Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

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OFFICE OF THE Al7ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER
SELLERS
ATTORNEY QENENAL
Bonorablr J. 1. MoDoaalU, Gommirrloarr
Department of &grloUl two
Austin, Toxar
mar air;
ttoa Warrhousrmaa
oa ror rtor-
Tour l&tar ot a ro
tornry Canoral make8 thr So
ottoa yard buri-
0 aboro inquiry la Pradioatrd,
~~~r~~OOomponyi~ four mqU88t
hi8 Stak than i.8
It i8 nim WOll 8@ttlOd in thi8 8tat0, a8 Wd.l a8 the
Unitad Statics, that tha bU8iIM88 Of wwohou8onW, baFag Of l
publ$a~nature, ir rubjeot to rrgulatlon and oontrol. BxPortrr8'
8nd Bad#r8' Compr.88 and '19aMhOUrr 06.. te %r@inrr (-. of
App.) &,5~
8,W. (2d) 563; Vo ft Vr .Bo k w Yo Via g a n4 8to r l 069
119 pa (za) 586;~orar v. Oantrol Warahouar Go. at al 10Y 84+.::~ 1.
657, 54 A&RI 3078 Ha8h 7. Pam, 80 X9. 539,. 44 Am. R*P. 49of
Homrabla r. S. YoDoaald, pa&r 2
Muan v. 8ktr
of f11illO18 94 U. 8. 1131 27 IhiJw ti8i bW,
9Mr 67 Corpur ark 449e
la 67 Gorpur Jurir-451, f15, the fOlhWili& (UNI’d
Ml. 18 8tihdt
“A pub110 warrhourrarm, by vlrta8 er hI8 duty
to thr publlo, 80 lOn# a8 ho OOntillU88 a# 8UQh, a8
a ~onanl rule, oannot refu8@ to ruorlrr (OOd8 Of
the al888 uhloh ha i8 lathorimd co MO@IVOand
rtorr..,”
la Gray t. Wardioaw
Central 00. rt al., 106 8. 1.
657, 54 A. L. ll. 307, thr qurrtloa before thr 8upnma Oourt or
North OerOlIIW wa8 uhrthrr Oarteln WarehOUr hd the r&ht
to r0fiph-a a perron to be a araber or tha giert0n board or
Traila bdoru thry would prrmlt him to buy tob8oeo oa tha flood
0r thr rrproho\ur. b W#WOriIt& thl8 ,aU88tiOE, th@ 0-t 4189
oa88rd at lragth thr dutIr8 owrd thr pub110 by a public war@-
hOU84Mn. On. pa&r 658 tha oourt 8tit.d tha iollowi~~
mr l0al-t fa?tha? 8trt*8:
Ronoroblo J. 6. MoDonald, po6o 3
*Thor0 18 a0 prlnoIplo more Importsot t~tbo
pub110 wolfaro than to prorave to ovary lndltldual,
howotrrhuablo, tho right that In doolIn with ub-
110 UtilitiO8 and bU8ior8808 ‘a?foOtOd With &ubPi0
988’ thoro oaa bo ao dlrorlmhation realart ray Ia-
diridual in ngard to oaiforrity or charger a04 ia-.
partial tra8tnant.a (Pwa 662)
*It is not ne018sar'f that'thoro rha11 bo rtat-
UtorY~roxulatlons. but it lr rrsantial that t&are
8hOll not be rogulation8 by thoeo oporatlng publfo
UtilitiO8 Or bU8inoI38 laifootod bY tho wbllo 080’
whloh will wrcait dl8orlnlnotlon. afialmnt anyone.
?hoao roquinSoot8 or8 bored upon tho priaoiplo
‘sIltI $OpUii SUpSOUL 08% 10x*$ that 18, that tho
ubllo wolfaro 1s tho b16hsotlaw.g (Eflph818 oum)
PPee 6631
In laeh 1. Pa'sgo, 80, Ky. 539, 44 Aa. Rap. 490, tho
duty impoar upon a public wanhou8orMn Y88 thu8 8tOtod:
Whoa a narohouao.xm for tho pubUo aalo and
purOha8a Of tOb8000 undortakor to 8Ou at aPOtiOn,
and to #Onduet tho bU8inO88 of a Dab110 wanhouro-
i?i :,;;%8278;~0~~
ro 8th. o o
~BD@Q to him,” (4h88L 0~8)
by #urn V, Skk Of ntii8, 91 v1.6. ll), it =8~ iit-
alrrtodt~hatnrrhourrwn had the r&ht to doal and trada a8 they
881 fit with thorn who apolIo to thorn for 8toraCo, but It n8
hrld by Walk, 0. J., that
“Propart door booomo olotki8d with i pub110 Inn-
tOl’O8t wh8n U8.4 In a 8ayIwr to aOk it Of gob118
o0n8O~~Onoo and lrfO0t tho
thonforo, OM drvotod hi8 proport
uhloh tha pub110 b88 w iatonrt,
want8 to thr pub110 an Intarrrt IJI that war aa
mat #ubmIt to bo eontrollo4 by thr public for tho
oamoa 6OOd, to thr @XHnt Of tho intrM8t ho ha8
thur omatad.a (Pago 126)
.In Port of Saattlr to INCat@, 12l P. (3) 951, 9531
Ii *ai hold by the sgprdso 4ottrt oi Wa $ d P g to athat l publio
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Honorablo J. I, MoDonald, pa&o 4
warohOu8oaa~ aaanot rafuro to roooiro @odr of the 010~8 ho
lr aathorisod to ~rooo:l~oand rtoro.
In tlow of the iorogoIug luthorltior, it I8 the opln-
Ion ‘of thlr dapartmoat thst a duly llooluod ootton warohouoo-
man who I8 aloo a pub110 wilghor oaanot. plaoo aa a oondltloa
or 8tOlVi60 ,$a a warehouse that a por8on w8t do hi8 WOIghIng
and ootton ferd bunIno88with him, but murlt ooopt all goods,
whloh ho I8 authorized to roorlro and rtoro, tondorod to him
wlthout disoriaination.
We, thoroforo, anrwsr the above-rtatod question in
the ao&lro.
ATTCRNXY GXNBRAL OF TItXiS
BY (4
Jno. C. Xnorpp
Aa818tant
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APmovm NOP 2,'19k4
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