OFFlCE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable Dm VI.Jaokaon Mt.triat Attorney Houston, Texas

, 1942, reque8tlng the opinstated question' reeds In

II. L. Washburn, oounty

1, 

## orArtlole 3926, Vernon's Statutea, provldee that the 

## all receive 

## aoomlssionor one per oent ot the acrtuel oash reoelpte or eqih exeoator, administrator, or guardl,en, upon,thcl approval .of **exhibits** and 

## gznrptk gt;p~a~aytg~ ;nfgm&idpordinary adminimtratlon, u&e this rate 

### or ooppl miaaion apgl.y upon the acrtual oaab reoelpts orHonorable DanW. Jaok80~1,%a 2

the adPiiei8trator, au1 

### orwhlohoaah 18 aommunity PZVpWty, **Or OBiy**  **UpOn OBO-hsllr**  **Or 8Uah**  oath reoeipts as repreeantihg tha interest of the deoeUeot7

“‘1 have bsrore meat this time an estate In whuhioh

the oash reusipts represent sommunjty property **!~~lng** arisen rrom income derived rrom oommunlty roper@ ilurlng the pendenoy 

### 0r the 

### l

etatf5, P

ramthmsale 

### or 0omamhItypruferry, rents on oommunlty property and lib

The ease Is as admlnletratfor with the will &~~sxwi, and all 

### 0r the property 

### or the deoeatm%was ulllod to the aurvlvlng spousa.*

“1 have dlmoovered no ease invoJ+lng this prsala0 set or r8ot0. Promthe inv8sttgations 1 have made 1 have reached the tentative aonoluslon, berswith subeittsd for **your** consideration, **that th6**  **aom PiiaiaSiO~t3**  **Or** the cOU&y Judge IW3t ba **OSAOUbt@3e Up&i**  the entire Ossh reotived rrom the ml1 sonmunity interest inoludlq the one-hair 

### illttW8St0r the Burvirlng 

### wire.

“1 base t&Is oonsluslon on the wall settled rule that the adminietrator or tha deoeased husband, even under awill, has the erolusive rI&t to adninister the entire aoamunlty property and not j\zet a portion of it, and that ror purposes 

### 0r admix&stration the entlrs ammnity interest Is regarded ee balougihg eutlrsly to the estate of the husband. Lovejoy vs. Coohrell, Sea. A, 63 S. :?. (26) 1011. Slnoe the entire uomtunity estate Is aubdeot to adninistratlon by the Probate Court It follows that the county Judqe is liable on h-is 

### 0rri0tii bohd 

### r0r the proger adnbistratlon of the entire aommunlty interest by the administrator of the deoeaeeU h?lsband, and 

### it, would therefore be fair to aliow him his comolfsalons or oompensation on the full reoelpt8 

### rro~lthe ootmunlty eatata and not fro2 half 0f the reoeipta only. "

. . . .* 

### Arti0l.e 392k; Vernoots Annotated Ci+il siXtut reads in ,7art as 

### r0mms:lienorable J.& **W.** JaOkm& **-0** 3

peroent apon the **aotual sash**  **reooiptr oi**  eaoh exeoutor, admlnlstrator or guardian, up&~the approval 

### 0r the exhibita 

### anathe

### rinal 8ettmnent or the aocount or euoh exaoutor, administrator or guardlsn, but nomore than one suoh oomalsslon ohall be oharged on any aooount reoelvea **by any**  suoh exeoutor, admlnistrator or guardIan.* Your uaetlon involvea the propoaltion 

### whetheror not the county 1udgs la entitled to the 

### com&wlon allowed by Article **3926, Veraton** **’ @**  **Annotate&**Qivll **Statutes to**  be oaloulated~ **on**the **oash.moalved by**  the **administrator or**  **aborinln** trstrlx nhloh is aomiwn%typroperty or only upon **OBe-ho3r 0r**  SUOhOashreoelpts as repre+mtlng the interest sf **the** dewdent in oases of admltrfstirat~on wlth the all1 annexed and in oases 

### or ordinary ebmlnlstratlon.

Theterat *reaelptsF as used in the statute does not 

### embraoe

cash on d.epo&it.4in &u&s at the time of the death of the tsatator. (Tcir.,J~. 06l. 25, 

### p. 260; Gocdwln v. Dow-, 2808. w. 512; Y!ilZis vi !Xarvep, 26 5. pi. (2d) 288).

It is also well established that the Maaty Sudge is not entitled to the etatutory fee where thee&ate. was administered by an inbependent exeoutor or b vivor

. 8 * Oompunity *-

Article 3627, Vernon*s Annotated ivfi 3tatutes, provldesr Vhen a husband or wire shall die leaving any consaonproperty, the aurvlvor my, at any 

### timearter letters teetaueutary or of adniniatration have been granted, and aq inventory, appraisement and list or 01ain.a or the estate hare beeh returned, n&e epplloation Inwriting to the oourt whlah granted suoh letters ror a pertition or such oommonproperty, whioh applloation shal.l be acted upon at aomwregulti term of the court.” Unless there is a partition of the ooqnoa or ooamnlty property as authorleed by Article 3627, supra, weare

- of the opinfofi that the aounty judge would be entitled to him comnii~sion on all or the cash ,reoeIpts received by the adrain**istrator** or the administratrlr notwithstanding the iaot that such rooelpts are oom?nunitgproperty. Exoept, as above stated, cash 05 deposit 

### in baahe at the tine 

### 0r the death 

### 0r tbmteatator. It is our opinion that the judge rotid be entitled toHonorable Denn. Jaokeoti, Page 4

the oamlwions an above 

### mentioned labothoaaos 

### stadsinlrtratlon

r&th the will annexed and in @aso of ordinary admlnistratlon.

m OgMeotion with the IongoIng we want to point out that 

### theobunty 

### Judge wouldnot be entitled to reoeivo euoh oormulasions ‘or fee@ poraonally but under the OfflOers ’ Salary Law he muat oolloot the same and deposit them in the Offloorr’ Salary Fund.

Wehero been unable to find any oaae where the quoationa involved In this opinion have been deoldod by the 

### appol**late oourte.**  Howater, air above dtated, It 

### 1.r our opinion that the oounty judge la ontltled to the ooslpiadon on all the Oath 

### noelpt8reoelved by 

### theadmlnl&ntor oradmlnl@t~trlxL~L bothoaoeementioned lnyqurinquiry

unlosntherelmebeena partition

of' suohcommonor o6rPwrnltyproperty a8 authorisod 

### byArtlelo3627.

Trustlng

thattheforogolng

fully&newer0

yourla qulry, we are Y0urII 7ery truly 

### ATTOBNBY

QJClQRAL

OF TEXAS