OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN



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.060. A.Hlght Chief Aoaountant Board of Oounty andDlstrlot Iso84 In Auatin, Texas

Dear Sirr 

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### rdsr entered 

### by the ommlrrlon January

your letter 0r ;~anu~~ 87, 

### roqu*,rtlng 

### ouropinion 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 BenHur,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. * *OnAugu8tl4, 1933 the 

### Highmy Comml8don p68- WIthe fOilOWing &!bUtO NO. 7997 I

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State Hi&way Ho. 164

WAuRuat14, 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 beapproved by tha State Highway Engineer, andonfurther condition that MoLennanCounty 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.

“‘Inoomplianoe with the above Minute, the engineering ataff or tha Hw. Dept. looataa aroad rromMart to Groesbeok onan entirely newlooatlon and requested the County to furnish deed8 to the right-of-way, whfoh they did, end the HighwayDept. 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 BenHur, to Oroaabaok. This olaim uaa dariled on the grounds that the old looatlon waa not adesignated 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), andother supporting data whloh they presentad to the Highway Commiaalon in the applloetlon for aNunoPro Tuno order. *OnJanuary 13, 1941 applloatlon for Nun0Pro ‘pun0order 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 

### WesaPopejog, ‘County Ooxnlasloner, 

### Preolnot No. 3, Llnestone County, appearing in behalf 

### ofLlmeetoru County, represent to this Cornmlaalon that onAugust 14, 1933, the old road rxtendlng rrom Kart to GWabeok rle BenHut 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.: ” andamrkara 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 thet ho felt sure it was the intention or all Llemberaor the Highway Commlaalon to d68lgnata the old mad rmm 

### Mart to Grocabeok 

### via BenHurat the tlma Allnute No. 7997

### was parsed; and *WHEREASHonorable D. iC.Kartln whowasa 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 AUuguSt14, 1933, it waa hi8 intention that the old road 

### rrom Mart to Groesbeok via BanHurbe da@lgnatOd es a state Highway; and ”-yiiE;mAs, it rurthar appears thatUnute No. 7997, parsed by the Comutlaslon on Au&uSt14, 1933, marhare been oonatrued by the Highway Departsmnt to bs tha designation of a newhighmy ona newlooatlon between &art and Grossbeck and not as a deslgnatlon Orthe then axlatlng road; and

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Yrr Gao. A. Bight, pegs #4

aWEFXAS, alno8such time the right aor 

### 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; )1IT IS ORDERrsD

TFiATit 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 BenHuras a 

### pnrt of the State Highway System;

wBEITFURTXUiCiRDERED THATSuch 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 beas erfaotlvs aa it thla olerlrloatlon end expreaalon of intention had actually been enterad on Nob mlnutea onthe 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 sameappsara or record in the r8oozda or Orrlalal Mnutea or the Stata Highway Comlaalon of Tfgxaa.

c Witness myhand end orflolal real thlr 14th day or Januery, 1941. (signed) M.L.Wlglnton,Seoretary Texas Highway COsarA88lOn’

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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 NunoPro Tunaorder LlmStona County 

### RoadDlstrlot 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 anuno pro tuna order. Of oourae the authorltlaa hereinaSter olted 

### refer to oourts, but we knowor noraaaon whythe 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 OSa nuno pro tuna order are equally as epplloabla tothe Highrmy Comtulaalon as to the judlolary.

Literally, “nun0 pro tuna* means nowfor then. Its m-m orfloe is not to makean 

### order nowror then but to enter now ror then an 

### orderFravloualy m&e. In the case of Gulf Colorado ESanta Fe Ry. CO., v. Rarity, 285 S. K. 296, the oourt Sal&t “Anentry *nun0 pro tuna’ preauppoaaa a judgment actually rendered bythe oourt but not 8ntsrad by the clerk.’ Anuno pro tuna entry 1s one nade nowof something whloh was aotually previously done, to have effeot es of 

### the rormbrtla

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; CannonY. Oklahoma Engraving kPrinting CO., 249 Pao. 300.Anun0 pro tune entry oan only be ma8 upon ma-08 f~nl@hed by the papers end filed. ln the oeu88, or 8omethltU.X>.- 

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

or reaord, or inthe minute book orjudgecn dooket, na a be810 to emend by. The rteno~apher*a notcr 

### or prooeedlngr in an aotion 40 not constitute a paper 

### onfile in the oau8e which oan bemad6the bar18 or an amendment or a judgw?mt nun0 pro tuno. See cam of Beoher v* Deu8e1, 49 S. c'. 34Sr &fK EERy. Co, tr HOl8OhLeg, 45 8. W.1lOl;~Young 7. Young, 45 s. W. 1014.

In the recent oaee of Arrlngton et al '1. EoDenlel etal., B5S. W. (Bd) 295, by the COlCIEiB8iOllof Appeal8, Seotion A, oplnlon adopted by the Suprbme Court of the State of Tax88, we 

### find this statement:

WAnune pro tuno 

### order attempting to oorreot or amend a judiolsl ni8take and not amere olerloal error or mi8take in entry of Judgment would 

### brunauthorltid and beyond power oi court to enter.a This 8ameprlnolple 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 ajudgment, deoree or order eotually made

### by it, but Milch ror come reaeon ha8 not been intered of reoord at the proper time. The Blnmgan BrownCompenpV. ;;ybar, 19Z 9. W, e44, and tfueginr v. Johnrton, 4 8. W. (S4)

. Aoarerul etudg 0r the aotlon 0rthe Hlghwaf Coamlr8ibn OnAUgU8t14, 1933, wherein ihUt 87997 w88adopted an4 the rtepr taken pursuent to that b;lnute, when taken in o~~eotion with the notion of the Highway Comciaaion onJanuary 13, 1941, wherein said nunopro tuna order was adopted, leed8 U8 to the oonoluelon that laid 

### order18 anattrmpt 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 a8rOlhW8l

*ft le ordered tbt it wae the declared Intention end purpoee Orthe Commle8lon (I8then OOn8tltuttd bgthe passage cbMnute #7997 on August 14, 1933, to designate the old roadtmm Mart to Oroesbeck via BenHuras aprt or the State HlghwagSgstem;m Wedo 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 areadlna 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 nofinding to the erfeot t&t Bald road aotuellg wasdeelgnated end t&it through errorthe Wnute did not BOrerleot.

The rtepr teken by the englnbsrlng 8tarr 

### or the High

### rrayDepartmnt pursuant to Mnute #799'P, a8well e8 thO8e taken by the county in furnishing deed8 to the right-of-way ,onen 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. Anenomelou8 8ltuetion would have been presented had the Coinmlraion dt8i&!ltttd the 

### roadfrom Gfleebeok tla BenHUrtoMert a8 a State Blghmy, and then prooeede& to expend large 8uumof money on another looetlon in oonatruoting a bare anddrelneqe 8taO

### ture rollowlnd the oounty'8 ruanlshlng to the State de448 to the right-of-war on the newlooetion. Theaction of the county in rurnlehlng the deeds to the right-or-way on the looatlon seleoted andapproved 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

### soughtwall to be the one conatruoted on right-of-way furnished byit. fn Other worda, wemust 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 Ofan arandment to be entered et this time nun0 pro tune.* - 

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kr. Geo. A. Bight, page #g

Replying to your quesltion, we sdvlae that In our opinion Limestone County RoadDlsttriot #18 

### bond8, dated July 13, 1919, the prooeed8 or vhloh were expended in the ootmtruotlon or the old ma4 running from Groerrbeok Yie BenBur to Lart are not eligible ior pertlol~tlon in the fun48 eoorulng to the Bcmrdof County and Dlstrlot Road Indebtednear, under the prorlrlonr of H. 8. 488. Ofoour8e wereaoh tblr oonolusloa byreelon 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 andDl8trlot Roe4 Indebtedne88, wherein it we8 oonaluded that no road oould becom a pert or the State Highwey System until sme hRdbetn formlly taken over for malntemnoe purposee by the Highwar Department, and t&et until suoh event the Boerd was not euthorlae4 to makethe bon48 Ireus thereror ellglble ror pertlolpetlon in the funde eoorulng to the Bomb. AOOOrdlngl~, it mu8t be eel6 that evene8eumlng the nun0 pro tuna order above mentioned oould effeotlvely amend the prlglnel tinute8, the Board would beunder 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 bemde ellglblo for partlclpatlon, under the 

### term8of H, B. 400.

Truetlng that the loregodng fully anewem your lnqulry, weare

APPROVEOm 26, 1941 Very truly your8 A?T@RNP

Yo;:XLF4LCTTEXAS
1 ATTORNEY

GENERAL

OFTEXAS Clarenoe E. Crowe