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

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**mlar sir:** 



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titlelo 1666, **Vernon*0** Penal code,,tads 8a 

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*Ii •~ perron hm8glren or dull hrreaitor give any mortgage, deea of trust 

### or othor lion, in writing, upon any perion or novablo property or growing 0r0p or fam **proauoe,** 

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Hon. Boa T. Porter, Page 

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Stat., or out of the oounty in wh1oh itwa. looated at the time thr mortgese or lienwz8 oreated, or shell eel1 or otherwire dlrpore of the sume with lntsnt to defraud the psraoh having **euoh** lien, either originally or by transter, he shnll be oonfined ln the ponitenMary for not lass than two nor zore than fire yeara. Proof thot the nortgegor **removed** euoh prnperty out of the county inrhioC it was located nt ths time the mortgage or lie& m8 created or that he rold or othexwlro dlrposed of the saao either orl~lnelly or by' transfer and that the mortgagor failed to..pap the debt **or** any part thereofwhen.duo for whioh tho mortgage or lienwas gi'len,or shall fail to dollrer posee:sion of said property upon demand of the mortgagso, shall be prima ieoie evldenoe thst ruoh propertywan removed
or dispoesd ofwith Intent to defraud as prooldoa in this Aot."

A8 seid in 10Am. Jur., p. 800, *a ohattel **mortgage** upon appurtenances, fixturrs, and the likegenerally ooYer8 personal property that is intlzataly oonneotedwith the operations of the estebll.kTent orplantwhioE 18 mortgaged.' Tires and tubes **nre** just **as** necessary to the preotioel operation of an autocobllea8 the wheels. To allow a aan to **remove**each pert oi the automobilewhioh is not described with sufficient oerteinty,to ldsntlty itwhen taken fros tne vehiole would be to per&t him to dispore of eyerythlag exoept the license plate, the ohas &ml the slyins heed. We do not **believe** that the Legislature eY0.r **intended** Article 1558 to be oonstrusdwith such strlotEee8. In the firet plaoe,we think a aortgago upon an automobile OoYars the tires and tubes m itewhealr at the tize the .zortgaGei8 &Yen, without any further deecriptlon. Hmevor, we **do** not have to rest our opinion on that alone, ior oortelnly the additional provision *togetherwith al1 to&a, extra rimr, end other equipmentnow atteohedW **would** OOYer the **tirea** and tubes il theynerd not already includedae being
a part o? the automobile.

Froa Irvin ~8. Auto Finance CO., 40 9.w. (aa)071, by the %aoo Court of Civil A;.pealfi, we quote:

*In the case at bar, tha Pinance COWanY, when it took the nortgago in question, OYidentlyc 

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intended**to tmrr**  **8eoPrlt~** othOr 

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11a&aont thst wOntwl$h or balonfed to the l utoaoblls la qurstlon. I'm

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In the oaso o?@Tare= 0s. Stetoi T88.51. (Ma) 917, the a4frnaanth4a **b88n** eonrloted or airp08146 0r aortgaged property, to wit, wool. The aO80tIptI4n oontelned In the aortg8pg;e -8 of owtaIn 8bsop, 'togetherwith

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### 611wool grown end shorn iroll the l bmo **dororlbea** sheep.* The 

### juagmat ras rOw80a en&the **oeme** remeniloa, **but we**  think the Impl~oetlon1s that suoh l desorlphlonrer ru??lOlent upon whIoh to beso 8 prosooutlon. The aosorlptlon oi thr woolWI 80 grneral that onoo rbrerea from the sheep it 

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*By bill of ororptlon lo. 1 th0 eppollent oomplelor of 

### thel otloa ot thi trial **oourt** In sustaining the state'8 objeotioa **to** tho Sollowla~ tertIs.ay Of the appellant: ***Some** on8 hea to pay th0 poturago out them to c. 8. **word;** met.we8 what I 

### u80a it Sor the rhook In the .u! of (W.9: nhloh I ro0oir.d for the 8.10 or thewool.* !l'ho c ourt l tteohrm to the bill the folloring qu~l?ioetlon, to witr *The alrtriot 6ttorneT objrot to th8 question8 end l**aswors redo**  **before** tho Juv end his objsotion rar rurtela8a,but ho did 808 

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### the l ppelleatt8 oontratlon murt **bo** rusteinrdbooeuse the mortgesoupon Its ieoe dlroloror the feat that tho egpellent war perturinghlr 8lwep In C. R. Vford*8

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as woli a. tho Sheep, end I? the eppollent so&a thewool end eppliid the money to thr p4yWAt or tho rent au8 to 

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Hon. Fred T. Portor, Page 4

entitled to prlorlty of pqnent out of the sheep and wool, and lo rupport of theviews hereio expressedwe refer to the following
casest Rogers v. Grigg et al (Tex:. CIT.App.) 29 S. W. 654; Gorzm Co. T, Jones (Tex.-Clr, App.) 248 S. Vl. 448. Again, if the a?pellant thought that Word was entitled to be paid ths amount due for penturiag the Sheep out of tCe wool, whetter in iaot he vfasor not, **and** the appellant under suoh a belief i sold the wool ~AU had no present iatentioa OS defri1~4i~gthe bmk, then ho would noti be guilty Of frhUdUl8AtlydiSpO8i~g Of mPtgaged Drogerty because ths fraudulent 1; tent,which 1s the girt of the offense,would bs laoking. We are con8tralaed to holllthat the appellant should ham beeri permitted to teatifg that herold thewool and used the prO8eeUS of tha sble in pepant Of the rent due !ir.‘.YorQfor pasturing the rheep,eAd this 18s~ sk,ould havebeen subnltted to the jury Under appropriate inetruOtiOn8 beoeure the fraUdUleAt intentwhlah 1s the girt of the offensewas e question to be subnltted to end betamined by the jury?*

In our 0pi~i0~ the description OOAteiAed in the aortg%.ye 1s suffloisnt to embrace the tires and tubeswith which the oar was epulggedat ths tize ths aortgagewas given end that a ooAvictioA based upon the fraudulent Sale thereof muld be austelsed ifall other elements of the offense are ale0 proven.



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