OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN



## Bonorablo

u. A. D8Vl8 stae Regirtru Tex~r State Board of Health Audln, Tour

You have repuerted rtment 8 revisv OS our oplnlonHO. o- ructlon 81 to how to prooeed in the ier of birth reoordr of perron tating that in the part you hav **i08 when**  ordered **to** do **80** br 8 QO

**8** determination
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**‘ Udlb88**  8UOh oertified tent jUri8diOtiOn." Heither AFti **prOV18iOn Oi**  **th0 OOLk8ti-**  **.Oc;rl ’** **t 8peOif9.0**  **jlU?i8diO** aertlfledOOpie8,but UUder Seotion 8 of Artlole V OS the ConrtitutIonof Texa8, oh&oh **provibc8 that**  **the dirtriot**  **oourt** ***rh811 h4ve**  **gener81 origin81**  jurisiriation

over all oau8e8 OS a&ion vhatever for vhloh a remedy or jUrl8diotlOn18 not provided by l&Y Or thi8 oOn8titutlon,' Ye held that the di8triCt court ha8 jWd8diotiOn to Order the 188umoe of ruoh oertitledOOp1e8.HonorableU. A. **Davlr, p8ge**  **2**

**&I XO** **‘ our**  **1Ott.r WJUO8ting**  **thi8 OpilliOll**  **YOU point**  out that, 

### vherear the **above** montlonedprohibition

### l ge ln8t Uu iaruanoe of oertlfledoopler of birth reoordr of 110 legltlu8te8,

vhioh va8 oont8lnedla the or1 laal Vital Stat**i&i08 AOt**  **Of 1927,**  **i8 8till**  retained, Jet l t.lí uPrIldllWnt8 f authorire the judge of the probate oourt to aoorpt and approve the reoord of q btith or death not p~vlousl~ reglrta ad,

and l uthorlae regi8trOr8 to 188u8 oeatgled OOpib8 of birth 

### or death oortliloatea, vlthout in either oa8e making a d&8tinotlonbotveen IrgitWte 8nd lllegltlmatebirth. But thi8 do.8 

### not maan that th8 prohibitory rovirion ha8 beu, repealed **by** $nplloatton., fho **rule** 18 8

P**ated** thou in 39 Texor Jurlrprudenoe, PU!-241

'In oa80 of ocmfllat brtveen a genrer& ;g vision snd a 8peolalprovirlondeal 8W rubjet?&,

the i0PB.l'

i8 Or liBitl d by the **bttorj** and m8 18 80 vhether th. provi8ion8 in quertionare oontalnodin the **88~ oat**  **or Lo**  **dIffereat** enaotmenttl.**In** other vord8, vh8n a 8tatutemake8 a gen8ralprovl8100 &~@lltl~ iOr 4u 08808 and a 8p8Oia1 provlrlonror a portioular oa80 or olarr, the Sormw ~alld8 and the latter prevail8 in so Sar l8 the ~tiOl&P 0880 OF 0188r 18 oonmm%ed. & 8u8h OirOUlUt8Me8, th0 8JlOOia1 pFOVi8iOll or **rtatuta 18**  regarded ai though it were 8n lxoeption or provlrh, rmovlrlg 8OBetw f'rOl8 the operation of the generrillav.' Smtlon 

## 16 OS Artlolq~!V of the Texar Qoxutitutlon preroriberthe oozutitutlonaljurl8dlotlon of the oountl o;m&, lnoludlng 'the general jurlrdlotlon OS a Probate **Court.** YO knov or.no ,lai

bringing the irruame of a oartiiled oopror a birth oertlrl8ate,

## 0r it88ii,viathin th8 gonrral jUri8- dlotlon OS a probate aourt.

Seotlon 22 of ArtloleV of the Conrtitutlondeoluer: 'The ~girlatum 8hall have paver, by looal 

### or gerural lav, to lnorea8o, diaieirh or ohangr the 01~11 and orimlnal jurlrdlotlon oi oountr C!OWt8jand in Oa8e8 Or 0117 8uOh ohange Of jurl8diotlon,the Leglrlatwe l hall al80 oonform the jurl8dlotlcmof the other 80urt8

## to ru8h ohonge.g

f, .'., a.HonorableY. A. DIvir, page 3

**UIldOr thi8**  **OOIi8titUtiOAal** &3POViliM, **4 8t4tUtO**  **Om** ierring original jurlrdiotlonon oounty oourtr of Deaf Smith County in 01~11 **08808** vhero the **amount** in 

### aontroverry 988

r 00.00 op 1088 war held oon8tltutlonal. Camplay v. Bwmley, COBB. App.) 55 8. V. (26) 810,

In the ea8e of Jon08 v. Ni880ur1=Xan8*8-%ua8Rall

### road Compeny of Texa8, 14 S. Y. (2d) 357, the Boll48 Oourt Of oiYii 4peal8 84idl

“ktiole 1956 (1771 read8 I ‘Subjeotto the LBI (1169),R. s. 1925, tation rtatad in thl8 idaapter

(;lurlrdlotional

limltatlon),the OOunty OOwt 18 authorlsed t0 hen? and determine any o&we vhloh 18 oognirable by 

## aourtl, l

lthar or l&v or 

## equity, and to pant any 

### relldr uhioh y2Bdjbo ranted br raid OOWt8, or olther of

. .It tollov8 therefore that oounty oourtr ruy l xerolre the power of both 

### i&v ml equity oourtr in the trial Of any 

### oawo over vhloh they are given jurlrdiotlon,inoludin~,0r 00ur80, a oondemuotion prooeeding, Yhloh 18 to bo tried and determIned 88 8ny other oivll oawo
."
But it 18 noted that in both of the oarer **above olted,**  the oounty oourt had jqi8diOtion of the 8UbjeOtmatter of the **oau8e** involvedby rea8on of a 8peolflooonrtltutlonal or **itatutory** enaotment. The oounty oourt, along with the jwtloo wurt, ha8 **but** llmfted jUri8diotionin thil State. Jaoo v. W. **A.** Rarb Coinpan , Elpp Ocmpanyv. Anglln, 270 S. l?. B 269 8. N. 1089i R. 0. 93.. And we do not believe that the provi8lon8oi Artlole 1956, **8u**r a, **are** applloable to any e&we 

### over vhloh the oountp oour ir not given jur18diotlonby **8&ieoiiiO** rtatutory 

### or **OOli8titUtiO-1** provl8lon8.

It 18 therefore our OplDAon that the oounty oourt 18 not 

### a oourt oi ooapetont juvl8dlotlonto 

### order the **lrru** anon of a oertlfledaopy oi a birth orrtlfloateot ati 119 legitlmator r8on, and heme, that the State Regirtrar 18 vlthout **aUt Ority**  **t0 i88Ue**  **8Uah** oortlfled Copy upon the or-

- **der** OS thr oounty oourt.
Yours very truly