### 27’8

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

Eonorable ?. t. Sksair county hld1tor 

### ;rilbari[w

County Vernon,Texar

nner al80 a resld*nt citizen


### , narried 

### the daughteror Mr.
,~ .- **b0t8** raotr, **puoted** in iu3.l rr0r your lottsr, you **request** our opinion upon the rollowlng qn*atlont

What la the relationsblpof f&r. Bysrs and - 

### I&. Skinner, 

### either **by** atrinity**oroonsanguinity,** md **would** the relation8hlp,it anr prohibit the City 

### or Vernon, Trxas, from amplo&g Mr. Skiiifksr 

### in any oq7qolty?'

### 279

Zoonorable

?. L. L!asaIe,

page 2

Artlole 432, oi the Penal Co30, protldea a8 rollows:

*SO 

### ofrioer or thla **Sate or**  

### an7 orrloor 

### or uy dietriot, oounty, oity, preolnot, aohool dlatrlot, or other 

### mnlolpal 8ubUtlaloa~orthla **State,** or-any 

### - orrloer or nembor oi any 3tate 

### dlatrlot, oounty, olty, 

### oohooldietriot or other oaunio~pal board, or judip or any oourt, oreated by or under authorityot any geaoral or apeolal~lawof thfa State, or any mambcr oi the Leglalature, ahall 

### appoint, or vote 

### for, or eonfin, the 

### appolntnxent to any 0rriO6, 

### poaltlonolerkahip, employmentor duty of any person roletedwithin 

### the aroad degree 

### by aifkty or wlthln the third 

### degreeot conaanguinlty to the person 80 appointing or 

### ao~totlng, or 

### to any other sestw of any l uoh board, 

### the Legislature,or oourt of whioh auoh peraoa ao 

### l

ppointln6 or 

### votingzmy be a 

### maber, when the salary,feea, 

### or oonpenaatlonof auoh appointee

### la to be 

## pda ror, directly or Indirectly,**out** 0r or rrm 

### pub110fuada or 

### roe8 or offlceof any kind or ohsraotar 

### uhataoeter.g

St la apparent 

### rrotl the foregoingartiole that the City or 

### Vernoaoould not employ any one related to 

### a Xeber of the City 

### Comiaalon within the aeaond degree by afiinlty

### or within the third 

### degreeby oonaan&ulnlty. 

### Collat4ral

oonaangahltf 

### 1~ the relotloaahlp **eriating** between peraonawho doao4nU 

### from t&a aama oopmbo~~ anoeator but 

### not rrom l aoh other. Lineal ooaaangulnity

### la the relationahlpexlat

### irq$ betweea 

### peraoaa

When one la deaoendtdrrom the 

### other. In ooaiputlng

the 

### d4g464 0r 

### llnralooasangulnlty exlatinq betueea two persona 4terygeneration 

### in the dlr4otoourseof r4lstlonahlp m&es a deizreo. The mthod ot oomputlngoollatcraloocsangtinity

### la to &laooTer the oommon 

### l noeator, 

### to begin 4th hln and **rrokoa** downwar& **and** the 

### drsreeathe 

### two p4raona or the **resotr or**  then la 

### distant**rrom** 

### the **anoeator** 

### la the bsgr44 af zore kindred aubaiatingbetween than.. Thus, brother8 are related to eaeh other in th4 

### flrat degree **bsoauae** iron the father aaoh one or them la on4 deBfee. An unole axA n4phew ar4 related to e&oh other in 

### the aeoond degree beoausa 

### the Mphcu 

### 10 two -468 

### dlatent from the ooimon anaeetor and the ~014 

### la extend46 

### to the maotest de&reo of oollatcralrelatlonahlp. Tyler Ta it. R. Conpc.ny 

### and Douglaosv. Ov4rton, 1 Tax. 

### Ct. App., page 2 B8.,

Lionorable **1.** L. Zaaale, pag4 

### 3

Degrees of affinity nre oonputed in the same **mimer as**  those ot oonaanguInlty, thus r414tIv4aaf the 81114stand at ths ame degree oi arilnlty **to** th4 h:Aaba:d as t:ey are related to the wife by oonaan.&nlty. Kelly t. Neely, 12 .sk. 

### 657, 56 Am. Deo. 288; 2 C. J. 

### 379; 2 C. f. **Seouadum**

### 992. Tk4 Court of Crknlnal Appeals oi Texas oltea the o&se of telly **v. I:44ly,**  **aupra,** with approval in its opinion in the 

### oaae 0r 

### strlngZellou T. Etht4, 

### 61 S. 3. 719 In whloh lt held in dr6Ot that **by** marriaEo thr 3811 places hfaaelf in the same degree of proplnguity to all 

### the ralstlrea oi his wita eIth4r by affinity or oonaangulnity**as** aho aotually stands tomrd them. **Thla** la not the rule In thr najorlty of jurladlctlona and 

### la not.the rule 

### ln Texas In air11 o444a. See Sohultze t. XaLeary,'llS. 'iV. 924, acd Seabrook, et al t. ?lrst Xatlonal sank of ?ort Lavaoa, 171 3. 3. 247. Eow4ver, .ztlole 432, Penal 

### Coda, la a orls.inal statate and 314

are constrainedto adopt the oonatruatlonplaoed **u?on** 

### it by **our Court**  of Crl~nal 

### Aypetia.

. This department 

### in its OplnIon 30. O-2225 a oopy oi rhloh la attaohsdhereto, has **adopted** the aonatruotionot.the Court 

### oi Crlmlnal

Appeals in the Strlngrellow oase, augra, and has oterrulsd prerloua 

### oplnlonafollorlnil tht rule prerclillng 

### in 01~11 ma48 **end** In the **majority** of other jurlsdiotlona. ihder the criterion set forth above, ve rind thnt the OOPxon **aEoostor** oi ia. Bycra' wire end !ir. SkInner*awife ran either the 

### rather or aother **oi.!Sra. 3ypera.**  It Is lmmaterl4l that 

### sXra.

Byera la only th4 

### hali~alatcr of Xra. **Sklnner*a** rather. Zurthsr, under the IWlO, one common anoeator 

### la Ouirlolent 

### . See our Oplnlon So. O-791 attaahed hereto. C0lllhg 

### dmmmi, we rind that two 

### degrees aeparata 

### the annoatorcf tire. **Byora** 

### frpmWe. %.lnner, 

### hence,‘&a. Byem* is **extended** to the dog44 or relatlonahIpbeingwst rexot4 troa the COW non ancestor,

### and la relatedto *tie. Skinner In the moon4 &agree. 

### !.Ir.

3yere **and** 

### '3. **Sklnncr, under**  

### the rule, are in the aam proplnqultpto etch other **by** aitlnlty as 

### their**wlrcia** are **by** oonarngulnltyand are henae related in the second 40~64. 3slng relzteb ln the sooond degreeby efflnlty, the prorl-

# i‘ .- -’ ‘283.’

H~Aorable F. i..

I:asrir,

pa30 4

crlonr of krtlole 432, Penal Code, would 2rohlbltthe City of Vernon troll

snployi~ 'a. ;irbmer a8 long 68 'a. Byorr is on the City Co~ssloa.

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