OFFICE OF THE All’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Ron. moo wa1t.r 

ootint~ Attorney 

Taflor 0mtnt7 

Abilene, Tuar 

Dear Blrt 

opitllon #or O-130 

Ret Artiolr 20 

pinion 100. 

iWe6 to a 

pidtttitr 

ore an uuwer 

8tituktI8hti 

with any opitla fialll'to~ amt 

ham been able to 

un4 ‘ISI the above mum8tatUtM.7 authorit 

a8 7Otu #be #a. $. 

bmb optnlon, wa8 unable 

on thir .quertion. 

8Uit Wa8 rild it2 the GOtUtt7 &?@rt 

38. ~. Citation dtif iuura on the 

the :citatiolrr delivered to ,Mk* 

cord for ‘Plaint$ffi lphir Oa8e War 

l *~i8 bok eat t thi htLugu8t tera 1936 

rom.term to tezw l?he rltatlon 

hunot been ~rrturnea. ,X0 ,anttwer ha8 been filed 

b7 the derandwnt. ib$he 49th'da7 of We, A. D., 

1939, thir 8Ut) m8 teQUO8ted Li88ii88ed b7 th@ 
Ron. X800 Walter, p8ge 2 

attorne7 o? road ?er phintirr, ma hh roqUF8t W?a8 granted and 10 erder entered rimed 

b7 the JUdse Uaal88l43 the oa8e. 

*The termm o? the a0tint7 Court Or h7lor 

huaty beC;ln N the third Honda7 o? Tebruar7, 

April, June, btgu8t, dotobor a&I Deeabmr. 

%mh test l oatlnulng until the &Wrb7 preeedlng the beg5.m~ a? the next tern. The county 

emu% o? Wflor Mutt7 is never ln vaoatlon but 

i8 l lnm in 8S88iOnAll . ears6 ln uhloh oltafion h8 been 18med are plaoed on the Judge*8 

deoket ?or the om8uin6 turn.. 

g(l) a done Or mre bw have .pa88ed aa 

a0 8enloe had 0a the &O?en&nt and no anuer 

rim, em l au8e bo Urri88ed (a8 in raoatlon) 

b7 the plalntlrr without pa7lng the ire to the 

Qouatf Judge ?or a ?&ml etier o? ai8po8Itlon? 

"(2) ti ~8srrioo ha8 been had 611 the detenI-t, .au the plaUlf?, prior to the beginnIng 

a? the tea to whloh oitation 18 returnable, and 

boforo anttwer 18 tiled, bisml88 oaulle wlthout 

pa* Ju6ge1s fee for flnol order? 

*()) 1l L;re 8er~bo i8 had on the 4efuident 

b ut no l otlon taken b7 the plalntlft eat tho tea 

to rhleh ritatiea 18 retrirnabla a~& ,110 Uuwu 

18 tiled br the Ueiendant, 08n the plafatlfr 

l ub8oquontl7 di8ni88 Wah O&lUe (a8 ill VaOatiOZI) 

without paying t&o Judge’8 ree ror flaal order?* 

Artialo Mb9, RevlAd Civil Btatuter o? Tua8, 

read8 a8 ?olhm8t 

We plainti?? JUT, entor a d~rcontlmmn@o 

on tho dooht ln raeatloo, In an7 suit *OreIn 

the defendant h08 not l nmueilon , tho paplet 

of all oortr that kr4 aoaru4d thweoa,* 

15 Tom8 ~url8pnadonoo, Dl8ml88al, Dl8oontlnuanoe 

atd xon-suit, 8oetion 8, pagO 242-3, read a8 r0lm8t 

.**Pho plalntlti ma7 enter a diroontSnuano0 

on the doakot fin raeatloq, in any Nit rharoln 
Non. BmooUaltu.page 

tho dleromlaat h8 

l ttt Of ui 008t8 

not. umuod, on the paythat haro l oorrtqd thereon.’ 

3 

"2b18 8tatut0, MO& hi8 bun in l rroat 

rlth little m3QiriO@tiCm 8iBOe ~0~7 earl7 

tlm8, aIre to the plalatlff, upon payment 

or ooot8, an unpualifloa right, if the doton- 

&ant im8 not sn8wueQ, to dl8ml88 the suit, 

with o ut lny l etlw o f the & a ge. No o r a or or 

wurt I8 a eo e88uy. Bui a n umfer ha8 bag rib 

sd tho malt ~7 not bo Ql8al88eQ in vacation, 

l TN by NtrJ OB the do&et and puy&eBt 0r 

l 08t8. 

WA8 we hare 8Oen in a n l arliu artielo, 

the sntry of a Qlnl88al by an l ttorno ia 

premmed to bo authorlzod. The iollou I w otx-7 

ha8 thoreforo been held t0 be 8ttffi0iUtt Rlthou& the 8ktute stak8thnt the 'plelntiti 

ma7 ontor l di8o o ntinuunoo ou t&o doaket.‘t 

"'OB the _ 

ifatirf8 

, tlOt-hatiag UI8W85.d 

'. antOr th18 

the defondant8y 

da7 or ~~~ ~~~ , in vaoatlon. 

heroin, the plc 

their di8CNt~uaBOe l 1- -- ---_ 

Nit; all 008t8 that hive SCCtied havh& boen 

#a14 b7 plaintiff8~ 

~Itty8. ior Pla5ntitr 8. m " 

lb turn Vacation* ha8 born aeflnrd In uttty 

rhmmrr by t&o courts. WO QUOtO tror 66 COrpP8 J-18, 8*0- 

ti0n 5~. pag08 3934, a8 r0ii0-: 

*It ha8 boen raiC%hat the word do88 twt 

harr a fixed ud dofinlto, 6~ a well 88Oortalaed, rlxeQ,81ngle, pnraryl~, teohnioal 

retmlq, but that, when Qatermlniag tha meanlng of the worQ la lyl8lation rrlatlng to the 

OOUd8, lln8t dopendr UPOB tho pW&JOH, ~8OOpe, 

8ubjWt matter, aid the noeu81tyir ,Or the marroutl~ OLfOUUtUiOO8,’ Of the law in rhioh the *orb 

18 U8Od.... Iu lb loeal.or rtrlot toohnloal 
Ron. Zsoo Waltor, pge 4 

8utse, and in re1atl.q 'So oo~rt8, tharora 

hum bout 6@ fiM Q l 8 meaning Ul tho the, 

or th8t pedbd 0r time, brtWooa t&e ud as 

one term NQ the byltmlag of amthar; the 

Interim eoemeacl~ lmeQlaxl7 af&r oao 

toa and onding at the wauenolllg of tho 

next; the time bctw8on trrr. %tt. wrd ha8 

boon do8crlbed a8 tho 00rrOlatlre 0r %arr*; 

md it ha8 been sea that a8 c eenoral rule, 

raoatlon Impor t8 l b8oaoo or power; aa operate8 a8 a ampenmion o? Ul ooatentlour 

b~8lzm81 l xoopt a8 ragarQ8 lafunotlcm8 ad 

mnttu-8 of orpno7.w 

We aall Jour l tteatloa to tho oa88 o? Amou8i ~8. 

8twu8, 83 m u04-5, rhOrO$n the ?bl~Orr$t#& 1Uu&Ue&e 18 

u8ea I 

*a (Uaaoruorlwj 01~8) 

Wo call 7our l ttantlon to the oa8e 0r cOmaiU8 

z.,ftgl7, 24 sw (26) 759, wham thr following luquuge 

: 

~laintlfr aid not unilcrtako to ahal th8 

oa8o Sn vacation and baforo amearanoe aax as 

ho might ha~e don0 u&u R. 8. 1925 Art 2089, 

without an order or oourt. The motion tb ai8- 

rlu u88 made l ftu 8 part 0r the defUIdUtIt8 

utmwu~a and aftor a~uranco day. m NbQU8eOriB43 OUl-8) (In this oa8e the tforendmt wa8 

oltad to app ar) 

t’h8 Oa8. Of Cl’.ftOB ~UoUttila a0. V8. First 

llatlohal Bank ot MequIt I, ~(Tex. CIT. App.) 283 SW 205 

ho&t8 that S di8=18ti Of S 6WBi8hMtlt Nit prior to 

term to whloh writ -8 raturnablo Wa8 di8miutIl in 

vmatlon. We quote rm8 8aia oa8s a8 ?ollort 

"'fhd flr8t pmpO8itiOB 18 that th. 
Eon. E80ODWalter, pace 5 

diNi88dl ma8 at a prior km or the eeurt 

a nd that the 8ue l cmld not bo 8at a8ido. 

except in a n l qsltablo l etlon brought ?er 

that JUQO80. ?he rWOl'6 do08 BOt dir01080 

whether the o-at7 otmrt a? &8quo Wunt7 

-8 in 8088iOn,OB SeptMbU lsth, 1925, or not. 

The writ of garnl8hat la thl8 oa8e war mad0 

nturruble on the 19th da7 Of Ootibor, 1925, 

ud. rwlt-ed that uld 4ute ra8 the beginning 

U? tile MXt H@lbY tO= Of.:S8id OOUrt. Th* 

d1mmimm.I andeirmmmiderittlon~rar -tihan?~ 

H tU thi8 .dU8e St :lS&8t WdfUlli.8861 by Ulti'J 

on the dooket Sn vaoatlont ,a8 authorized 

Berl8eQ oiril5tatuter 1925. Art . 2669 8 

'brln6 aa a l a8e t 0 8alQ Ootobk %ea?m 

wthlnk tg 

poemmae 

0 rotion to set 8ala di8ni88a *r&e 

-6 rollutate the oa80 00da bo proper17 h*~q 

rt moh term.” ~WnQ~r8eorlng our81 ! 

0~ Novuber hth, 1927, thir dopurttmnt fa an 

pimlowaitt~n~~7 Boa:.& eraQ7 QhandlOr, ti818hnt 

AtttorQO7IkXie~1, daTO88~6 t0 EOlL&t Benton, pIi88Od 

;p,; quo8tion 8imilu to the pue?tion rai8ad in 7mr 

. Wo quete ?r0m thlr opinion as ?eUew8t 

7611 are ,8dVi806 that Artlolo 2069:prw 

~~ .Tid@8 for ~dlsoontlauanor-e? U-.miD WB ~th. hokot 

.Sr.~Oab$oni---~nd~ thi8 statuto, ti. piutttirr 

pa7 all W&t8 ao0ruoa up-t0 thbtlmr. "In moh 

0a8.8, It 18 not nroe88ary for the judge to make 

any ardor ma, therefore, tho 0a8e 18 not rimw7 

di8pO806 Of bJ th0 jUdg0, anb, Of OOUr8e, h0 18 

not ditha to any r0c _ 

*Therefore, 70~ am adti8Od that 18.7 lottor 0r 

Jane uth, 1927, intend06 to app17 onl7 to 0a808 

that were aid88ed at a tom of the court br 

the Judge, ma war not intend06 to appl7,to oa8e8 

dbf!i8SOQ under Art1010 2089.'~ or oour8e, after 

a term 0? wurt op8IU, the plaiatit? doe8 crat 

hare authorit to dim188 b7 rirtuo o? &tfolo 2069, 

t,tt. oare oan ati bo di8IUi88ed by the jUdt30, and it 
Hon. Bmo Walter, pege 6 

i8 in Aleh l a 898 thnt. bb& judge uhere he 

l otually entored -the sr(ik dhai88* Uu 

oare that ho 18 l ntith a .trro0 elthe ~r roe 

prorlded for b7 Art1010 2936." (Und~r8wriag 

0-h) 

We anolo8e horowlth a 00~7 of Opinion No. 0-u 

Of a8 bpUrtYM&Lt., 

Th*.autborltles upen the80 que8tlon8 are meager. 

We hare hat l on8lQorable-~Ql?flouft7 in aa8wwlag tb8@ 

QU08tiOB8T meTor, .it %# -the opinion ot-th18 dopartmmt 

thSt i) *a8 a8 iBt@BtiN Of tb &@&81&W. ill pU8i.B& 

Artid@ 2069, ,8QpX-l!, to PXVTidO s 8-10, rrpeditieur SBQ 

inexpenrlro mthoU whereby l ~plalntl?? am16 Qlaml88 hi8 

8alt ua4a -the l onQitlos8 outlined by rid art1010 without 

the aeoor8lt~ of 8oNrlng 8 $udgreat.ot di@88al rr0r the 

ONrt. owe feel that thi8 8tatuto euld,bo -tmaa An 

Nob -U U to aiT0 l ?$OOt to 8 0 OTibBt intOBth Of, 

theLyiUatuz% 

We ire thor~rora of the opinion that wur flr8t 

and 8UfXid guertleB8 rhould be ranrend ir tbr. l ?firaatite~ 

With rdorenoo to foor %hlr&quo8tluzi, m&or 

the faOt8 rtatod thOrOin* rou m IW8putidL~J:abTi8~ 

thet during tam time the dirrml88al mut bo nadr by the 

Ooomtr Judge and that thr d,l8oontimunoo on the deokot 

b7 pbintur may be made at mob tfm, it aIlL, 58 I.8 not 

l tm time? of~.tho 00urt. 

-8ti.Bg that thfm 8ati8?UOtori.l7 unffW8 pm 

&+ry~ wb are 

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