Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

131 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Bonorabls 0. Lyno Mlllw oounty Attorae~ Bee Qountf BeerUle, Teuaa lnUtor? ud.g m eo t requesting thr opln- question 18 aa giving aa an oplnloa levied aa lx m u tlo for n want to a jadtgemt and therearter, withoutaa30 ths 8mouat of the JwIgaenC orditoor in lettlment of 98 e release thereof i8 the eorgensation unaor tha pro- 0. S., of 1925, ls a menb ed Ttt would me5 that tk eherlff would not ba entitled to my toe rinoo ho did not oolloat the BDnombl* 0. Lyne Ule?, ?nge 2 l* .. ~lh o tia g a o a eo y a en*xeo utio OYaM 0~ Arr of eule, whm the Saab ir rde by a sale, to? the firrt Oae EwAnA Dollera I#001 or losr iour ) pr eat; fez the ueond Oar Ihmdnd IJoliorr It loo) three t3 #etoeat1 foruAeuwff*rTwQ mad Dollars I 200) M A 8o t lx e wdlngo ne Thoamad Dolt?. t #lOOo), two (2) men the mney is eell8otod b the S&eriYf or Gonatabla without a mile, one- d S et the dove rites &allkallawedhLn. l*...” Itia 8tetod inTenr Ja r ir p ndenee, 701``8 34 , .mg 5O% e r %tatotea geeser%tdq teu for publie oisir eef8a n r tr io tly a Dn8tweA~ M d b o no *l r i h t to te*r R a y no t r wt in k p uea ffo a . u h e n thf8 d& t la left to oonrtruotbn tha langnag* of t&e law mstbr eonetru.A ia kr of the ~otsra- Rant. l rktote lfb a r * $ 8upablr o f twe eoooltme- t%OM , On0 Of WhiOh Wufa &iT@ 85 OftiOM OpGDoIoI ntien ta h&mrenleer irr aildillon to hla salam 8ad Use otkur PM, the latter eonrtmJotioa should Itieno ea o e~ b ela o p tedr et 1 u 0rti00r th a t the kgialaturr ry hero been &ward other offi- oem more liberal thea towr4 NR la the matter 133 Gwrablo Q. Lpne Yiller, Page ) at oamgenaatioa iOr nmleoa nor does this hot jwtliy t&s MarCI la upbaa L bie r1aia for eo6po45atloa for lorvie*r aa 8g c lia st l telr and roaaonable interprotatlon 0r ah* 8teDk. .* (Mom.la t. a1ty of RDakd~o 246 9. w. 654; l ?katlanACoiurtyv* -84 S8 S. Il.SUB Barke ve Bw Qountr, 271 & 4, ‘1321 Ihddmt 1, Xardy, 50 8. 1. 926.) The was of Lw 1’ iboeka et al., 131 8. W. Ilt95, in eonstruing Artlelo2460 RotlaeA Stetatee of AU95,holda inlrfwt Umt when t&e Ata6e pwldea that the ahoriff my hate eoapoamatiea8ta lertaln nt*when ba blmalt haa oollooted the Aobt without aale of proportr aa ordered bf the oort,wherea pu6y holaw a +anAor*slienaalleotbd bia money after ~0realeepN w*thout l malqtke lhadff eoul4! ylro;wer Lie ocmmn8atiorr~ We quote ixwr this e8iw aa “Ap llrathvlng reoore?& l in ~tha Judg m e nt court be r ou again& appd.loo Bmooka ior the emu OS 317,316.88, with foreoloeure of 8 rendortalien up o na lrvwy ef la&d in Llbertr eeituty,?roaprd the laar~oe of 8n ardor oi rale upon mid 4 - mant on Juno 5' 1909,UA the 8-o ma placed 3.n the hands ef lppeller 1. RI Thornton, eOnat6ble oi proolnot no. 1 or raid oormtg, f’or lnoutloa, Thornton leviedaponthe lmd and ad*ortlssd it to bo 8oliY en ta 6, 1909. On Jane ;u, 1909* lppollaoBroooka id the wunt of tIm j&stunt, htenat, and 008 r a oi ait to appallant Lee, mho 6h a uup B o lr a ee?,ed th ea det o r lUe te bo rstumed u6enouted. Apgw.llee madethe The?Moon ntPrrr a8 direotd oa f0ru 29th and in uid rstum 018bOd, in addi tloa to t& feoa allowed by l8w ior the lew ltu tla u a nt, md rettua l lomlaalonor $549 upon the meant rollootd by lpwll-t in latiar~atlon of the prinoipal uld lntuert dur 011 aaid judgsentr Upon the rofunlofapxmllantto thir eodasioa, thornton tllod in the emart be Y ea l mtloa to tax u&t loaaiuion aa ooata %a ths ors.glnalmlit* rruMerduot6heeDurt mting Mid motioa 8nA lajw lppouaa6 lie b lefo rmid uma la o la tblantlpp+sl le psoaeo\rtad. . ‘134 - . Hoaornble 0. Lmr Millor, Page 4 *-Arti8loWO’ e W Pevloed Statnto8 oi 18959~ovldra as foue~rl ;apsyifra 8hall ro- oelre thr follM fees: 0011*0till& r o a w o n a 5 lxooutT oa or order or llo t wh a ath o sane is Islde by a aale, for the first on@ huntbed dollan or loss faar pu oont; m tho leoond ~a, hundred Q&a, three par arntl ior all mamawartwo hundred &ollma, two par oent. 3%~ the aoner ia aa1ls.l.d br the ahorltrwith- o u t l aalo, ona-hau of tha mban rates -1 be *Urned him.’ The aat Of 1897 (Sp. Lawa '1897, O* 5) o b M g O* th a amMa o ? lDwiQsiO58 tilOWd sheriff8 Zojr oolleot& money on an ordor of ml0 mhon a ralr is 6a7 0 .b,at makes 80 ohange in the former lav 8s to the oo#nalsaioaa allowed when the ronr~ ia oolltitod rlthoat Sale; 5% think it elaap, mndrt’thhr provlalosa at the'abtuto boron ~pooted, that rpp~lloa Thorntooa maa no t latltlrd to l oomtnlaaloon upon the rone~ opid ta appallant by l3roooka. Es mm only al- lowed a ooeaisalaa upon mnry ooll*oted w hL Tha atatutr ffxas tbo foea allowed t&e offia for aorvioas in tbs exeoutlon of the writ pr 1" or b t&r sale, and if tha aala la not mde and the ao5e;r due 05 the jrvllgment Is not oolleotsd W him, he is ontltiod to M 0015~nld05. *l . l .* Undw the taatg the aherlti atatd did not lolloot the money due 00 t&e Tlmrefore, judmnt, %KI VieW Of the foregoing l& h o r itloits,ig our opinion that the ahor= la not entitiod to w t``asaLisslon upon the IIDZM paid br th judgment debtor t,~ tb judgnent or8ditorr s omer tho aheriti would bo latitlad to tho roes allared br Artioie 3933, sup-, for levying the lxreutlon and th* rat- Of th* lxeoutio5 aa4 the post- OS tb, advrrtlaembnta iOr ml0 under tho lrooutlon if the 8hrrlft posted the ~dvutiauaata for la lo uador the lxootatioa. In ethaf rarda tin lhorlft wm+tlbnot b* edit&~ fo q oomlaaion an tho SOMYmid by the jldQae5t dobtm totlm allg605t oro<or in aottle- moat or the judgawt where ho a id not aOlleot the loruV . 135