Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

,. . . , . OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN the anawt to hour request for 8n aplnlaa, -. St lr bdleved that tba m&ore of the OonstlW- aiaa wn sot co auoh mnaamwil ln festering ;irfrate lsw suit0 ktwen tbo borrowr and lwk3or who, in every 06x?*, :I.FB the intexwntad print* parties to 8 umtriow lean bob tlpslst, a8 they uere to pmren$ usuFy. the ;rwmtLM of ire:2ri3w btiargas won 108nn Is a matter of state :-allay, 3.8 often dealamrd by tha dwrte, and &e &mm br t5eatbak Ll, Miolo XVI', of the bonrtltution, vhloh, in matsrl.& pars, aretMar1 lAl.1oantraaots for a gTwter rat0 of interest than ten per arntum 7er m- ma, #ha11 be deelaad uaurlour, and the first Uglrlature after thtr mien&meat i# tit@&, d%dl Fl’Ol%d. mF.htO pshr aa poaaltkr m tha rUrt---@ oJhQoPeooting ouw.) . - Xt rlL1 thus br swn thet the ?alnr and pwaltio8 uhcliehtb Oanrtitutlon aeatlona,and upon Jllahtbs teglslc tar ~0 aoiaaanbd to aut, wm only l man8 to pnrrnt tru ehmglng of uaurlaualntenti on louis oiaonaf. hu &mm B&l1 la qaartloa la obvloualy cVmm for the pur~6sa rb mw oxpnar swd~ authorlay to ma Attelq a&mm= ~telnatltute auitlatk amaa &and oathabehriv6# th, 3ta toto onjoln a nalupCZ'Mcl an o-1 *trloh b88 ggmn in- *a 8 ;‘pb’Lla wreag w re8son of tba fas, 80 ln off& a8- o&rod In tlm Nil, that 8 a18M or pomona an 8rregatl.ag to thenelves tha porrogatlto ot aarr~lngon tho buaiaeal dl ``~loaning aonoy is tbr ueo 8nu aotOnti0a fd t&U* ursurloua intweat lc being aharged, outal& of and %R &eflmeo of tt, Oonatitutlon. ft ;r ret forth In the eme~enq alaucreof thlo BlLl Wiot tha usur7 law of Texao 8re balng flmtlg yi let& and unoonselonablo omer 8.3 being L&O w q Imbsrs, ubd th i8ot that suah przotloo 18 genanil la rrpao $9&W% Of tM St&ts, 8& that tf‘.O QmUSlt .%t&tUteaOf .&ml8 m l~qrute to afford zmteatlon to the zubllo geluMl# ~lnat auah unl8wful and urmonaoleYtablo praotlve areatea ti eppnoy, rnd UL iapcrmtiw -:ubllonsoWslty that tM oai.atltutiCUAd 1y18 PWpIFierg bill@ a0 b0 P?Id On t&F+38 mr lwl aya b o susp o nda dm, lto. The lnroting of thlr Bill by tho kglal,btu?a vdll lonrtltut* * logllbtln finding of th elxlrtema er t ha irat ret forth ln *ho 8wqpn8y *1auao, 8834du sf#w4aaple Jartitimtlon, U sub nnlagal~nncros). ~,t68IilthOl'b. ~kglti8t~tOOZi8.t &bVWhUb wlU -to tb Attormy Gonbraltb mtharltyta pIlb ti la bblf ef the *to for the ptarporrr and In tb mmo~ ~alfbally tlofl.nad ln this Bill, dl uhloh aa&& orl)j thb Attorn* tJonenl doer not nou posmra, u)r a- se 8 rraant &aal8lonby ths uuprem amId oft?48 a&to. ?& f8Ot that no WA&i 8UthOtitr nf3W lxiStS ia Mb0 Attomay &moral pmronte no aonst~tutlonil grourda f8P th0 b$itl8tUFO to dOnj 8UOh 8uthOFity. 8OOtbfi ,?2of mtio;Lo IV, of Uw sitar l ffonrtttutlon, nJolnlng u~r7 tt;cr htonu~ bROZ'd tbS pOS'fOr~:MO~ Of OtiJ 8 f,W O~X-366 4btl.48,$WOtidO6 that ha nhdl 'porion sush othrr flutiles :a say be rmqulrad by la* . The quote& phmer aaaie:,eb oatme, that ruob othsr dutbr rust be ometad lnta lax bq thOU(tiilhtW, ~V%J'bAOOftid~@80``~,8~FJ4P~ 8~s athor grants aont8fnrd ln tlm (lon#tltutlon, it 1s with- in1& l;?OWW of tba Lygirl8tw to oPsat0 ``a~tiord OUUMa Of8OtiOlbiEf#+or oith# St&o, ti to Mk8 ittkd 08sluoll8 8uty of tb Irtterm~ ao5aMl to plwowta o?a mdtd. Prom tlal to tim the Llglsbtw &a am08 fit k iitwmmbl~ XBX V, Boyeo, June 13, l%@, Ps(lub n lenfer a ildith wl upon the 8uAlthoFl’lt;l Atterney tiner&., a a so er ea to WV 88ueeI o flo tb n.T*x. Jur ., va 1 8, . * rnj Hmao w* T*rroll,lo@?u.W, so0 g.w.ma; may w. Braokor,88 hr. 288, 8B 8.W. tobe. In tha want 4aaa of Ex Part0 &wry R +!mgb+ tbr,8ugmmo Cawt, in an oplnieuna* ye* publfrbd, held that tithaut rtmh leglilatlonle l8bodlri In tha pa4Ln.g .B&ll, ty httorwy carural wuld not Ql'OOMd ln rquiv I a@& R,,gheaand othoraby reason of the 01useeasmab ataxhlally deilnrd in th pending Iull. ¶%a oplntaa& taw 8upasIecour6 in tkat 08s*, -~owwr, rllulough nyfa- tiwly expreraod,afforda aaplr basin for, and remzee* t& emet~tut10w.l power in the hglrY.atw to etLae8WI8 Ull.1Into la*. The Oowt aaid, in part8 "If the Attorner Oeneralof County Attarnay, or bath of thata,haye %ha ri.@~t or ,+wr to 1net1tut.end prar*out* euah uuit in th8 Uefrlot oourt,Jg@¶ WMlrt to .UT%JI~ @a bowr or IUt).sdlation tha i2kJpaati~e prim I~u&. 43~1 the otimr hand, lf neither the Att@rMJ OWWal nor tlm Wuntr Attomuy hrr the rQhS o? pcMlr to lwtltuto uld prweautr au& sulk*In tbr Uatrlet eowt, it use* fax.- 18~ that the Uetrlot mmrt is wlMon8 Ilmnar8bl.o n8x w. Boyw, Juao lS, lS39, page 0 lava by infuaothn, OP in zany ether my.9 osndwroorlAg 0ura.l no aqpwat 18 w0.r~ to 8hOT that t&o m an6 only reason that tb atbaa, SuprOw Comrt hold that $2~ &t,ttorwy Oenerml could not proowd Is the auu,of she mate qplnetthe relatarmghw 8ndtha otlnrplc sons i.wolred in that proeradi~ to neJoln them from ewgi~8~UwLl4etl.ngusuriow ~44 urreonuleaablm atYlxqp#for Laanr o? mmey, uaa bwmmr the k@elatpII had th0m0r0~0 barn nalss in not parchg 0 law wid6l.l mxld +m rutkoris8d thr Attomey Cb!Ht~ to w Bl’e4S-d ln the name of the state. T’e paraphnsr th lmgum af the Suprew Courtr wtnnthe l4gIrl~tere rhallhn omk f.-we4 u?ontho Att+rray 3eneralthe right md ?ore~ te l.-stitute and poteoute suoh B suit in the Dlotrlat Owwt, SUM Qotartwill then h*re t!s power and Jurlsdiotlonto glrantth 1nJuwtiw rails? in the manner and to thma& - 8eu$ as 18 preriffedln the peading Bill. It ir, th~rafmu, aw oplnlon 0r t r.ls Oewrt 23~8 ttmt this Bill ir eonstitutbn&