OFFICE 'OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
SllALD c. MANN ;j:, .non*n e**caAL Kay 5, 1939
Zr Morris G. Rosenthal .i As;rIstantDlstrlot ~ttornf Houston, Texas Dear Sir: OpInIon No. &a47 Re: ConstruotIon _ - _ of ArtiO+ 430a,
letter or April 15,
for fordlble detalnar or tor aolleotlon ",,, 0r open aooouots or notes?*
%ur &si'qusstion may naturally be sub-divided Into two"$art?i:(1) my an unlIoansed Individualappear In the Ju::CioeCourts as the agent or attorney In faot for another natural person, and (2) iaayan unlioensed Individual appear In the Justloe Courts as the agent or attorney in raot ror a oorporatlon? The statute plainly provides that an unlloensed Mr. Morris 0. Rosenthal,l&l 5, 1459, Page 2 ,
individualmap not appear as the agent or attorney In faot for another natural person. With referenaa to this quas- tion, Art1010 430a provides as follows: %aatIon 1. It shall bs unlawful for any aorporatlcnor any parson, rirm or assooia- tion 0r params, sxoept natural persons who are mm&err of the bar regularly aa- dttea and llaonsed, to praotlaa law. T3eatIon 2. .......Whoever (a) In a repre- sentative aapaolty appears as an advoaato . . . . . ..or perronu any aot In oonneatlon with proatodingr pol;