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OFF\CE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

a& to another 

turo or seoobd 

omidoration by third 

written i!ay 9, 

h6retO of Map 16, 

quest for ~1 moomlderation 

the fo1lming Btatement 61 

e partlaular oltuetion nw 

y 6, 1900, Saetion 98 Bl.ook et, 

th munty wae awarded by the Et&e 

i:. crlsweld at a prlob or '$1.00 

a dry geti 0iOwri0c;ti0n. 

and relnstatemnt or euoh 

IL 19lX3, the taouthea5t l/4 of Saotion 78 

was, on Bovember 28, 1908, oome 

Criuwsld to B. C. %all8, and ouo 1 

ed by Ci. 3. 

southesat 

l/4 ot Sdd saotion wan pia00a in 0 ecpsrata 

aooount la the Land Mfloa. 

on July 1, 1927' the male awarlrng the 

southeast l/4 oi Saokon 78 WPPCI forrsited 
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Honor6ble Baeoom Clleo, n3Ce 2 

ror non-gagrrent~or idarefit. mr.:ertar, on 

cotober 2, 1930 tho uxthmst l/4 of rcotion 

76 wu5 awsrded ty the State to I.. A* Caner 

at a prlo6 0r $10.40 per 5-3-5, under a mfneral 

and ~rariEg olaruis?lostian. 

On Oototmr 15, 1939, the 84s to.Catey WE& 

r0hittd far ncn-payant or i.ilt6l-O5t;aPd ssid 

traa% was; put ug Zor rr?le on Jenotry 2, 1940. 

A, l!. Sdth ~5 the high bldder et 8uoh sale 

with ti bid of $lO.EO p": tore, but elf bid8 wera 

releoted by the Zohoo Lend 30~6. 

On January 20, 1940, 7zl*tes imllngton, Jr. 

m&f a;plioat%on to reinstate 8& aouthenct l/4 

of 8bOtiOIt 98 under the Ori&Ql 8dla k, I?. 1;. 

GriPsfld aa% tendorsd the 8%~ oi +$95,15, whiqh 

amount 1s eufllalent to rsiast.~“~ the eooamt 

under that ade, it ths right to mob rolnnetstaxmrtt eziste. 

En this coAAuotioA, *e ~Qmlu3 th3t %lter ;?orlinp 

ton, Jr. is ~4'3 the log1 ovrller oi 8uoh rfEht.8 8s were 

mned by H. C. wi8 ttt the tfne 0r the 1927 r03eim. 

'Lf this $8 not 80, %+rl*tOn, Of OOUW@, would have 80 

right oi reia8tiitcmfmt 118 he would be,sn 4ntiro stren@m 

to the title to thi8 land SlIti to etty Ti&8 tbsrcin. 

r0u0vre t 

?O\rr rt)qtteSt icS 8Si O&dtiOll thea prOOe6ds 88 

"!I%18 OfriO i8 in r608ffi 8f tW0 OptiiOXt8 

from your Departnrent. Opinion o-060, doted !Zay 

9, 1969, aad-8~;;~lex+ntal opinion, C-780, dated 

Say 16, 1939, both of ws'ttloh hold, tn l ffa c tt 

*that the mere rQht of rOin8tateacAt without 

being exerofsed by kiak* 8 writt.sn rc-,asst for 

reln8tatcment end peying tha awney into the 

treasury a8 required b ArtSole ba&It is not 

8ufflOliUt rlcht PI w iIl ~e&Ut8 dl8tat -lit 

0r tta orl&.nal rorroltiog cmmr'6 These 

opinion8 vmld 5110~ refrutatement in tbt in8tanO8 8et out above or &oO per aore ml0 

bearing a ;ry grazing ola8sifioation 8~3 would 

deprlos the Stat6 of the b&ra?t$t8 to be gelned 
Hoaorsble Pazoom Clles, Face 3 

under a por~~;fEle~relnetntentmt utkter the 

L. A. Camf edo, xhloh ‘1988 ior k10.40 

per aom 8na 00x-e a siosral olsorlflo.stlon, 

%uch or the Fubllo school Land, asnod 

by the State at tlm prosent, tits, haer been 

j~0baSSd and iorieltad et loart tmxt - the 

fir&t snle boari.nc B dry grating ola~slfloatlon and the lster sale beerlnc a mlmral 

olasslriostion. To allox relmtatemeat and= 

tb? riT8t 8&O would dcrprln the State of sny 

niaortal interest in euoh lnnd, It wculd hato 

a mineral reesrvatlon under the later 8d.e. 

*Xt has been tha preotloe or thlm oilloo 

ior my years to hold that ths laot stale only 

wit sutjcct to reinstatenmnt and that an out8tatiiAg right of releotatamnt pwoludod 8n 

Orir;inai rCWre:tiXIg Oatair iXW& heri= hl8'8dle 

minetoted, &my pople, ln roraer yeaor8, 

have boat informed alox thet'lla, by thi8 

offloe and haos acqaiemosd in that interprotstlon or tho law. 

*Hnoe neither or the above nentlonsb 

opinion8 appear ta be conrennos oQln10M 

md 8h?e it 3.8 of parewuat importanoe to 

the Stats and to the Iubllo Sahool Fund to 

deterrPirU,whether the rl&httoreinstate a 

prior rorrsfts4 rale erirtr in 8ltuatlon8 

40 8.t out above, I m mJ8peotmlyreqwJstlng that you glY6 as a oonfer8noe oplnlan on 

the iallowIng qusetlont 

-*is the right or rolnetatezaent held 

br L. A. Caeaf 8 *YeBteC right in a 

third psrekm whlohwoti pmalude 

the T8iA8t@t%tWAt Of t!W Ottle Of the 

SlZ l/4 of 8800 70, ?U.el b 

oord #LImr U&W- t&e OrfdAtt I 

~the a?+ 

8de t0 

R. :Z. F,rlsvald?= 
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.Fnrthcr lmos~l~atlon of the Lund Orrice recorda 

dloolooss the teat ttst more than one tillion aeren of 

pub110 school lands hve heretofore boon txlae sold cud 

txlcc forroitcd, thus plaolw suoh lend In the ocnc eetcgorgr 

~1s the partioular 160 cam6 hlq&crd about b: you lneofrx 

irs tho rl$ht of roinat&mwat by ths’orlpJan1 pur.robser 

notwlthatnndinlj. c aecond.sels an8 moond forfeiture ia 

oonoorned. The roO0l-b Of tht @?EWCd Land @if164 furthor 

rerecl that the Cwl~lnJ s&m of seocrsl tiJ.llon corce of 

pub110 land h6ve hfsetofore bee.a once forfeited end euoh 

1%&s sold a saocti tht. If, lnthc rutalrt, de rcoond 

46145 of euch lantis era forfeited for non-paywnt of intorest 

or Sroza othm CuuNocs~ all Oz tho6e ecrcral alllloa aaroc 

till be 

quired t 

lrood ti the 8ame eatsgory es the 160 aaree ina out by yau with respoot to the ri&t or tha orhi& 

nol purchamr to r&&tar-d the ale.lnal male notwlthstand5ag 

the second sole. 

It la fustbor rhcm by ttm reoordr et the aenerel 

Laznd Oifloe thet in the -et PeJorlty of oses the second 

osle,.aftsr the flrct i&@olture wea EE.~O by tha Stete a~$ 

a.hfgher prlao than the flret sub, .&ad fhet-the s4oond atile 

was often rwrdb with a tieral ofa8*riflostloa, thuo rOr 

to the Stats an iatereot la the mlnar&ls whereus 

&ml oolao on n;uoh oi the pub110 rohool iends 

oiere laeae rra3er o dry greela 

without any miacrol rcservat P 

non&ercl 0i44~1rio4ti~, 

oa to the Steta. 

These fasts are alluded to In order to s&e olcer 

the loss whiahwlll neoesserll~ be aufisred by tbs Stats 

from a hordlmy that tlm rlfht at relnetatmcsnt War c 

forfeiture of 6 eeaoad sde dots not bar th4 rl.&t at relaststeiwnt under E flrot aale. Tha loss occulting to the 

State from such a holding results from the toot thet it 

has beea deoidad by the ~4xm3 courtc.that the re5netstelPsnt 

l tatuts, Article ES26 A. C. G* 1926, cltts to tkj iorft1tln.g owner, i: r1Lcfit.a o:‘third portlea have not lntorosaod, the: rQ.ht of rohtstr~t~~nf et the if?%m FsiOe cad nlth 

the eae ~nerel raaervatlor es ~135 contained laths orQlnsl 

mat to h&i. sec.l&@iolia PQtrOl0m CoI vb ?%lktW, 12% 

Tbx. 430, 89 3. 3. (2) 929. 

The foro~o4& 1crq$hy atatencnt has boea nede in 

ardor to m&e olecr the aaopc and lxtportancc of the guestloa 

involved. 
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Eonorable Besaon Cllea, Pa@ 5 

Your inquiry io a4 to Whether or not an ouktondine 

rlffht O? relmtoteaont (that lnoldeat to the eeoond rnle) 

Is euoh 8 rQht aa will oporete to bdr the ri@t o? rolastat4laent under tka flret ml*. 

hI?tiOlO EX526, 2. 

StatUt4 bore involved, providoa %E ?o 

"I? say portion of ths laterrjst on any ma14 

should not be palC ttran due, the, &nd eh%U be 

subject to rorteltum by the Co-~l~slon4r eaterlac on tho wrepper oontalning. the paper4 l L%ad 

For?elttd*, or words 0;‘ sldlsr kzport, wlth the 

Bste of euoh wtion end eign it c?flalel.ly, and 

thereupon the lane aad all paymanta ahall to fortolted to the Stato, an4 the laada shall te o?- 

fered ror l %le on a subsoqnent 6.h data. In 

nay ok60 whore land6 hare been forteft4d to the 

Stste for the non-pcrgaent o? Interest, the puroheeere or th~lr vendserr, nay here their ololms 

.reinet.%~cd on their wlttta roquwt by paying 

into the Treesurf the full mwuat $ labrest d\a 

on euah aleim up to the dsts of relnatattmtnt, 

rovided that no rlEht6 o? third t6rBon8 MY hare 

nteneneac In ll auah oases the 

obll~utloaa nad &mltlos rha 

llnl 

d ther&gboiomo 

44 binding 818 lf 00 fOr?OitUlW bed 6VBT oaaurred. 

I? cay purohmer shall dl4, hi6 hslr6 or lee%1 

reprorentatlrss rhall bar4 oae par In rhUh 

to make peymmt-attor the fir8t d4y a? Nmomter 

atrt after ruch derth. Xothlng ln this artlale 

ahall ln<it the State from inrtltutlag such 

14g41 prooeedinge a% my b4 a4oesksry to enforut 

such rorfelture, OF to reoover the full amunt 

o? the intsrtst en? euoh pemltlcs ea map be due 

the Ststc at the tl?Jo euch ?orfslture occurred or 

to proteot any other right to euoh 1anb.w (Underaoorlng ours). 

The 4afmbr to four question depend6 up0n tha 

oonstruatloa 4nd e?Sect to be given to that pmtloa of 
E?OnOrsb& Baeom Cllee, Pa@ 6 

mtlcle 8326 whioh provides for reinstatement or rorrelted 

rol.oa a~rovlUed that no rtihts ol third P r&Km8 nay hmo 

intervenf+d.n If,dor ths r00t dtuatlon you have p-e- 

-rut, tho oufstandlng rlpht of rolnatu:ermnt, 

hold by tb seooml puruherer, L. A. Oasey, is sn “interveeabq right” ae assat by Article 6:26, tbon suoh right 

~51.1 oprsrate 88 a bar t3 B rc~ostatamsnt or tht? first s~10. 

Y not, the tlrst e>la la subjr.ot to relrmtatezwmt. 

In Cal? Frobuntlon Coxtpny 0* State, EZl z, ;:. 124 

(ait 0f aror hr.), the son mtOnl0 COW or CIP~ A~~~EIS 

in rcierrirq:, to the %itcneninr. rlchts’ provilieiz for la 

Artiole 5326 stated that by such len,p~go the LeElslature 

monat %uah rights of third parties BLP. oonstitute a present 

orlatw bar to relnststament - 8~1 sxlatfrg re8t~~d right, 

snroroonble at th@ tim, by the party miw Such r1Cht.w 

Eowcver, an analysis of tho hota involved in that awe 

dlsaloses that the moon& ~18 whloh was there 01aiasI to bc 

a bar to the rkht of relnstatemnt ol' therirat o's10 ww 8 

sale nado upon or;n<loa of ssttlemsnt, whloh cotiltion 

had not been performd, hrther, the oeoszzd puroheanr hsb 

eotuallg abandona& the 1snC find mds knowa hir; abrndoment 

to th0 tend Oawal8sloner. 

0r rrinnatement exhted in 

In 8uoh ofrcuawtano:‘s ho r@htravor or tlm seoond purohiaser, 

aa his feflur6 to oolaply w;tth the eettlezmat aondltlon oi 

hir purahaas wholly imalldoted the rale to h&n and put en 

end to his rlphts in the land. Thle oonolualoa km tiflrmad 

intbe opinion 19 the culr oaaoe Tbererere, as ao right 

0r ro%xueditraperlrt adated in furor or the 000-a purohciser, 

him eals bay* been *oldal, tbsre ~8s no lntermalng right 

whloh would’ operate to bar e r8l.natato~nt of tb¶ flmt mle 

to hml. In maklny. B rimllngaad oomlarion whioh WNB at?- 

oeaearyto raaaoh the tomlt arrived et by tho Court OS Cloll 

kppeiiis, la cif v. State oxme, 6upr8, the Court at pa* 

134 of the report el@fioantly mndo thio statement with 

reageot to tbs oharaoter of thz right ~8 roiPstatem%nt oxned 

by 0 rorrelt~ puruha8att 

*It %a true, also, as held in Levless v. 

xrlght, that the State of Texas at tbot time WOO 

in+este& with the title to the lend, aad the rQht 
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Ronoreble Beaoom Cl&e, Pam 7 

t&m 0r the trsmfer to Lewis, And that was a oeetod 

%yht whioh no 8tstuk or UOt of the Land Coomisslomr 

aould take away f'roz him.* (Uaderaoor~ oura) 

Thus, it is fcmd that the Court In Gulf Production 

00. v. State expreeslf held that t&w right ot reinstatmzmt 

owned by B ftn-felting purchaser la a vested rlfiht. 

In Cruzaa v4 Edker 119 Tex. 189, 26 3. v. (2) 

906, the Supreme Court la &s&La& the 9ntarvonI~ right&n 

tment br Artiolo 5326 at&e& thsf auoh righta &ust be 

*?elfd arlstent aad leplly snforeeuble when uittsn request for rciastatmmt Ir toads. . .* Rowever, tb only 

guortlon determined by the Court me whether or not the 

right8 or 8 ~rmlttea whosa pmnlt to prospot r0r 03.3 

oad gas bob been 00noelca an;:. fortsited, was an inteneniag 

rl@t within the zeanlng of ArtlOT, 6326. The Court held 

that the r&hta of the iorteltily oil e&l gas pfmaltttse 

did not bar a reiaatatemat of first ssla made eubasquent to 

the r0mitt4mk 0r the oil and ~5s permit.. 

The U~UZ~S oam 58 dlstin@lsbnbU horn @be ~Itaetlon 

presmtca by your rer,uest in this ro otc the OIL arka gao 

permIttao La the Camzen O&W had no f T ,ht ot reinmtatemont 

after rorreiture of hlo plait for foilura to begIn develop 

mentwithinthe tLpb rhtd by rtatute, All 0r hi8 rigbtll 

eadod oompletel~ and tUmW with forfeiture of hi8 psnnlt, 

rad woh r&hk were a& mbjoot to refartatesant. i%wwe, 

onder the feats relate& by you, the seooml puroharer Caser, 

by vIxtue at Artiola 5326, dOc6.hev.e the rQht to rskatate 

hlr forfeited 8ale. This r&lit, ln 0uJ.f Pro5uotlon Co. Yb 

State, eugira, was rtated to br a Vested ri&ht.' 

In Free18 v, aelkar, l20 To& 291, 29 S. a. (2) 

62T, l% was held that the r&ht aoaming irons mom tU%ng 

or an opplloatlon to prospeat for.oil aad gas with the County 

Clerk did not tmWitUt4 fmO& ai IntWVeJAhg right a0 ~56 

Bet!& by ArtiOle 8224. Prsotlaallytba acme lazgua$e es la 

round la the Gulf oaae end the Cnmm 083~ suprae 11~8 wed 

by the oourt Indetlnfn& the oharaoter of rhht mant by tha 

torn "Inteenenlng rl&t" in Artiole 6326. Am 

in Praels v. valker, the otere fil%w of an app Fe* LaetiQn * dtd 

not cloe rlee to a te6ted rlgbt la tba applimat bHause the 

Luud Ctwonlrsloaer was m~tcd by rtatute~with EOP(I discretion 

In dotqmiWng whether CA not to iasuue a pemalt in tbe went 

un rpplfoatloa roi- pm-alt #houla later be mea rpith t&s 

tina coadsnlo~er. 
Y.5 rh4 no oerct other thpn cur v. 3t3:0, 61zp6, 

in whloh thbr6 has bean 4lscu8s!:c: the .:ueatlon or ta&t&r 

or not ths rlqht of rofastotcment taatls~ drtlale 63&6 ooa8tltutca cn snforoeable rested riqht. In ~1st~ o: thr rmt 

that tbs &~~r=emo Court haa tdoe elta: PI* amovcl the 

culr ve i;tatts docimioa we real omzstrnlnod to r0ii0r: fbe 

lcnp~ce in euoh dcals!on %-hloh Oolda t&a’: the rlcht or 

ralnsteta~nt ls a rew.cd ri&t. 

You m-5, therorore, advised that,la OUY oplnltn, 

the rkht or reinatazcment arlstla~ ln favor ol: the reoon.5 

purchaser (here 3. A. fximy) is aa tnforocable, rcrtsd 

rQhtwith?nthe mmilng of the hove quoted drclolon, end 

that euah ri&t or relnstatezxmt, 80 lox~ee it ia outotandlry;, 1s an einte.-vsnimg right” within t!ae mrnln(; af 

Artlob 5326, vihioh Op8:at-W to bsr 8 Teioatetownt, & the 

rest rorfel~sd abale. 

X6 rosllze, end bars rraakly rte"ue, tk.t *om 

dotit exleto an to the oorifmta6~s ai this holS$ag In vtiw 

of the broth languisfe used in the, ebove oito& 005e0 ln 

b6rin:nc: t&e aharaoter af rl&t naeersary to oonstltute 

pa lntervani~ ri&t 40 that tena io used la t&e 8tstuto. 

It hss long bocn e We ct the Attorney Geoeml'a Dapartateat, hcwmw, tbstuhen doubtful quaotloao l v~ presented 

to this Cepertmnt with roepeat to the rights OS the atnte 

ln tts publie lu~d~, cuoh doubtful ~ue&lons shalL ba 

detonzlnec by thle aepartmat la favor or the ateta. Thir 

rule, ea.2 tb m+dson uhloh form ltn br#ti 81.0 well 

otateb in en opinion oi thl8 dopertment vdtten ln 1932 

by then kaslstant Attorney Gcmwal R,.‘,. Yarborou~, 

Opinioas of Attorney Genaritl, ,X93+32, peg6 ZZO. Go QM.O 

framthet oplnloa a8 follu~G1 

wl%ls rule ha0 b0cmfollow0d ems sinob 

the etkinlstratioa oi th0 EoaoraOle C. ?J, Cumton a0 Attorney t&nor61 snd lo mcst brlefl 

atated in an o~lnlon wr t ttea bf the Boonorab L 

E. I’. Smith, former Aosi~.faat Attorney Geaertl, 

oatf, spyrmed by tho Xonmotle Ohlef Yastloo 

Oureton, then Attorney Gancwel. Tb 6tntemnt 

lo es follov~sr 

*If t&c atee man the nlaaral.e la 

thl8 land, Buoh ovmsrshlp may be of 1lttU 
Eonorable Da~coa tllos, 3ac.e 9 

or fTmst value, but ii YO advise thet thla 

ownership be aurrondsred on the st-ts or 

ieote-Qresentsd and our advlae rhoold be 

wrou& our error ocn never tm otzrdotsd, 

mhcrsas if our ad~loo not to.surrcnder the 

rk,hts or tha staitu 1s wrcag, tho vaaeues 

or 33. Clboon oen hsta ou: er:or oorrcotsd 

by proper lo& prooeed%ngs. 

*Yn 811 00ntrorcrclcs liwolv* the 

r1Ght.e or th0 seute, it la the duty end 

1lkoMlsc the polloy of tha Attorney c-aneral’s Ceiartmnt to aeolde all substilntlal 

doubts 1x1 favor of the State for the raaaom 

Just rentlonod.~~ 

se feel that the foregoing 1s c wholesome rule 

an< thct it properly may be here a;plled, It we hold that 

8 flmt sale my be rolnstrxted, not\:lthztcndinE. the otitlrp 

rlpht 0r relnfstatcncnt in fever oi B, seoond purohasor, the 

r,~uottloa will possibly never be se.t:lod by on opinion of the 

Suprene Court. 

or rolnstetsnont 

On the other bend, ii tic hold that the right 

of a ‘scoond purohsse bars the tilnsteteaoat 

or the rlrst purchase, the ~tmst%o~ osn be tasted on mn&amua 

prooeedlnge In the Eupruso Court, awl e dlrcot jtilolal esoertalmrwnt 0~11. thus be obtained. 

Further, pla roe1 botraE. toGive greet Weight to the 

0dr0m degartmmtal 0olLatructlon whioh the Oeneral Land 

orrice h86 p,ioen to this 8tatute ror mny yrtmb. This Ir 

c mttor which Clrectly involves the ed&nlstratlon of the 

atrzdru of the LanC Off100 ati a long Bettlad preotlco tml 

c0nstruotlon cX the Lam?? Of.?ios 0Oollot2?nlq e mattor~ xh:hloh 

ft ia ohnrgec! to rcdmlnlster should not be werturmd by 

this departxaant unleos the construotion enc! practloe of the 

Lana Otrlae in cleerly wroe, Thla we do not ria to be- the 

ORG8* 

Aeoordin~ly, O\lr OpiQiOa iTO& O-780 and oar 611pp18- 

mental opinloa of L%y lb, 1939, both adOrssscd to you, are 

upon reooneti~rretlon \plth3rm.m, and you are nm otlvisod thot, 

in our opinion; the outatandlnf rleht of relnstatumnt o:mdby L. A. ca~cy, tha seooad purohasar of the 

is a bnr to tka rsinstetmicnt of the torfeito2 

13, 1940 Yours Y&y-truly 

u .p.&J 

ATTl,RlT,W G-tiYNFRAT. ,-,I? TTiX1S