Court Opinion

ID: 4145653
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-02-18 03:59:16.511067+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:59:02.197648
License: Public Domain

OFFICE   OF THE   AmORNEY     GENERAL   OF   TEXAS
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              Fhs pa-dun 1s in turn            9air to ths
    agut b    the   rsruroA# homsr,     this 9rstdumis not
         ai                mnA rlxt7Aa7s'tlm
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                         48 rightto oansolthr'pol-
    io7 for non-paymant
                      of pramlua*ad netlflo,ths
    a g snt
          lithsrtoneollootths 9remlamor oanoolthe
    901107. Ths qwlt, having aolleotoA fho pralium
    and oonrortod mma to hlr om Qlo, oonkotm the u-
    lwoA, and InstuA ot toads?    the rotma 9lwalum
    Au. Oh. ruurrd in ordu for 3s
                                h to plok up the
                                     rubstltutu a

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        ny X0. t dontsotr ths 8 eat anA nquo8tr rltk
    rha ranlsslon ol the prOldum or the oanoellrtlon  of
    tha 981107. ml0 sgwt tsi1a to A0 so; thsruion,
    ths   oom9sa7 wit188 fho U8Ur.A by reglstusd    mall
    that hlr 901107haa boaa oaneolleA Car noaqaymsnt
    or IwAlum. XOWSYU the rrrur.4 malatsinr snd
    &7       so, that ho 1; oatl8lsA fo aavera(to&om oao
    of tha oompanlu lnvolvoA tar ths mason that bo
    has palA to the agent ror thoro oompanir8 prrrriam
    pfmms og~or#~ and no rotam promlua has bun
                     .
         .I.n n~purousothsr oases, the $sms9r~oodors lr
    r0ii0d dth tho lx so p titM
                            tbst     r,‘ftllrA ooa
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    his 901107la olaa&loA ior non-paymant of p~d!m
         lBsoa0)oor the lmnt.8 uaethioal anA Aldonut
    9raotloss, wo bare omosllsA blo llooaso to do busl-
    na ssa sa nlg a nti
                      h o wuu) ws 0l- ataa lo 80
                                               to k a o lf
    rhloh oomgaayto hold responslbls tar the rstum prom-
    lm. ‘In east ouoa, the ls8ureA at111 holAs ths pal-
    107 in tho lsrt oom9s an the rlskihoustoc, thl~     ll-
    07 1s ru99osoAl7oanooYl OA b7 the ooqany bt -6   r or.4
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            quoetlonr wh la oh
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                                  lo mp snlu          1 U;.
                                              imo l~rId    th ir
            lh @ a -hrequlrs
                       @ a t 00 allow tho return  prdua to the

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rmtationr  or ear   ~a.                ‘DH .uths&      OS an wpnt
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 reeuaad $8 ha eo-exW~l~r with ths bwlnors entrwteA to
&r  oaro, and inoluAu the lWiorlt7 to A0 lll thermthlngr
whloh am nooouruy anA psqor la orrr~     on the buaiuorr
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        lr bound b7 au sots oontnotr or ro9rorultstloa8
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lsops or hle realor a parsnb luthorlt7, aotwlthmtanAlng   ths7
8ro in rlolatlon’orpcp+ate lnrtruetloasor llmltatlons upoa
hir sutbrl~ OS &leh the 9srran doalbg ulth him, lotlbg in
woodrslth &s nslthsr lotual no? oorrrtruotlro knmdo&s, In
looorAburoo  with thisnmlo the empaq 18 llrblo la A
ior th+ *nnA or 0th~ rmnghl sot8 of it8 ago&8 rl     %i?tho
soap8 or his aotueil or qqarent wattborlty, luoh as falUng or
            Uo bdlmvo that the oplnloa ot the oourt Ln the
OS88 Or 8      lsnt Inaur~08 00. v. De 0, Berndon& 00,     lt al,
to) 8, vr 98848 uuwmr8the QU88t~OSAwith rsforso8 to the
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         k toot0 troa. thr dove mantionoU o&don aa iol-
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