OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

DepartsItwLt or A&riaulture 

kuaf in ( Texas 

Gentlaaerl : 

Thh will oakubml 

Bareaber I1zi, 1040, ~qrrea 

mut -abtiaug the popes 

PlllnlJ wood or *t&T10a8 le 

the aauant noOO8sa 
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p0gwfiment or Agrioultoxe, Pago S 

that roar root wood ahould be IK) ;Paraoured but wood 

out In lengths or two fret, olxtoon inehea or ono 

foot bo maaewd by throwing euoh wood irro&ularly 

into a truok bod or box oontalnlag lM1 aubia toot, 

oon#idoring the amount or wood nooomrary to till 

gii trrr whon thrown irregularly into 8arm to 

. 

"A 00x-d or r00r r00t wood raaed and ~011 

ra& oord or wood oan bo out into one ?oot longthm, 

it will probabl not maeuro more than 80 to 90 oubia :" 

?oot whan cask et Md roll atowod. If tho on. 00x4. 

0r row r00t wood ranked and ~011 8t0woa ir cut into 

two root longthr and throm irregularly into l 

trPOk bod or box oontainlw lee oubio foot, it will 

probably ?I11 tho truok hod or box hoapinq roll, 

while i? tho l mo 0014 o? wood 1~ out into ODe tOOti 

longthr and thrown irrogularl~ into a truok bob 

or box oontalningU8 oublo Soot, it will laak 

BOVOrrbl oubio root or ?lll~ same. St 18 thornton oloar to 606 that tho lon#h of wood and tho 

waf it la plaood in a pi10 aaker a lot o? diiforMOO ln the amount or wood whloh a spa00 o? lS!W oublo r00t will oontaiU..* 

Artiolo 5954 or Vernon*6 Annotated civil Btatutoa, 

a8 amndob, roads in part as iollowor 

"Whonover anr aommodity 10 sold by the oord 

it rhall moan lee, oubia ioat, or tho OOntont8 o? 

a epaoo eight foot long, ?our ?oet wide and four 

toot hi&. . . ." 

It would bo diffioult indood to emwer hour queation oategorioally. It la hi@ly improbable that any rUl0 

o? thumb say now be #et forth that will &do your departwnt in all 0r the many raot ilftuatlona it may ba ?aoed 

with. 

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Ar rtated in Broke v. State, 63 tex. Ur. B. 

56, 204 8.W. 4301 

*A 00x-d of wood Ia 'a rrasuxrmmt OS wood 

oontdniag 122 oublo feet.' 9 070. 977. IC 

16 othervire 6rpresma a8 a pile 0r WOoa eight 

feet long, roar feet high, and r00r rota wia0, 

whioh vould atie, of eouraa, le8 oubl0 foot. 

II . The law a000 not roqulro that In 

order ~o’attoextaln that a quentlt) of wood l,f 

a oar6 it #hall ba piled eight foot long,: 

~,?our feet high, and iour ieet rid., but my 

other mamrermt or pile that ooatalnr a full 

cord *ill be all that wae neoerrnry and woul6 

be ru??iolent.@ 

It followe and you are adtired that tho only lo 

P 

il 

l a a mr emm@TOU t br tho rtatater for the ac+t6mitkatlon 0 

whethelr any uonnt 0r 8 00-0ait oon~titotor a 0024 is 

vhether or not that oouodity WI I 1 fill the oontontr 0r a 

rpaoo oontalniag 128 ~ublo foot. Xarofar as wood OF lag 

other oamodit7 1~8oaorrned the law I.8 rlleat a8 ts the 

length %nto whioh It rhoula be out to detemlno uhethor 

or not there is a oord. Wor doea tho law Foqutro that 

rs;l pmtlmlax method b0 omployea, mob as plliag tbr 

matsrlal in cltaoka eight feet long, lour fret wide, and 

roux r60t high. hy mearurement or 8ean1 (ror example, 

a wagon 80x1~ lug be employed if that in&xummitallt~ will 

m6&6m P rrrli 00~ 0r the 00mn0aitr. 

Regardleslr of the lengths o? wood, when #old by 

the oord, the law will require that the rtaakr or pilea be 

~011 ranked an8 well stoweU, atherwioe, It oould not be 

8earur6U. I?, ror example, the partksr oontraat <or a cord 

or wood out in lengthr or tvo feet the wood met when well 

ranked and &owed fill. to a reasonable de&ret, of oorttint7 

a rptie~contain%ng 122 oublo ?eot, The sa8e will be truo 

If the oontr&ot 1~ ?o? wood out in four foot lengtha. Hones 

we sy that eroh oaae suet depend wp6n the term o? the 

ment of the paHloa,a and oar@ muat br takeit todietU@tU Y”’ 

faot aituationr suah arr ve hare mentioned iroa Wkl$uatlon 

where, for example,, a oord or four feet Iength woo6 lo bought 

mu rolu, the 6eller to out the tf00a ror the buyer into two 

toot lengths. mle we met Judicially r6Oo~lzO that a 

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cord 0r wooa out in row r00t lengths till not meafmre a 00x4 

when out into shorter lengths, in tha ease sug art06 the p&z-- 

tiee had by hypothesir oontraoted ror woom¶ o f wood in four 

root lengths to be out by the vendor into two foot lengths. 

lo Oomplalnt ror false meaauremant could be predioatul upon 

~0h ra0t6. 

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APPIjPVEDJAN 7, 1941 

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ATTORNEY GENERAL 02 TSXAS