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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

OCIALD c. MAN* .r+an..“‘“u 

January 24, 1939 

Hoonorabla moo ivaltrr 

County Attorna~ 

Taylor County 

Abllsn., Texar 

lm.r kr. k’alter: 

oolred an4 thr q 

who own8 Md 

Q8i Cola to hi8 cu.- 

aurfrur'8 Lloenao Law 18 lfr. 

a4 to apply ?or an4 receive l 

enae brforo ho driver an4 oparruok as aborr outllna4?a 

dr appreciate hour 8blo brlnr on thir cueatlon whloh 

you submitted to u8+ We agree with your oonolurion.' 
'The HUM ‘8mIrrW” 18 dOfiE& in parqrayh 

seotlon 1 of the Artiolo 0687a, Ratlwl Civil Statute8 I 

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8mbaded &Ot8 1937 46th LO&813tlW, 9368 758, ChrptU 869, 

pas&graph l-A)83 h~lbf8, 

l c h wr 4 w. Any pu8oa r h o opua~~8t~~t~~ 

rrhlclo for •~ purport, rholr or 

4n 4mploye*, 34rr4nt 8/8flt, OX ill r .~.lld8llt’OO~- 

tractor, whathu pali 13 3313~ or oommla8lon~ aa4 

l ruy paraon who opuetar a motor r4hlole r!illr auoh 

rohlole la lo 988 tor hlr4 or 10388.~ 

AOOOrding to thlr 64flnltlon, Yr. Banowav la not l *0hmr4w 

unler8 ht oan br oonatruul a8 op4rating hl8 truok aa an "4~ 

F10y44,m a l 4*rvant,u a0 *agent,* or an ninE4p4nQ4nt oontmotor.~ 

Ooder th4 raotr glroa h4 18 not an a4~ploy44a or a 

m34rvant,* whc 4r4 drs-rlb4d in T41, Jur. 10, as f~llovms 

.I0 tha langu4go of the 14~ th4 word *aarranta 18 

us44 to 4abreoc all olaaaer 0r asplo7443. 

Roua with .4arloy4*,* 

It 1s rynonp 

3n4 inolu448 all p4raona or whatever rank or position who 4r4 aubjoot to th8 dir4otlon 

an4 oootrol of 4notb4r lo any departs4nt of labor or 

bulin088.w 

Undu the hots rtat4d Ur. Banowakf la not undu the cllr4ctlon 

or control of 4aTbody. 

Lik3risa,h4 ia not an *aRmit.* A 44finitioa or u 

aront la ret out in Rood ~8. Hmstu (T4x. CODI. Ay;p.). 44 

5. R.(2nd) 1107, 33 follonar 

-An yrot i8 44rineg as cab who undutaker to 

tranaaot 10~4 buaina88 or to~marbag* 301~4 airair 

?cr anothu b]r the authority an4 on aooouot of 

ths lattsr and to r4n44r 4n account or it. 51 .\ he C, t. p, 817; Tar. hr. 5, pp. 3634 and 585.‘@ 

if4 alao think that h4 la not aa *lnC4Fenbont contractor.' 

A well known drrlnltion of thla tarm 14 atatsg in Moran0 ~8. 

Taraim Building Corporetloa, 59 9. '. (8n4) e98, a3 followar 

*An indap4ndant aontmotor la a Furon 4~ 

ploy44 to Fer*crm mark on tha tsru that he 18 

to b4 rru irm th4 oontrol of the employu aa 

rts;Lacta th4 aann4r in rhirh the dotail of tha 

work are to be 4x4cut44.. 19 A. L. K. 235, not4. 

Thlo ..4finltlon 4e;lcribea 4n l inCcp4ndrnt c:~ntraotor* a4 a praoo who la "4~ploy44,' and altF.ough hi8 frcsdom trot control la 

L~C‘ sost prOnOUnCad Fart of tht 64finition u4 think that thsr4 

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mu8t also bo thm l l4mont Of empld~4nt by virtue ,ai 4 oontraot . Mr. Banowsky in tbir oaa8 W88 not %mp18r4daS an4 as 

ior as th8 taotr 8hor be war not workIn under say rln4 oi eontract 0r 4nployment. 

In rlaw of tha autborltlor Ur. Banowaky 18 not *M om- 

+poyaa, aervUlt, agont, or lndrpondeot oontraotor,m a thermfor8 Do88 not come wlthln the first Fart of the Qafin 

aOhaurraur.a 

a In of a 

Tha aeoond an4 last part or the derlnltipa hppli48 

to operators oi motor rehlol88 when thr 'rahlole la ln!uso for 

biro or leaao.n 

an4 no hlr F 

In thla oaae it is Mr. Banow8Q'r om reblolr 

a6 or leasing la lnrolrs4, 

Our answer to Tour question la that Mr. Banowsky 1s 

required to obtain a ohaurreur'a llcenao before operating hla 

truok as outline4 by you. 

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Yours tory truly 

ATTORNEY CENN;RAL OF TQUS 

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