~faotIon~oxw#ovarnod~ 

the two-leas 8tatuto or Llsltat1oz4, the cowt la& 88 t011owr 

to, and YO thI.nh did, oozroot 

thi8 8ituritiOa vOl?nm’8 lnaotrkd Of.Vi.1 

bktUte8, VhiOh ouOfte&o Ootob.? 1, X*1, ti rhioh NId8 

48 fOllOWI 
8unonbh Dwight whitvoll, PagO 5 

porlod aowud 

putpo8OS Of 

8Uob bad8, 8nd that fO? ali 

tiO?i 8UOh #tit8 b 8UOh pOZ%OS# 

On luoh bond8 8&U b OOMidwti 8~4 tpUt& &.I 

8OtiOM for debt f0Und.d qca 8 oontraot In tit4 aml cwarne4 br the faur-Joa? atatuto of LIUIktlon. Aat 1941, 47th Lot., pa 383, oh. 2l3, 8 1.. 

It yIll b4 noted that, Ml0 Art. 600% bwamr l rroo tivo 

Op o OtOb W 1 , li?hit lr l ppliOa 0dy t0 bold8 ~8cntkb dt0p UIU 

dAt0. 8Uido8, the 8-1 Pub oi 8ktUtw ooPIt?wtion l8 t&at 

(L lidktiOll 8t8tUtr 18 m8UIMd t0 k 

tie88 it8 tCUW8 olrully 8hw I 1Ogi8b r 

8~itOtiVO ia ~tiOll, 

iv0 intont that it Ihod& 

ha+0 a MmwMro l mot. 28 Tu, hu., 840. 11, pa 8fj. 

UtodoPthohOld~ Intb NwOrIokurd 8-m (~8.8 

abow w0m to 8UOh af tho to08 roterred to b foe aa v.ro 

due 

a u c 

iW t0 @to&' 1 , 1 94 t1he , l tt8OtiW tit0 Oi b t. 600% 

X’md by tho two- UP 8ktUtO Of Uai(;rtioa. 8uoh of 8.d 

foe8 a8 au SOU tftsn b 0 paw paat duo ud rhioh b~crUyo ,du 

PROP to tb UCMUti~ Of 4n Omdai 8kfUtOW bead w atid f&X 

COilMtOP HOP me 600% b*OuPe l ff@OtiVO l m ax80 br2%%d w 

th0 t110+89 8atUtO Of ilrdt#dIir linJ Of 8UCth fU8 ~8 bOOU80 

dU0 l t8r th0 -UUtiOA Of UL OffISi.41 8ktUtm bond 

Collootor rftor the &fOotIyo &to ti Art. 630% rauld 

br the faw-~ 8ktUt& Of liUlfMlOa 8od vould not k barred. 

a-id Art, 60038 li not utcoaotlw undo it8 tom 80 

m&a:pQ to l hx Colloetor* band that rrr axmuted lq thr 

95 

b0 hold for t 

Erlthor ma the 8WOtr 0-w 

7%538:;2 O:‘.tl7 f’btd8 068ufiixv ‘“““h”: 

l ifootlw date of 8a d Aot under the bond uxrouted on Jmua 

1941, uo knQY of no nr w ai,& tha runty oarpany OIa bo ali 

undw. tho bond uoautod Sana~ 1, l$&l, 

- lJltl01~ 39120, 800. 1, vOZ7&01i'8 &KLOtitOd citil Ot8tUtO8, 

OOOtdM th0 ?OiiWiBg p~ori8iW 

lioaorablo Dwight Whitv.11, ?a(a 6e 

Art1010 339, f. A. c. b., ir IB tollow8I 

hi8 dUtie8 UIidOr the &V, h# 8h811 inrtltut. 8u8h 

~P OQOOdir y l 8 aiN FAOOOl8~l7 t0 e-01 tb ~OX'fOl'W 

anO0 Of 8Uob dutia8 b 8Wh offio~ l rd to #%er.?vr 

4gd &bPOtOOt the pub110 ilitOlW8t8.” 

IA th. W8e Of LStthOFO l t 81. V. mt OoPn 

124 3. V. 205,.thoro Va8 intolwd ha8 rl@at of tho oountr a iorMT t0 ~&din 8 f.0 iB th. 8IM Oi #~.~ OOllOOtOd b him f’POa 

tho oount~ tor hardliag l 8utt tn vhioh the oounty -8 plaintiff 

ati VhiOh V88 bPOUght t0 rOOOW 8 18330 UoOUAt Of mO-7 018tiOd 

~;~~w;o Untl y gaiart tha OOUn~ elwk of 8aid ~ou&$ and hi8 

. Thotrl.aloourtlrmtrwted julgmnta 

attOM l 8 t0 Iaid $500.00 f@ O, l ld th COWt 

LDlttho oounty 

o P CiTil &Q-18 

WV Art. 339) mad. it the duty of 8rld oouatr attorney to &Et 

8UStEinOd thi8 holding 08th. pOUBdthAtt!@ 8ktUtO 

88id 8Uit, and that the Oontlvot to plf him 8UOh f.0 -8 rabidden lrv aad void. 'Ph. Court a180 held that Art. 297, (nov 

&kuI the oomlrrlo~rr' aout mm not at lib& 

35) ~r0rid.d hi8 OO@W8~tioa iOF auoh r&W,r 8ti th8t 

to ~l:irsegara. 

In tha 018b of Stata T, antton, et al., 192 S. V. 814, 

Vl'lt reflltd, theF* V88 iWO1V.d th4 WthOl'itr Of tk OOUU attornor to brln(l l 8U.it ia the MH of tb bt8k wbrt 8 WX dl.Otoz, to rrootff fUDd8 duo thr &tat@. In thi8 bUt@aOr tb OOWt~ 
%y Vi&U@ Of hiOh s3 Of th8 BOri8& 

StrtUt.8 Of 1911, tb Oat7 attOm 18 atitbd 

t0 Nh in l 8 hi8 Oti8810& GI1 til. m 

O@ileOtti b7 hb fOF.th# 8trt@, the 8uI Of 

mat. 00 tha rust, thouund, and 5 par u&t. 08 the 

hi8 8UNtl*B? ?hr bwdll# UpOP th0 qu*8,tioa, 

8l'O 8tfiO1.8 Ml9-d ~OfthObYt8~~trtUt.8 oi 

19ll. 

h8YO oalttod oopli 

"f 

Ufd &t101.8 #lg 

1.d tA 841d Op Id.00 8iMO &'tiOlO 

t0 d0 Vlth th. qM8tiOU hW0 bO% 

oo~ldered aad Aztlole 366 18 aw Art1010 339 ha%- 

iMbOT0 8,t Out). 

I) . . . . . 

‘It 8.Y t0 k #O!tOrdOd w both wPt1.8 thrt 

th. 188UO if& the 0880 ia+OhV8 8 OOMtl'UOtiCS Of th8 

8tdUt.8 dOTO QUOtOd, ntb? thl Of thO8. 8eOtiOM 

of the CCnUtltUtion gre8Or&bi4 the N8 OtltO dUti.8 

0r th8 litt0ru87 c+~r~i 8rd 0r the OOULL r J at-. 

Va hold, howvor, th&t urd@s 8e4ItlOa el of U?tlOle 5 of 

the CoMtltUtIon the LSgl8ktUm oould OOnfer upon thr 

.fn tha au0 at Tamall ‘I~ Orouw 60 hr. 539, 

31 8. V. 631, tha 8-#81-' ed had _ od 

prluta oaua~olfomp~.8oatth.samtyiar 8U& 7 

&#lMt th4 OQMtf tPOUu#I, aad hl8 -tlU, tW 

w rr00t027 0r rtbm i08t M th4 rriitrn or tb 
“*%ki8 

but -08e8 

$wrors the 

lhvl88d-8wUf88, the fwpripu court up1 

WtiOh XLOt Oldr Oani8r8 th. pOrrr, 

8 dut , 

rot8 &la 

upon the eount~ rtt 

rain apulrlbda, 

th@ OOWty ~ttol'ne~~tbt, 
Honoreblo OvLght Wh.ltvOll, ?r(l@ 9 

OaUatr fUUd4 odlr, hilO ill th4 plW8etlt MI* tb 

8Uit 18 i.8a MM Ofth8t8t r l rdOucpOti8 , t0 

b0 fW 8th turd8 Otirj bUt thb 8a~ 8tdUtn rnrl 

reatlon 0r the conat1tutioa t&t gave the oounty 

rttornoy 8UthOJ’itT to r 

hla pwor to rrprrront In irot, tha 

CoMtltutlon tiO8 axpro pwir to roprarmat 

the Itit., Nid fh* 8trtUtO OOVOl'8 'w pub110 fWid8.'" 

a.0 a180 tb a80 0r Bar county 1. Dwl8, 223 s. v. 

558, tit WftUOd, rhmin it V88 held tht th@ dlrtziot rttom,q 

had the authority to brpine l 8o it in th. Mao Of th. 

f&Oh OIWW Vithin th0 pNV.%8iOM Of AFtial~ 

raid 8Uit h4M b0.n bl?OU@t t0 FOQOYW rOr? 8aht7 

or tha 00wy tru8 w the oount~ judge. Tim court 

8180 hold bA thi.8 0480 that, h it 18 th. dUtf Of ttM OOUntr 

tre88urrr $0 direot prororooutlon ro~ording to lrv for the rooow~ 

Of l ll debt8 that DI b0 duo hl8 OOUnt~ 8od 8U l X'lIltOnd th. OOlleotlon thrreof, iul i ruthoritr 18 61Wli thr d P 8trlOt 8ttOl'n. to 

1ost1tutr 8uit8 unA8r thr olroua8taaas8 nased ln ArtL0Ie 366 aw 

ht. 339) vhethalr the TWM~UXW direotr the rO8OOUtlOa or nOta 

aad whether th0 8Ult 18 dlrOOtOd by th0 Co me5 88101mrr~ Court or 

not. 

W. a180 diPrOt yOW rttrntlon t0 the 048@ Of J. A. 

PhL11p8 IlWO8tWllt CO., et al. '1. Road Dlrtrlot t!iO. 18 Of ~08tOl.M 

county l t al., 172 9. Y. (26) 707, vrit 20rit8rd, uhr~sin it VII 

hold tht the Counlq Attorney of I&M8tOaA County had authorifq 

U&W UtiOh 339 t0 bfin(: 8 8U.u fO? th0 FOOOYOI7 Of UOrWy iileg8117 &d tO'J. 11. Philip8 rDW33tMBt coapmiy UD&r 6 O&Not 

ontorwl l&o with raid oompmy br tha C~8810wrat Court of raid 

oounty. 

Ye think it 18 olom, thewrore, tat 1t ia the OtflO181 

duf 0r the oount~ rtt 

I orpz 

tobri~a aid.1 8Uit8@MtthO - 

Co1 l o tor ~fwr o d to rod ho rurety oa hl8 bond to reoovor 88id 

EOMy. v.40 not belleve that the raot that 8816 Tax Co leotor bar 

tOM Out 0 k OffiOe ima8 l y diffWQO8 a8 t0 the dUtr 0 the OOmtT 

l ttOl'llq ia thi8 MI 

r 

t, 88 Uid ‘hX CtilUtW -8 a OffiOOF 8t 

the tir that tha ob lgatlona wou end uao are not eaaaollwl or 

dl8oharg8d w hi8 oOiIl& Out of OfflOe. 

Ordinarily the Camml88lonrrr~ Co ur t l l- drtoW8 

tiethor llt%gat;oa &all. b8 i.NtltUt& in fWW of th0 0-t l l ti 

in8~1Mt8aoOr the OOUIit~tr#8UlW -8 tb 8btutor7 8ut h Orltr 
Xonomblo Dwight Uhitrrrll, page 10 

IbdW Am810 35 aad th0 O480 Of uttbCUV v* 

hmnt Count 

the 80UStr qt 

w 8.v. 204, th@ OCUNdrilliOU w f&O0 Of 

8i0M OVfOOt @?O 

8J'O l lar~rlxod,uUib uld mmt8- 

Okpri4 irrt0 the offiO@?e&&Irf?UId+ 

Artlale 49lPa, a.0. 5. For pur ioiolrurtiaa l 8 to the bandllag 

Of thO8@ 8ood88iOtU O? f-8, w tU* ttPA l 

Ho. O-3243, hold1 t&t ru OOmd.88fau l 

authorit 0r Uio 0 

2m.a~ Me. 

335 41y to k paI&