Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

21 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable X. 0. Shafer Cnllmt~ ‘tttarfle~ Zctor County Odessa, Tsxa* Opinion no. O-7206 Ilet Legal it7 of a Ju&i e of the Pease el eated in ion3 precinct ln holdinK his ofulae after Your request for an ;;mls D%$pon t.he nhore rrubject-matter ia as f *I would be very .&?ratkfu he pinion Of “0”~ department concerning: Qe questions: f--l \ ther preainat, . 3, and maln- recinat No. 3? forepoing question y,%such Ju’stioe of the Peace from the of- f,lck he ~a1 halda in Preainct X0. 21” _’ Ikn&er to your first question, we beE to advise that mere chance of residence of the Justice of the Peace to another precinct t.han that in whiah he resided and was elected does not operate in law ta create a vacancy In such offiae. The colnmlas- Irners’ Court -av not determine judlciallf whether or not a vacan- cy c?oes exist. (See Our 07+3ion Y0 s O-3047). It Is the duty of the Corn--isnloners’ Court, however , to anpoint a JUBtiCe, if there Is in fnct a vacancy such as the law contemplates In bestowing up- on it t,he newer to ryyolnt. (See our Oplnlbn \lo. O-2361) r;onnrn’trle 5. 0. Shafer - vakye1 brtiale 6970 of the Revised Ci+il St8tutei authorizea th,? ristrfat Court to remove a Justlae of the .Peaoe*fop lnoom- retmcv, ottialal daoondnot’, of aatom. Arfiale 6972 deflnoa nIns~netOue~m 6 This statute 1s the applfaable aktute In a prop or ease Tar removing a Juatiao of' the Peaao. Ue have no sUffiai8nt lnfonsaflam aa to the faotm cxrd clraumatan~sr surrounding the removal of the Juatlem of thr Peaar Involved, aad ufo not frmnlshsd With lnfolartion that wduld autbor- lse us to venture an opinion thether or not mounds for removal es.- ist, and ve expreaa no opinion whatever as to that pa~bt. 4e trust tbmt what we have said fmRllSia~t?mtl~ anawerm ~i)ur questions. c- I I’ 0 .r) .. 7 .L ..- . BJ d2L _ ,:A Oaie & or ASS1 S;rAHT