Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
OIOVII OLLLIIL
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Ronorablo J. E. HoDeDlld, Caalroioner
aprtment of Aigrl6ulture
Awtla, Tox8r
Dear 81r1
ur latter 0r April
25tik,reqwrtlng olw
VWD to WV
a AMoUted Poxal 8tatutwr
QOPa!kt of the raot tbt &ah seedr or raata We
80 eontalaed lntermlwd vlth rwh O(Lta,
ln or
hap, atraw, wed or &raia &all be iimd not less
than twsaty-five non wre than one thousand dol-
It shall not be riaoea8Wy to nllem or
$::a ths+nasm of the owwr of the land but it
sh ab ll
e
r uffia
te
l ient ljege and prove that tM
la& was not dsfeadi;nt’rr
Honorable J. &, W~Donald, page 2
Artlclo 1360, Vernon'6 Aamtat6d Pm61 statutea:
‘Ho person, of
asrocl.atl.on pBr6on6, oorpopa-
tiOQ, WtCP ~&@GVG6#lit OP irpi@ti~OQ district
ounlu& leasing or opeluting any ditch or canal
Op Pe68rvolP, op oultlvatlngany land6 abutting
uoon "ICf~~~~k~,"P;t'3~o~~~~~~te-
WY or
Ru66lQrrPhlrtlo to go to reed upon rush re6er-
voir, dltoh, flmw, ~111~1,uaste-ma OF latepal
vlthln tea SWfi 0s Ihe high WtoP 11ne OS bi%y
swh ~o6urolr ditoh, tlumo, -1, vsrtr-
v8y, or later* ib vhem the wao o~~wea or 1166
upon land ln the ovnemhip OP aontrol of may ruah
peP6OD, 666G6iaiGa or per6601, ooPpeP8tlon
matep lmprovomontor lrrlgetioadf8trlot: by
persoa vlolrrtinga a? thlr (Lptiola
lp?ovI6Iori
shu b6 a6d a0t "f011stan tvm~-riv6 ~0p
more than flvo huudred dollrr6, OP b6 LPprIron-
ed in Nil not h38S t&n thirty t%Q'6BOP more
than 6Ir noath6, or both. 'l!hIr6rtlole 8lull not
appl to wi6 Green, sterling, xrlon, schleloh8p,
Huacll
floll& Eirml6ter,Memwd, Mwepiok, my,
ValVerde and &a Saba Countler.'
Article6 7598 and 7599, Vepmn18 AnnOtated Civil
atatute8, provide in e6~enee the 6mm aa Artlole 1360, rupr6.
An examlnatloa al the above rtatutes and other6
dealing Ulth Jshason &I%66 fail6 t0 di6alo66 any pPoVi6if~
mking 16 tmlavful to aov Johwon grass upcn your ova prem-
~ECS vlkh the rxaeptloa of Brtlole 1.360,rupra, (also OF+
bodied in bstloled,7598 and 7599, 6q-W.)
Hovever, lu fful$0. 8 S. P. R. CO. v* Oaker, 94
155; 58 s, Y. 999, 5a L. R. A, 293, 86 Am. St. Rep.
'PSIS.
835, the gexas buprsae court, said, la dictum,'In Pthw.tkg
to the 1~68or lajumtlana by an adjoining Lund omop to en-
join a la& owner SPW sovl~ upm hi8 OIR la&i the 6eed of
Joharm *68x
(I It astybe conceded fkhPtif @ alr-
chlevo~8*&as, not ~tumlly govl upon land,
3 inevltrbly
but;brought there by its oimep~ voul
go spread upon sdjolnlag farm6 a6 to destroy thei.p
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7
Henorabls J. B. MaDonald, pge 3
oapaalty tt3 poduo~ l&y other 6ZO96, the iatro-
duatloa of it would b@ On uW466on6ble US4 Of hi6
lrnd by 6UUh OVUer, b4eWae itvould for44 Oth r P 6
to forego 611 other u.y of their ova propmty.
And 60 it night be under auoh circumrt6ncea1466
ertreas Thea those ru~poasd. But it 18 obviour
th6t to 46t8b116h & lirblllty Of thi6 66P6, the
OVidW4N nU6t ShGV ths fW3t6 R4Q4666l7 to giV4
rise to it,'
r a ~ic nro r th a r0r0going and in lr efer$ 0JOW
fiP#e
tW#6tiOEA, W fOO1 th a ta p OP WB m y IOV Id6 Of JOh B -
son gm66 upoa his ova hid it h4 60 d46l~0, tie66 th4 land
0oRas vlthin tha OVilIiOBS Of &tiOb u60, EU$UW, (a160
embodied la Artlo r06 7598 and 7599, iupra), but under o8rtai.n
UOadi.tiOM t&M my b0 &a injUt&QtiOBP46t~iEIt w Ul WtjOiB-
lag lend evmr aa~’
lndiaated in OulS C. & S, 1. R. Co. v.
06k86, 6UPti. !fkd# a160 ~BEV4P6 JOUP 64Ooad QuS68iOB, &as
Smith lkd @#tPO OOUBtl66 befas 00 lXCOptiOU.
fPU#tm thi6 66ti8~OtOPfif 4E6V4PE ml%P QUOEtiOQ8,
W$ vlth b66t P8$aPd6, ve aP4
Very t~aly pus6
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