Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1945 )

.::. 515 OFFlCEOFTHEAlTORNEYGENERAiOFTEXAS AUSTIN . GROVeR SELLERS ~-~oRwCY GplauL /, ..’ : ..I. Hommblo ILax.FI; County Attorney. Ochiltree County - , PerrytOn, Tfima I .. ," .:, :: ‘. : /.,., ,,,’>. .: above Attar .. :i _: :'. ,,.I SJ .: cud the wtmp3nt paya .thelull auout without per- nitting any property to .be:lti7i.e$ on. r. *I nhall~ap~recititean opinion which.will alixrifytlxta.Statutefor m.'" a :.: . -.. b. . ‘. .-. ., anorrble &AX WC Boyer, pa&e 2 Artidle 3933, Vernon*s Annotated Civil Statutes, reeds as foUOWi31 wi52ara and ‘Constablesshall receive the follow43 fees: Serving each orl&.nal citetion in a civil suit; $1.00l l Sunmon.in&eachwltsoea . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3 .50 , Lavy~ and returnin& eeqh writ of attaohment or sequestration . . . . . . . . . , . . b . i~2.00 l l copy or attacaent writ and return for recording . $1.00 Levy* tp302 execution . .. . . . . . . . . .a . $1.00 l i(eturn 0r axacution . . . .’ i . . . . 41.00 serving each writ or igmiabm3ri~ Gr*ol&* proqsaa not otherwise provided ror . . . . . .i’ ‘~. $1.00 Serving eaoh writ of lizjuncti4a . . . . . . . . . $1.50 ml&g end gpgroving aeoh bond, and returning (raneto the proper Court when neofmanry . . . . $1.00 Bndorelng the forfeitureOr any bond required ..tobeendorsedbyhim.. . . . . . . . . . . . .$ -50 Exeouting,end returning each writ or possession ‘..~or rsetltution . . . . C~i . . . . . . . . .. . . y .00 3,’ ~Pootlngthe advertlsfmentsforksale uuder the exeimtion or any order of sale. . . . . . . . . . $l,OO -Postingany other notices required by low and not ot,*.srwise ;~l provided for. . . . .. . i . . . . . y .00 B64utiog a deed to eaoh purchaser Of reel estate under execution or order or sale . . . i ..: $2.00 %xeouting a bill of sale ta each surahaser .er personal property under an executibn 0~ order of sole, when dtmudod by purchaser . . . ..42,oo For each case tried IE the i)is’t,-i.otor Cosaty Court, a jWY r%e ahtillbe taxed fox the sheriff or . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 3 .50. For eervicee in dealgnstinge homae& . . . . . $2.00, Vor traveling in the service of any civil process, Sheriffs .andConstables aBall reoeive nevt`` Ed one-half ‘.(7&l. Oat5 for Ceciid.10 going end cmingj if two (irmre persona are mntioiied ic tilewrit, he shall 0h~0~sef4$ the distancti ootuelly and fieceoaarilytraveled 5.nthe serv.100~of saze. .. *OoUectir~gmoney on an exeoution or an order .oPmle, .: :tihen tiiami!! is nede by a sale, for t&e first.Cm Zuudred ,. EOnomble xax W. Borer, gag6 4 to tar amid ooualieion 88.coats fn the ori6lnal suit. Frog 01sorder of t!x court granting add ;;iPtioaand ,adjud@g appellant liable for aald oammisaion, this .,appeal ia proseouted. eArtiole 2460 Of the %ViSOd StatUt88 Or 189.5 : pr&dss as followsi *sh~rirra 6sd.L roaoive the followin@ fees: * * * Collacting2zoaepqm an exucutlon OT order or sale, v&n tha sem is uuldeby a sale, for , the first one hundrsd dollars or 1088, four per cent; for #e second ace hundred ~dollara,three per cent; for 611 ``(30over two huh&red dollars, two ,per oeot. ,;%E the mohey Is collected by the sheriff without s one-half of the above rates shall be allowed IhI&: The actof lS97 (9~. Laws X397, c;5) chahgee the 8Wunt of oomifm$ons allowed sheriffs for oOl- leatlhg mney oq assorder of 6sle when a sale is aads, but make8 ilo chaoge in the forslerlqw ao~to the co.zmisslons allowed when the mney is oolleoted without sale* We think it clear, under the proviefona of the statute before quoted, that appellee Thornton was uot ., 'entitledto a.coza&Ieaion upon the nomy pald to appellant by Brooo48r Zewas only allowed a oonmlaaion upon moey oollectftd byeh.lz: The statute fixes the fees' .~.allowed the ofrioor for serviaoe in the exeoution 0r tke writ prior to the 6818, aiidif the sale ie not mde and the,noney due on the Judwent is not oolleoted by hin, - he is entitled to no COI-m.iasio~.* Applying the rule of law thertilaid down, the offloer Con be a coimisoion al.lcm,-ed only upon aoney ectually oo~lected br him. The statute fixes the reea 'allowedthe officer for 8WVioes.In the executior,of a writ prior to the 8al.e. The facts eubdtted by you ohow t&et an ezeoutioa &ed been @aced ia the hands or the sheriff and that be had actually oolleotad the amout of the executioh azd court aoats without m&Fug levy’ uPOn any speoiflo property. It is our opinion,thereforo,that se is entitled to one-half or the oomiasiom3 allowed by said Article 3933 unt!ar.the provisim authorizing auc:iomaisefors .. %m nrmeg is collected ivithouta sale. Said statute provides 0 Qpecifiofco for levying an ex0cution, but it does not r6qUirB that a levy a&all be made oiisgeoific property Wder an ereoUti4n Dollarta($100) or 1888, four (4) par oent; for the _ seoond Ooe huxlre8 Dol&ira (;ilOO), three (3) per omit; for all ema over Two r;uh&'edDollars ($280) an6 not exceeding One Thousend Dall6ra ($1000), tvio(2) * per centi for all SUB over Ones Thouoond ~ollarn (;;lOOO) snclnot exceedIn@;Five Thousand Dollars (;5COO)r one (1) per oent; for all sums over yive Thousand Dollara(~5000), ona-half sf one per oent. . Then the ammy la oollarot&3 by the Shuriff or Constable without a sale, one-half of the above ratea shall be el- lowed him. "For every d&y tho Sbrlff or his deputy shall attend the District or County Court, he shall moeiva Pour Dollars ($4) e day to ho I&G by the comty for eech bag the Cheriif by hixwlf or a deputy s&all attend aaid .t~hat court. .! In the o&se of Lee Vs. Droocks, et Sl, 131 S. Wli1195,~the court had unbar oonsiderationwhether or not ah offioer was.enti- tled to oozmlasionswhere an exaoution ha8 bean placed in his handa, he had levied upon certain property and ttdviartisa$ it for eale, and lo the mantim the defemlant in the exeoution had psi& the amunt of said judgment to the pi8ihtiff. In OolOiq that said oificer UP8 not entitled to the oo:mieslons~provldedfor by Article 2160 of the Civil Statutee,'whlchis now snld Artiole 3933, the court held es .followsr .*Appallanthaving reooverod a juclgmnt in the oo& below atgdrst apgellee Broooka fork the wn of $17,316.68,with foreoloeureof a vendor's lien upon B.survey of land in Liberty County, procured the :~. lssuancs of an order of 6016 upon aaid ju&mrt ox June 5, 1909, ard the aam was placed in the lzmds Of app@llee J. iL ThOrhton, Wmatabh3 of pr6OinOt Do; 1 of said county, for execution. Thornton levied upon the 1011.daud obvsrtiss6.it to be aold on.July 6, 1909. On Jurie24, 1909, n>pell%e croooks paid the mount of the judgzmit, Interest, and coats of suit : to oppslltint Lee, who thereuyoa directed tka order of sale to be rotumod uhexeoutea..Appulles Thorsmtqn madletho return ca direct& on June 29th and i~iaaia ..~ roturn ~oloim;c?d~,tn oSldltionto the fees ellowed by 1% for 'thelevy, ailvortisemmt,rrad~ ruturn, a oi``~lssion of $58.59, upon the mount osllected by 6gpallant i,n : setiefaotionof the gzincipal alidla~rest d.uu01i. said : juafpriect. ijpO0 t&i SfUGGi Of G>pdlGIit t0 POy this .:'~porlGtisslon, ?horritohfiled 10 tii3court below B Uiotion I, -, . ‘..(. i, ‘. .) : .,~. ) bet@3 t36 sberiif is.authoriz%dt0 make oQlleotio& OS the amunt tUs, or before he ia entitled to rXV for OoUueting oaid aaunt. :k.atwould bs AOthiAg cioi%thaIItaxing additiccAalcosts for ser- &es that did AOt teed to be porformd, nrldclearly, t&z failure to rmk6 the’levy should riot. be oonatrued to Frcveut the sheriff fron bid&g gtaib for the services octutilly parformd by ‘hh. .’is trust t?LBt this satisfaotorllyanswers your inquiry. ~: Yours very truly, L@aisiant