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OFFICE OF THE Al7ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATTORNEY QENENAL 

Bonorablr J. 1. MoDoaalU, Gommirrloarr 

Department of &grloUl two 

Austin, Toxar 

mar air; 

ttoa Warrhousrmaa 

oa ror rtorTour l&tar ot a ro 

tornry Canoral make8 thr So 

ottoa yard buri0 aboro inquiry la Pradioatrd, 

~~~r~~OOomponyi~ four mqU88t 

hi8 Stak than i.8 

It i8 nim WOll 8@ttlOd in thi8 8tat0, a8 Wd.l a8 the 

Unitad Statics, that tha bU8iIM88 Of wwohou8onW, baFag Of l 

publ$a~ nature, ir rubjeot to rrgulatlon and oontrol. BxPortrr8' 

8nd Bad#r8' Compr.88 and '19aMhOUrr 06.. te %r@inrr (-. of 

App.) &,5~ 8,W. (2d) 563; Vo ft Vr .Bo k w Yo Via g a n4 8tor l 069 

119 pa (za) 586;~orar v. Oantrol Warahouar Go. at al 10 Y 84+.::~ 1. 

657, 54 A&RI 3078 Ha8h 7. Pam, 80 X9. 539,. 44 Am. R*P. 49of 
Homrabla r. S. YoDoaald, pa&r 2 

Muan v. 8ktr of f11illO18 94 U. 8. 1131 27 IhiJw ti8i 

9Mr 67 Corpur ark 449e 

bW, 

Ml. 18 

la 67 Gorpur Jurir-451, f15, the fOlhWili& (UNI’d 

8tihdt 

“A pub110 warrhourrarm, 

to thr publlo, 80 lOn# a8 ho 

by vlrta8 er hI8 duty 

OOntillU88 a# 8UQh, a8 

a ~onanl rule, oannot refu8@ to ruorlrr (OOd8 Of 

the al888 uhloh ha i8 l athorimd co MO@IVO and 

rtorr..,” 

la Gray t. Central Wardioaw 00. rt al., 106 8. 1. 

657, 54 A. L. ll. 307, thr qurrtloa before thr 8upnma Oourt or 

North OerOlIIW wa8 uhrthrr Oarteln WarehOUr hd the r&ht 

to r0fiph-a a perron to be a araber or tha giert0n board or 

Traila bdoru thry would prrmlt him to buy tob8oeo oa tha flood 

0r thr rrproho\ur. b W#WOriIt& thl8 ,aU88tiOE, th@ 0-t 4189 

oa88rd at lragth thr dutIr8 owrd thr pub110 by a public war@- 

hOU84Mn. On. pa&r 658 tha oourt 8tit.d tha iollowi~~ 

mr l 0al-t fa?tha? 8trt*8: 
Ronoroblo J. 6. MoDonald, po6o 3 

duty 

*Thor0 18 a0 prlnoIplo more Importsot t~tbo 

pub110 wolfaro than to prorave to ovary lndltldual, 

howotrr huablo, tho right that In doolIn with ub110 UtilitiO8 and bU8ior8808 ‘a?foOtOd With &ub P i0 

988’ thoro oaa bo ao dlrorlmhation realart ray Iadiridual in ngard to oaiforrity or charger a04 ia-. 

partial tra8tnant.a (Pwa 662) 

*It is not ne018sar'f that'thoro rha11 bo rtatUtorY~roxulatlons. but it lr rrsantial that t&are 

8hOll not be rogulation8 by thoeo oporatlng publfo 

UtilitiO8 Or bU8inoI38 laifootod bY tho wbllo 080’ 

whloh will wrcait dl8orlnlnotlon. afialmnt anyone. 

?hoao roquinSoot8 or8 bored upon tho priaoiplo 

‘sIltI $OpUii SUpSOUL 08% 10x*$ that 18, that tho 

P 

ubllo wolfaro 1s tho b16hsotlaw.g 

Pee 6631 

(Eflph818 oum) 

In laeh 1. Pa'sgo, 80, Ky. 539, 44 Aa. Rap. 490, tho 

impoar upon a public wanhou8orMn Y88 thu8 8tOtod: 

Whoa a narohouao.xm for tho pubUo aalo and 

purOha8a Of tOb8000 undortakor to 8Ou at aPOtiOn, 

and to #Onduet tho bU8inO88 of a Dab110 wanhouroi?i :,;;%8278;~0~~ 

ro 8th. o o 

~BD@Q to him,” (4h88L 0~8) 

by #urn V, Skk Of ntii8, 91 v1.6. ll), it =8~ iitalrrtod t~hat nrrhourrwn had the r&ht to doal and trada a8 they 

881 fit with thorn who apolIo to thorn for 8toraCo, but It n8 

hrld by Walk, 0. J., that 

“Propart door booomo olotki8d with i pub110 InntOl’O8t wh8n U8.4 In a 8ayIwr to aOk it Of gob118 

o0n8O~~Onoo and l rfO0t tho 

thonforo, OM drvotod hi8 proport 

uhloh tha pub110 b88 w iatonrt, 

want8 to thr pub110 an Intarrrt IJI that war aa 

mat #ubmIt to bo eontrollo4 by thr public for tho 

oamoa 6OOd, to thr @XHnt Of tho intrM8t ho ha8 

thur omatad.a (Pago 126) 

.In Port of Saattlr to INCat@, 12l P. (3) 951, 9531 

Ii *ai hold by the sgprdso 4ottrt oi Wa $ dPgto a that l publio 
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Honorablo J. I, MoDonald, pa&o 4 

warohOu8oaa~ aaanot rafuro to roooiro @odr of the 010~8 ho 

lr aathorisod to ~rooo:l~o and rtoro. 

In tlow of the iorogoIug l uthorltior, it I8 the oplnIon ‘of thlr dapartmoat thst a duly llooluod ootton warohouooman who I8 aloo a pub110 wilghor oaanot. plaoo aa a oondltloa 

or 8tOlVi60 ,$a a warehouse that a por8on w8t do hi8 WOIghIng 

and ootton ferd bunIno88 with him, but murl t ooopt all goods, 

whloh ho I8 authorized to roorlro and rtoro, tondorod to him 

wlthout disoriaination. 

We, thoroforo, anrwsr the above-rtatod question in 

the ao&lro. 

ATTCRNXY GXNBRAL OF TItXiS 

BY (4 

Jno. C. Xnorpp 

Aa818tant 

, JCK:JCP:ZD 

APmovm NOP 2,'19k4 

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(8) QZ108 6. Adiloy _ 

. FIRST A86IST4NT AT'lQRNXY GENBRAL 

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