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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS** AUSTIN

Q- c.MANN*-MHonorable fa!mm B. Kilday, rotorTransportation Divlrlon RailroadConmirrioa of Taxar Austin, Tsar

h the orntralpoint In ontgomerpVarQ k Company, a to lraea on4 oparata a traneportation of ita oataloguae rraa such oentrol point to rvrrypoet ofiior within thr Qfetriotr **At** raoh of thr post ofiioaa within @ 

### dttriot, Montgomery Yard 

### L Company, Iao,,wlll~uail aatalogtmr 

### to.thr mr-BonorebleJams B. Kllday, psgr 2

8On8 within the eree eerrrdby each poet offloewithout any charge being made to the persons to whom tha ooteloeueswill be mailed. Thr trucks uasd In delloerlne the oatalogues within a dietriot will be operated by drlters who ora In the employ end under the eole aupervlelon of ?Uontgomery

Ward & Company, Inc. A oopy of the lease egrssmsnt to be executedby )lontgomeryWard & Company, Ino., and the OWner8 Of thr'truokeused In the80 d8- llY8rle8 18 herrto attaohed.
*Be are elao attaching hsr8to a copy Of the emplO~e~t OOntraOt t0 be ~8ed by Montgomery VJerd&.Compeny, Ino., In hlr1% drivers to operate truokr ullrdin the aborr darorlbed de.llYrrls8.
Va reepaotfully eubmlt to th8 At

### tarnay Censrel'ior an opinion and a rullng thereon the following queetlon of lerr *Aaeumlng thatMontgomery W&d k Company (1) Use8 the laaaad truck8 for doliterlng oataloguse, and (2)doe8 not use the 

### i0.9.90atruoks 

### for any purpose for whloh itmake-8any ohargr agalnat anyone, u&or euoh conditions, and In oompllenoewith the tarma of the truok lease hereto attached,~111 the opera

### tion of euoh leaeed.truOks oonatltute an operation or thr.lenaad truoks for coapen8atIon and hlrr within the meenlllg or the T8raqmotor Carrier8 Aot9* The propoasd learr iorm read8;ln part, a8 follow8n Vhe Owner hereby leases to'the Leaerr the rollowing truck 

### with motor sad rrrlal maabare a8 fOiiOW8t' lGskeor Tfuok~ Motor No: Ssilal nor

.Ronoreblo ftme8 & Kllday, peer )

to be used **by** thr Lesaer in the delivery of ootalo&a owued by Lessee iron Texee, to all point8 bnd places e-upon the routs sheet.8furnishedby Laease etteohed hereto, end ele.ned by both pert168 hereto for the purpoee or Identlflontlon. This lease shell be in foroe for euoh period (18 my be reasonably neoeeeerf for the Le8ner 

### to ooiiplrtrsuch driirery, ooiimsnolngon or about upon the return or said 1940, and terainrrtlng truck to tha Ovmar’r

*L6seee agree8 to pay Owner a8 rrntal for tha Il8a Of said traOl;the 8U& Oi

($ 1Doller8may, said truck to be lrased a mlnimm period or on6 day, but not to exceed tan days. For eachpartial day'susa by Lames or aald truok in exce6~ of one day, said rental shell be prorated. It le undaretood that the rentel'3e paid only for th.a ute of mid truok, end that L8esee will furnI8h end paf ror all geeollnr, oil and grease required for the operation or 8aId truok during the period orthi8 lee80: *During the term of thI8 lease, Lresee 8han haw complete and rull oontrol, po8ee88lon and use ot said truok in’the 8am6manner a# 

### If teaaeo were the owner therrof.~ It Is undatatood and egreed,thet es14 

### truck shall 

### be oparnted only by drirerswho are employed and paid by LeII'eee,

and the said 

### QrlYerashall br uqdar the eole oontrol and supertlrlon of Leeaee, and 

### Ownershell zieltheraxsrolse

### nor attempt to l

reroler any oontrol or suportlslon M;;80eYor 

### of,8u~oh,,~it4r8 or the leasrd aqaip-

.

cBoBorsbl4 J43448)L.xiid6y, pagr &

proprrty damagea 8UffOr4dby 

### third par8OM a8 a result 0r the operation by Lo8444 of raid truok.

Wwner atjreesend werrenta that said truok la in good condition and repair, ire4 from allneohenioel dafsota, end 8uitebla foF Lessee's uao in the delivery of oatalog4 as 4rore4aid. her further agree8 that 8afd tmok Is duly lloenaed end rsglstered ea requlrcd **by** any applicable law or oity ordInnnoe, and that all reglrtratlon fee4 end state and oltf 1104n84 tax44 raqulr44 far the operation or th4 truckhave been 

### paid.
*Ovn8r and L48aee agree and understand that thi8 lnetrument oontsin8 the entire oontraot of theparties with rrforenoe to th4 lea44 and operation of theeala truok h4reInberore 4080rib4a.fl
X8 are unebleto arrive at the legal efreot ortheheretofors quoted lee80 foI?n as‘to Ite general applIeetlon. It couldwell be that the operation or e truok under the eel4 leeae form in one inatenor wouldhave the sffeot of renderIn& the

### Uotor Carrier Lew inapplloable,while in another instanoo end under thr same lee88 form, th4 operation of th4 truok w@Uld be

### ~eubjcot to the prml4Ions of theMotor CarrIm Low. Inany event, St would be necessary to,eaoertaia the faOt8 **end** olroamatenoas leeding to **thr** meking or eeoh particularleee4, a8 well a8 the fact8and olroumetenorr relatingto the,operatlon, thereundar in order~.todeternln4wh4ther 

### or not the

### Motor CarrierLaw I8'epplloable thrreto. In thl8 oonn4otlon 864 AIId4r80aB Oleyt0n and Company18. State, 62 9. N..f~d) 107 an4 82 6. IV.. (2d) 94l. w4 call

### yo0.r att4ntlon t0 our oplnlona No86 O-1221, o-1401 and

# O-1855,
whloh are in:

l OOOr4 with 

### oarholding 

### hart.

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Vo are, thardora, unsbla to pasa apon the question of whether or not the opsrstlon of said lraaod tNaka will COn8tltUt@ an oparatioa Of the lrasod traakr for compensation and hire nit&in thr moaalng of tha Toras Motor Carrier Lau. ‘loam 

### rorf truly
ATToRRrn asrnmu OB TExA3

-i R. Lads 

# A8818tant

. AF'PROVED~ 2, 1940



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APPRwED

OPINION
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