the day and hour of such record. He shall at the same time enter it upon the alphabeticalindex to much jud@nentrecord,show- ing the name of eaah plaintiffend of each defendantin the judgment,and the number of the page of the book upon whioh the abstractis recorded. He shall leave a epaoe at the foot of each such abstractfor the entry of creditsupon and satisfactionof such judmente and shall enter the eeme when properlyahown.'
In that opinionwe held that under Article 5448 in order to ef- fectuatea judgmentlien the county clerk shouldenter upon the alphabetieal index to his judgmentrecord the name of each plaintiffand of each defendant appearingupon the face of the Judepnent;thatifa party is known as plain- tiff or defendantin the judgmenthis name shouldbe indexed We held this necessaryalthoughno personaljudment for debt has been renderedagainst such pla-&tiffor defendant(a judfpnent in rem for foreclosurebeing-sufficient); and even though the only judsent renderedagain& any party to the judgmectis for costs. We reaffirmthis holding,and are enclosinga copy of this opinfon for your perusal.
However, in OpinionI?o.O-1568we indicatedthat the countyclerk with referenceto the particularabstractof jud@ent form su?xuitted should index only the name of the defendantset forth in the reoovery clause. To that extentOpinionIVo.O-1568is modified.
The county clerk of any particularcountydoee not have the benefit of, nor have acceee to the officialjudaenta filed in all the officesof the clerks of the variouscourts over the state. He shouldnot be, nor do we believehe is requiredto look furtherthan the abstractof those judpente which, if properlyprepared,would reflectall of the informationthey are requiredto containunder Article 5447 of the RevieedCivil Statutes,in-luding the namee of all of the plaintiffeand all of the defendantaappearingupon the face of the jud@nent.
It followsthat the criterionof the county clerk in all cameo must be the abstractof judgment. If a party appearsa8 a plaintiffor a defendant upon the abstractof judsplentwhethernamed in the recoveryclause or not his name shouldbe indexed.
In the specificcase at hand we assume that the nemee of H. F. Pochyla, JohannaPochyla,StansellBryan, Truetee,J. Ii.Torrance,0. D. Sanders,and Joe HonorableHolvey Williams,Page 4 (0-2630)
Headenwere aI1 Pietedas defendantain the jud@mnt the districts1.sb c,f DallasCounty had beforeher when ehe preparedthe abstract. 1,'; f~i',;~$.s and you are advieedthat under Article 5448 the namea of all e,l;ch defe:&c:s shouldbe indexedby the countyclerk.
Very truly yaurs
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APF'ROVED SEP SDS1940
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