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

### AUSTIN

Narch27, 1939

Eon, T. F. Ttible
Ylrst AtJalstant 

### State StateDepartment

oS Muoaflon Auatla,Texaa

**Dear** Trlmble: 

# rproperty 

### 00noeipt of your letter lnldn or thie Dequote .a8 r0110w8: land, upon 

### whlahthe d Independent

Sohool oontalns 

### a olause&sting pgoperty oeaae to be u8ed 88 then this deed 

### shall**be** 

### tltlsto thea-meretort nd hishelre.'
schooltruiteee

now plan to raze nt building

and oonatruot

a new on a sitesome dlstanoefromthe t5it6 ECUI



### t0 080 the 

### Sit0 Orthe 

### prosentbuilding

as a tmpplementary

playground. It 18plannedto oonatruo$a night8oftball fieldon thepresentslfe~ and to retainthe tennl8aourtsandvolleyballoourtr, thatare now on thiealto. The eohoolvll.1 oeaaeto 

### a60 theland 

### a8 a bulldling 6lte., 

### but.wll.l - oont$.nue

touse lt as a part of the physloal eduoatlon

aptem.

### Bon.T. Y. Trlmble, Xamh 27, 19S9,Page 2

‘The question 18, will the title rarart to **tha** orlCino1 

### ownerandhelro, baamoe or tba clause quoted above from the deed, 

### when the oohool maves tram the building to &ata the new site?* By the terma of the deed, the land would ba aotoaatloally forfeited upon 

### its 08aoing to be 

### used r0r aohool pmpase8. XikInrtrumento 00ntOfning Ouoh oondltlono aro atrlotl~ 

### oonotrued againat the grantor. 18 Tax. fur. 1%; Maddox v. AdaIr (dir. 811 (Writ or Error denled), 95 Tax. 608. App.) 66 9. II.

The krm *aohoot ptlpp~oeP inoludoa the reomatiou **of** the **phollr attend-**  oohool as lo ooon by the iollowing 

### quotation from the aaoo of St. Edward8 Oolloge b. Tax 00ii00t0r, **1891,** 82 a~. 1.

*The oonatruotioa to be plaosd on the word.’ gbuIldIngs* was oonslderad In Oaoolaao t. Oroulino Aoadomy, 64 Texas, 896, and ln.Rod t. Norrlo 98 xoxao, 554. These WOM oases ln whloh exemption of qlty~property was alaimed on the **grouud** that It was used exoluol~ol~ and &mod by
~oroono or aoaoolatlono .ot perooao ror oohool purposes; and It was held that the word ‘buildlungs’ would Inolude the lots on whioh thor stood, the wholo beIns! used ior l ohool 

### 9urp0o00, whioh enbraosd the reoreation or 

### ou9iloattending #ohool.*
Sust what reoreatlon for pupils Is luoluded in the team “oahool puqoooo~ lo lndleated by the oaae oi Peoploo ex ral Pearsall Cauuty Collsotor T. Catholla Bishop oi Chloago, 311 Zll. 11, 14R X. R. 680, ti whloh the aourt held t&t a S85 aore traot used br a oohool ior boating owlsmIng, skating and some of 

### midohhad been beautiried with drlteo, 

### wab and other lmproremeata, and of whloh only a amall part was used SOTbulldingo,
uaa exempt from taxes under i l tate l tatuto providing that all property uood exolualrel. for oohool purpoooo should be exempt rraat taxes*

Aa opinion In a oaoo or thlr kind depends ontlrolr upon all the **taOtO** aud OlroU8Ot8aOOOStIrrOUnding the exeoutlon **or** the dood and the uim mado oi **the** land. Wooould not give an ,entIrelf l aaurate opinion without the banerlt or all or l uoh raota, whIah **eotald**only be bra-t out upon a trlal or upon thorough intoetigatloaEon. T. Y. Trirblo, Yaroh 29, 1939, Paga S



# s roparatow ror trial. Howeror baood 

### upon the ban l oto quoted fram your letter, it lo tho opinion of this Departmnt that tho use of the land for a oupplomentary playground, a aleht roitball flold, tennis oourta, and volley ball aourta, all ln oonnootlon with the l ohool ontea. would bo embraoed within the tern l oohool purp~roow~ao tied in proparty would not re?ort 00 

### mad.. tho doed, and that the long ao ouoh uoe waa

Tours vary truly

ATTORIVETOIWUUL OP TBXAS T-7



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