who operate8 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSWN

Honorable D. C. Oreer wate Elghv4ymgineer 2esas Hlghwgy De)epartment Au@tIln,

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ln Qlertlon ia aadBluoWbQ on at 1eut on ment loned. that the 

### inditfdual operatoroi “mite ed to rwh anl8Prhlp he ovner of the vahlolem

l uthoritierin Peu8 on tha authoritiorfrcm other pew to be rimllrr regirolopedia of AutomobileLaw (9th Rd.), Vol. 

### 371, it ir 8ridr *InarmuohaI a oorporation, ilam or krdirldu8l MJ adopt a traae-name**under** vhioh bwlmrr PUT be trazuaoted,

a regiatratlonin the n&m 80 adapted may be proper, **UOept** that, Of **QOWSO,** 4 **fiOtitbN#** mma mnnot be a&opted by an lndirldua~, under tho gui8e of a tr4d?hDUU), for the purpore of ocmeealiq his identitr. So a plaintiffvho bu thw **sop** isterodhia autorpoblle war **~444~4~** tw tiJurlerdwHoaorablo Di C. Oreo)?, page P

to the **n4gllg4noo** of mothmr, and him right to reoover will not be defeatedb the faot that the plaintiffhmm failed to o-PI 7 with 4 statute requiring m oertifioateof oertain faotm to be filed by muoh a trmder, the ltatute being Intended solely for the Information mnd the groteotlonof oredltorm vlth whom he ml&t oontraot. In Berry on hutomobllem, (6th Ed.) Vol. 1, Seation 295. page 266, it lm fwther maid:

Wd4r a ot4tuteprovidingth4t 4n applloatlon for the reglmtrmtionof a motor vehlolemmy be made by the owner, and requiring the appllmmtlon to oontaln a lt4toment oi th4 name, plaoe of remldenoe, and mddremm of thm 

### l pplloant,an applloation by au **ovnor** giving m fiotltioumpmrtnermhip name, under vhioh ho had been oondwtlng budnsrr for mmny pax-8 mnd vam well-known, warn held to be auffloient oompllwAi54*.It mm furthmr held lmimatorlml that l

umh owner had not oomplled with 4 mt4tute requiring t&t lndlrldualm**4ng$4g4d** in bumlnemm mnder nammm other than their own mhall file with the olerk of the oity or town ln vhioh the plaoe of bumS.nnemm

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### l ltumted, **4** aertlflorte stating the full name mnd r4mldenoe of eaoh pmrmotiby vhom it 18 aonduoted, 'She oowt deolued, hoverer, thmt regtmtration uuder **4** fiotitioum nmae mdoptod for thm pwpore of aonoeallngidentitywould not ba a oonipllanoe vith the l tmtute **~b404u44** the ceoord would not 

### l hov, nor the oertifiomte oontmia, a demarlptive mtmtement by which the true owner oould bm mma4rtrlned.t 3.03, ?i. E. 298. Co-ton V. uilli4n8,216 #tams, 184, See also ;ikene

v. Wmhmm, 100 Irti. 938, PuPted V. Hutmpkwey, 188 B. x. 391; Brewer v. Ilhyem,

188 U. E. 600." We call yew attention to the f'aat that the statutes oonaerningthe regl8tretionof automobile8 (6675a, R.C.S.) and the Certifloateof Title A0t (1436-1,P.C.) require the lndlrldual owner of a motor wehiole to dl8olo8ehi8 identity ln the folloving lengumge: 

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Artlale 66754-3provider; "Applloatlon for the registration

of a motmr vehlale
. . . shall bm signmd by the ouner of the vehicle, end ah411 give him name end pddremrr

ln full.
. . ." Article 1436-1,Section 

### 94, provl&mr "The term fCertiflaste of Title(
. . . mumt glveg "(i) A epace for th8 migllatweo? the owner and the Owner 8h4u writ9 him nmme . . . in 811ch mpaoe. . . ." Art1010 X436-1,Beotlon 33, provl&mm: "Ilo motor,vehIole

nury be dimporod of
. . . aalrmm the owner demlgnated
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. shall tr4n8fer the aertlfleate of title on form
. . . vhlmh folln l hmll inmlude

. . . 4n rffldavltto the effoot that the signer 18 the owner of the sotop vehicle.
. . .# Blnoe the suthoritiesclted hold that ths identityof the ovner la the lllaln purpose Involved In motor registration statutes 4nd minae the Texa8 strtute8 **dealing** with registration md the oortlfioateof title to motor vehicles **roqulre** that the actwl ounermhlpof much vehIalembe dlmolomedIn the fom POqulr@ wader e4oh, we belleve that the lndivldtlal ia question nary reglata and obtsin a certlfioateof title to motw 

### vehlrlsm operated in him buminemm under the trade pupe by uhich much buminemm 18 kamwn.