Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Hon. Bert For6 AdTlinlstretor Terra Liquor Control Board iiustl n, Texas a&r sir1 gfy ~slgygr*G to n&l ?ma 8t wlmle- thha l&t by OCRJuly, *r 0r thlm ;Lioeme, being the orare of ma* property In th* ere I&I uholerdls beer bsmlaaen warnloaded, m84e a laam ror a period of rfre year8 of thlm buelnassa prop6rtyr Sub- eeqwatly the ‘lessee begaa the operation Of retall b66rb&in**8 an the pzwnXaell.The holder of tbo Xua&l Dl#tributotL5olaemrs~har been elted to appear before the Texas ttquer Hon. Bert F&d, April a, 1939, page 2 Control Board to -whew cause why his license should not be cancelled because of this interest in a retail beer premises. Section 24 (1)a of Article 2 of the Texas Liquor Control Act reads as,follows: "It shall be unlawful for any manufao; turer or distributor directly or indireotly or through a subsidiary of affiliate, any agent or any employee,or by any dffio~r, direotor, or firm mmberl (a) oynersh1.p of interest or real Qstate; to own any i erwt i.nthebaelneee of anyretall dQal.Qr3:.b-, or any intereet of eny Mdltdin the prris~m In uhloh any mah retail dealer oonduotm h%u or ltn buaintwm.* AE &i under8tcmd the f sots, thl.8beer ~dlmtrlbu- tar, not only owim an lntarwt in the pr~ml.ms,;elr~W+vh. there 1s a -tall beer bumln~mm, but he omW.fhe r& eatate on whlah them ~gremlssaand buelneoa ar? :looatQd. .Clearly,we think, uadsr asotxon 84 of ,artlel? 2 of the Toram Liquor.ControlAot, a dlstrlbuf+r of baa oamot oontlme to hold hi8 UoeMQ wkil~ he ormo prwmrty leased to aperaonwh~ls iatheretailb~ bwladm and le oarrylng on mioh busfnesa~.on the lQa6sb pl'QEi8Q8. : We trumtthattheforegoing olaarWim0 your quomtlon* A~oRwBrlxssEMLm~ ?r 3qe.&~ Fred C. ChaadlQr Aesfstaat F0C:Ai-V