OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Narch 27, 1939 

Eon, T. F. Ttible 

Ylrst AtJalstant State 

State Department oS Muoaflon 

Auatla,Texaa 

Dear Trlmble: 

r property 00noeipt of your letter 

lnldn or thie Dequote .a8 r0110w8: 

land, upon whlah the 

d Independent Sohool 

oontalns a olause &sting 

pgoperty oeaae to be u8ed 

88 then this deed shall betltls to the a-me retort 

nd his helre.' 

school truiteee now plan to raze 

nt building and oonatruot a new 

on a site some dlstanoe from the 

t5it6 ECUI t0 080 the Sit0 Or the prosent building as a tmpplementary playground. 

It 18 planned to oonatruo$ a night 8oftball 

field on the present slfe~ and to retain the 

tennl8 aourts and volleyball oourtr, that are 

now on thie alto. The eohool vll.1 oeaae to 

a60 the land a8 a bulldling 6lte., but.wll.l - 

oont$.nue to use 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 owner and helro, 

baamoe or tba clause quoted above from 

the deed, when the oohool maves tram the 

building to &a ta 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 ou9ilo attending 

#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 midoh had been 

beautiried with drlteo, wab and other lmproremeata, 

and of whloh only a amall part was used SOT bulldingo, 

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 OlroU8Ot8aOOO StIrrOUnding 

the exeoutlon or the dood and the uim mado oi the land. 

Wo oould 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 intoetigatloa 
Eon. T. Y. Trirblo, Yaroh 29, 1939, Paga S 

s roparatow ror trial. Howeror baood upon the ban l o to 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 

ATTORIVET OIWUUL OP TBXAS 

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