OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

IQ.‘. 060. A. Hlght 

Chief Aoaountant 

Board of Oounty and Dlstrlot Iso84 In 

Aua tin, Texas 

Dear Sirr 

V 

Boar& or County 

oI$d;;t;dny ) 

I) 0r t&tL 

trlot #18 l llglble 

on on authority 0r 

rdsr entered by the 

ommlrrlon January 

your letter 0r ;~anu~~ 87, 

roqu*,rtlng our opinion a~ 

*pm tuao order the road 

tone County, een be pad8 

fundr sllooated to the 

fndrbtadmrr ror the raCounty Boa& Dlrtrlot No. 18 leeuoil 

5&s Bond* date4 July 15, 1919 ana 

d proaeedr in the aonetruotlon of a 

art to Ben Hur, to Ckror8be0k. After 

the oompletlon of the road various lntararted 

group8 appeared barore the Highway Corrmlrllloa 

rr0a1 .rhe to time in an 0rr0rt to ham th0 road 

de8lglutrd. * 

*On Augu8tl4, 1933 the Highmy Comml8don p68- 

WI the fOilOWing &!bUtO NO. 7997 I 

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Mr. Gee. A. Bight, page #2 

State Hi&way Ho. 164 

WAuRuat 14, 1933 - Ulnuta 7991 In MoLennan 

and hneatono Countlea it la ordered by tha aommiaalon that applioatlon ror daafgnatfon rmm 

Oroeabeok to Mart be granted on oondltion that 

oountlea affected will furnish not leas than loo* 

right-of-way on looatlon to be approved by tha 

State Highway Engineer, and on further condition 

that MoLennan County will oonatruot, at its own 

coat, on the approved looatlon, a 20’ road rrom 

Hy.#6 to the Limeatone County line, and with tha 

further understanding that the Hwy. Dept. will 

make the looatlon to Oroesbaok but will not oonatruat aaid road until funds are availabla. 

“‘In oomplianoe with the above Minute, the engineering ataff or tha Hw. Dept. looataa a road 

rrom Mart to Groesbeok on an entirely new looatlon and requested the County to furnish deed8 

to the right-of-way, whfoh they did, end the Highway Dept. prooeaded wlth the oonatruotlon or the 

base and drainage etruoturss. 

*i7’ollowing the anaotmant or House Bill 688 Limeatone County riled e olEilm ror expense lnourred in 

the aonatruotlon of the old looatlon which ran rrom 

Mart to Ben Hur, to Oroaabaok. This olaim uaa dariled on the grounds that the old looatlon waa not 

a designated Highway. The County than aeoured 

letters from Mr. D. K. Martin end Ur. John Wood, 

members or the Highway Commlasion at the tlma 

Minute No. 7997 was paaaed, (ooplea attached), 

and other supporting data whloh they presentad 

to the Highway Commiaalon in the applloetlon for 

a Nuno Pro Tuno order. 

*On January 13, 1941 applloatlon for Nun0 Pro 

‘pun0 order waa heard and the following order was 

paaaed aa 0r that date: 
Mr. 000. A. Right, page 83 

” lWITEXEAS, Honorable Carl Cannon, County Judge, 

Limestone County, Soott Reed, 2. L. Connally, end 

Wesa Popejog, ‘County Ooxnlasloner, Preolnot No. 3, 

Llnestone County, appearing in behalf of Llmeetoru 

County, represent to this Cornmlaalon that on August 

14, 1933, the old road rxtendlng rrom Kart to GWabeok rle Ben Hut in Llmeatone County, was by Klnuta 

No. 7997 designated as e highway on the road 8Jrstam 

or the State1 and 

* WHEREAS, It la further represents& to this Commlaalon that direction, warning, and other signs.: ” 

and amrkara wera ereoted and maintained upon the 

said highway by the Nlghwey Departmant; and 

* WRZ%AS, in a letter rrom Honorable John Wood, 

Chairman or ths Hlgbway Commlaalon la 1933, to Honorable Carl Cannon, dated June 21, 1940, Kr. Xood 

states t&it it was hla lntantion end the t ho felt 

sure it was the intention or all Llembera or the 

Highway Commlaalon to d68lgnata the old mad rmm 

Mart to Grocabeok via Ben Hur at the tlma Allnute 

No. 7997 was parsed; and 

* WHEREAS Honorable D. iC. Kartln who was a r*mbar 

or ths @al& ~oxulaalon et that time, l&a letter to 

Honorable W.A,Keellng, dated Cotober 21, 1940, stated 

that in the passage or Llinute Nor 7997 on AUuguSt 14, 

1933, it waa hi8 intention that the old road rrom 

Mart to Groesbeok via Ban Hur be da@lgnatOd es a 

state Highway; and 

” -yiiE;mAs, it rurthar appears that Unute No. 7997, 

parsed by the Comutlaslon on Au&uSt 14, 1933, mar hare 

been oonatrued by the Highway Departsmnt to bs tha 

designation of a new highmy on a new looatlon between 

&art and Grossbeck and not as a deslgnatlon Or the then 

axlatlng road; and 
409 

Yrr Gao. A. Bight, pegs #4 

a WEFXAS, alno 8 such time the right a or no 

other part108 hare lntsrrsnad; 

* TEEREFORE, to oorraot auoh error so that 

the reoorde of this body my olcarly reflect the 

truth or the matters lnrolr8d; 

)1 IT IS ORDERrsD TFiAT it was the d8olarad lntentlon and purpose of the Commlaslon as then 

constituted, by the piaaage or Ulnute No. 7997 

on August 14, 1933, to d88lgnatO tha old road 

from Xart to Groeabeok vie Ben Hur as a pnrt of 

the State Highway System; 

w BE IT FURTXUi CiRDERED THAT Such intention 

or dealgnatlon or auoh mad by the passage or 

yinuta No. 7997, and this order deolarlng auoh 

intention, ba entered upon the minutsa ci this 

Commission, nuno pro tuna, as of AuguSt 14, 1933, 

end es so enterad shall be as erfaotlvs aa it 

thla olerlrloatlon end expreaalon of intention 

had actually been enterad on Nob mlnutea on the 

data lsst mentlonrd abora. 

* I, Ii. L. Wlglnton, Seoratary oi the State 

Highway Comlealon of Texas do hereby oartlfy 

that the above aad rorrgolng la a true and oorraot oopy or Unute:’ parsed on January 13, 1941, 

as the same appsara or record in the r8oozda or 

Orrlalal Mnutea or the Stata Highway Comlaalon 

of Tfgxaa. 

c Witness my hand end orflolal real thlr 14th 

day or Januery, 1941. 

(signed) M.L.Wlglnton,Seoretary 

Texas Highway COsarA88lOn’ 
410 

Mr. Gee. A. Hi&t, page 85 

* Please advise this Board whether or not under 

the pxuvlalona of House Bill 688 and the authority 

or the above Nuno Pro Tuna order LlmStona County 

Road Dlstrlot No. 18 Bonds dated July lb, 1919 are 

rllglble ror participation.* 

The authorities of this jurlsdlotlon end those or 

other States present a solid rront 0r uniformity as to the 

orfiae or a nuno pro tuna order. Of oourae the authorltlaa 

hereinaSter olted refer to oourts, but we know or no raaaon 

why the spplloatlon to oourta should be any more reatrlotad 

than to boards or oommlaalona created by statute. In the 

lnatant nattcr we think the rules and authorltlea goorornlng 

the ofSloe OS a nuno pro tuna order are equally as epplloabla 

to the Highrmy Comtulaalon as to the judlolary. 

Literally, “nun0 pro tuna* means m-m now for then. Its 

orfloe is not to make an order now ror then but to enter now 

ror then an order Fravloualy m&e. In the case of Gulf Colorado E Santa Fe Ry. CO., v. Rarity, 285 S. K. 296, the oourt 

Sal&t 

“An entry *nun0 pro tuna’ preauppoaaa a 

judgment actually rendered by the oourt but 

not 8ntsrad by the clerk.’ 

A nuno pro tuna entry 1s one nade now of something 

whloh was aotually previously done, to have effeot es of the 

rormbr tla ta . Its orrloe la not to supply omlttad aotlon by 

the oourt but to supply an omission sotually had but omitted 

through inadvertence or mistake. The following oaaea Unliormly announce thio principle: Perkim Y. Hay@erd, 31 K.E. 

6701 Sern v, Sample, 206 N. $7, 832; Marker Y. Glllam, 196 

Pao. 126; Cannon Y. Oklahoma Engraving k Printing CO., 249 

Pao. 300. 

A nun0 pro tune entry oan only be ma8 upon ma-08 

f~nl@hed by the papers end filed. ln the oeu88, or 8omethltU.X 
>.- 

411 

. 

Mr. Gee. A. Hi&d, pge #4 

or reaord, or in the minute book or judgecn dooket, na a 

be810 to emend by. The rteno~apher*a notcr or prooeedlngr 

in an aotion 40 not constitute a paper on file in the oau8e 

which oan be mad6 the bar18 or an amendment or a judgw?mt 

nun0 pro tuno. See cam of Beoher v* Deu8e1, 49 S. c'. 34Sr 

&fK E E Ry. Co, tr HOl8OhLeg, 45 8. W. 1lOl;~Young 7. Young, 

45 s. W. 1014. 

In the recent oaee of Arrlngton et al '1. EoDenlel 

et al., B5 S. W. (Bd) 295, by the COlCIEiB8iOll of Appeal8, Seotion A, oplnlon adopted by the Suprbme Court of the State of 

Tax88, we find this statement: 

WA nune pro tuno order attempting to oorreot 

or amend a judiolsl ni8take and not a mere olerloal error or mi8take in entry of Judgment would 

br unauthorltid and beyond power oi court to 

enter.a 

This 8ame prlnolple rinds approval in the Oe8e8 or 

Burnri4e t* Wand, 71 S. ii. 557; Wllmerrblng V. Corbla Banking 

co. ) es so. 440. 

The purpoee of a nuno pro tuna entry or order an4 

it8 only legltlmate rumti0n i8 to oorrsotly etldenoe UpOn 

the reoord ot the eeurt a judgment, deoree or order eotually 

made by it, but Milch ror come reaeon ha8 not been intered 

of reoord at the proper time. The Blnmgan Brown Compenp V. 

;;ybar, 19Z 9. W, e44, and tfueginr v. Johnrton, 4 8. W. (S4) 

. 

A oarerul etudg 0r the aotlon 0r the Hlghwaf Coamlr8ibn On AUgU8t 14, 1933, wherein ihUt 87997 w88 adopted an4 

the rtepr taken pursuent to that b;lnute, when taken in o~~eotion with the notion of the Highway Comciaaion on January 13, 

1941, wherein said nuno pro tuna order was adopted, leed8 U8 

to the oonoluelon that laid order 18 an attrmpt to oorreot 

or omen4 Mnute 87997, adbpted on duguust 14, 1933, and under 

the authority ot the oe8e above quoted, Arrlngton et al to 

&oDenlel, es S. W. (e4) 895, 8uoh order would be lnerreotlre 

to aaooqli8h it8 objeot. 
. 

Xr. Gee. A. Hlght, page #O 

Your attention i8 direoted to that portion of th8 

nun0 pro two order whloh reta a8 rOlhW8l 

*ft le ordered tbt it wae the declared Intention end purpoee Or the Commle8lon (I8 then 

OOn8tltuttd bg the passage cb Mnute #7997 on 

August 14, 1933, to designate the old road tmm 

Mart to Oroesbeck via Ben Hur as a prt or the 

State Hlghwag Sgstem;m 

We do not think the above quote4 portion or 8al4 

nun0 pro tuna order aurrlolent to teke it out or the above 

olted authorities. It oleerly appears from a readlna or 

tinUte 17997, eitd the letter8 of the lOrmr Comls8loner8, 

that at the beat they only intended to derrignate said roe4 

a8 a State Highway, but there 18 no finding to the erfeot 

t&t Bald road aotuellg was deelgnated end t&it through 

error the Wnute did not BO rerleot. 

The rtepr teken by the englnbsrlng 8tarr or the Highrray Departmnt pursuant to Mnute #799'P, a8 well e8 thO8e 

taken by the county in furnishing deed8 to the right-of-way 

,on en entirely different looatlon Ieem plainly oppO8e4 to the 

oonolurrlon that Minute .#7997 dl4 not repreeent the jud@nent 

end order or the Coacnl88lon et thet time. An enomelou8 8ltuetion would have been presented had the Coinmlraion dt8i&!ltttd 

the road from Gfleebeok tla Ben HUr to Mert a8 a State Blghmy, and then prooeede& to expend large 8uum of money on 

another looetlon in oonatruoting a bare and drelneqe 8taOture rollowlnd the oounty'8 ruanlshlng to the State de448 to 

the right-of-war on the new looetion. The action of the county 

in rurnlehlng the deeds to the right-or-way on the looatlon 

seleoted and approved by the State Highway Engineer pur8uent 

to V.nute #7997 justlrles the aonoluelon thet the oounty lnterpreted thin order of the iiighwey Commlaslon to menn nothing 

nmre nor lees than that the highway whioh they had sought wall 

to be the one conatruoted on right-of-way furnished by it. fn 

Other worda, we must aonolude that the order entered by the 

COEUd88iOn - that la, Minute #7997 - oleerly reprerented the 

judgment or the comnl88lon at that time snd that an lnt6ntlon 

to have done otherwise oennot oonetitute the bael8 Of an arandment to be entered et this time nun0 pro tune. 
* - 413 

kr. Geo. A. Bight, page #g 

Replying to your quesltion, we sdvlae that In our 

opinion Limestone County Road Dlsttriot #18 bond8, dated 

July 13, 1919, the prooeed8 or vhloh were expended in the 

ootmtruotlon or the old ma4 running from Groerrbeok Yie 

Ben Bur to Lart are not eligible ior pertlol~tlon in the 

fun48 eoorulng to the Bcmrd of County and Dlstrlot Road 

Indebtednear, under the prorlrlonr of H. 8. 488. Of oour8e 

we reaoh tblr oonolusloa by reelon of our determination that 

the nuno pro tuna order entered by the Highrmg Commleelon on 

January 13, 1941, 18 inefrectuel and oannot legally eaoompll8h en amendment of Einute #7997 adopted by the Highway 

Commi88lon on August 14, 1933. 

Your attention 18 relrpeotfully dlreoted to our oplnion Nmber 0-194e, addressed to Mr. 0. A. Hlght, Chief AOoountant, Board cf County and Dl8trlot Roe4 Indebtedne88, 

wherein it we8 oonaluded that no road oould becom a pert 

or the State Highwey System until sme hRd betn formlly 

taken over for malntemnoe purposee by the Highwar Department, and t&et until suoh event the Boerd was not euthorlae4 to make the bon48 Ireus thereror ellglble ror pertlolpetlon in the funde eoorulng to the Bomb. AOOOrdlngl~, 

it mu8t be eel6 that even e8eumlng the nun0 pro tuna order 

above mentioned oould effeotlvely amend the prlglnel tinute8, 

the Board would be under the duty to eeoertefn the date OB 

whloh euch road of-flolnlly end formally beoene e part of the 

State Alghvay System before the bond8 could be mde ellglblo 

for partlclpatlon, under the term8 of H, B. 400. 

Truetlng that the loregodng fully anewem your lnqulry, we are 

APPROVEOm 26, 1941 

Very truly your8 

A?T@RNP Y o;:XLF4L CT TEXAS 

1 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Clarenoe E. Crowe