Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATIORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTlN
0 value of stolen
property at the time of the f dcterminoe the
degroa or the orenre, tl!at 1 G felony or P
misdemeanor, ati you msk edv o-t at the Fodrril
Triab control riot upon le. osaintt.s,in rueh
raaepeatsh
C'ttrtuteeof %X&G
or sso,co or over
902 of the 4~wgeno7
by the 7')th of
Hoaorable Ram7 k aplithn Fag@ t
~0 am &w- that the ~0 i8 u~U scttba in this
Stek, a0 a iha to th8ft oaaeei, that *Valu8” 18 the market TslUO
ot ttioart10Pp8 of pr6pwt lf is has ruoh market vpil~e
ii not, the amount it rd J 8 008t to repllaaeit, or the ladi-
*idual TOlUa. chilcmso II.state, QI:Taxa cr. n. m, ZAl
& I;.102 and other aam aitea at pI 103 of Vol. S, Vernon*r
Ana, Cr. &totes a8 ~11 a8 Lamb ~6 Etete, 1S Tit Cr. Ra
97, 108 6. w. 6;ea) llle.
Nhlle t&8 question you raise hat not bcea peesed
upei b7 our Texas aeurts, it is the opinion at this depcrt-
moat thot oa an7 artiale or m~rohandisr subject to theft
the proaeautloa mhouldprove the le@ market rolue ln t&a
oomnty ot the theft, 88 n0ted tt'0~8, th rtm0tb 0r tb
‘rdae rxtnlnl6trator la ta deteradna am! rlx Vmir aul“gqu$tableP
m&mum or *aelllnf?prtoeo.
' The actwl vsluo ot ueed automobf.le oesinge on the
learketin a Oer%in localit or OOUntJ~eay ooncslvGbl7t0
w&r the aahimum prie8 fired b7 tha .Yoderal Frioa &3&h-
trator. Rkthor trlsb SO would depeaclupon the ridenoe in
@Sah anfm. Regardless at its intrlaalo or rcplocsmat *C&W,
the lb@ merlczttcluo 0r an autombbI.le casing gourd in no
et-t ex0bsa the 5af 00 a8 rhea in the order or
Gohedtie oftha ?zfoe strator in errreotat the titot3~
of .thetheft. In our opinion aGGos such CR Lmb v. Stete,
sUpra apply.only to Sect oltuetl:aGwhore there io no
mark6 t v&lue, cb the thin-% stolen+ .
Wars .*ery truly, .
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Appiovsd f C~lnioa
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ByI I?D, Chalmna