Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

no. 3637 AYRlusYT I To BlwaY BILL IO, R YmID DWlD~8TITWIOSAL benbent 1 to Ii.B. lo. 18 1s ull~n~t.ltQtlmml be- emu. it deprive8 both the landlord and the tenant of their property ~itbout due preoemm of law beoanse it deprlree the landlord cud the tenant of t1 0 ridbt to eontraot r1th each other, and lapaim eontraeta already made; and beoauee It provides for oompulsory ubitr6tion. 0PP10B OF au ATToApsr e- son. Bailey B. Rap&ale, Chaiman Oorrittee c-n lgiaultwe Yewe of Repreeentotire* Auatln# Texas Dear dim Opinion Ye. o-816 BeI opinion ae to oenatitutionalit~ Of bendment i to now0 Bill No. aa, Xour repmost for an opinion ae to the eonstltutimalit~ of herdent 1 to Eouao Bill lo. 83 ham bean reooiwd by tbim ottice. le hare mad0 * very oareiul and thoro~ exmimtion thereof arathave been greatly aseisted by tbe brief and other doouente mutiitted by par oOm%tteo in oomeotion therewith- we ebb to expreeaour approolcrtionof tbia lmietanoe from your -ittee. There a r e leotiwm eo moto e& y in the bill. We have lbitad our opinion t0 ortaln lootione ~hi0l1.e believe are oontrolling. Dbdirioion (k) of Bootion a detimm tbe remind of tbe wrda, Wabitable dmlling* and lubdiri#iOn (a) of maid deotion d definea wbst 2aprorwmnte the teauat my put on tbe land dtb- out the 00neent of the IslrdlOrd. Beotion 6 of tbe bill prorldoe that if tbo t-t has plrced an, improvommt~ 0x1the property be mbrll, at tbe time boleww tbe ~WIII,be wtitlod to be oaqmz~ted for Ul of the Anpmrwcmte he has pIbe thereon. Theme three wet2one of the bill, TIIW taken together, will authorice the tenmat ta put hia om oonetruotion and idearnin foroe sm to Wmt be oon- ltruee %ab%table dwillir@ to nienn, &d em to whet be tbiabm will ooaetituto I weatherproof build* snd w%equats ~rvem end neoeemry tall& and mmitw# vater mppl~. It oonetttutem bti l m bud l court, and deprivoe tbe landowner of his right to be oolwlted relative theretO. T h e lb o ~o p r o ~io io na , tisn taken together, we think ere~olearly unooamtitutloaU, md rio- late both tbe State md PodmU oonatLtntioa& vbiob provide Wmt no pewon Umll be depr%ved of his papertl exoept by duo pro- oew of law ¶lteluprme Court of Some, ia the ome of Trawlers &sursnoe Co. VI. Ysmbsl1; 7S IS.V. (and) ioov, bold tbet tbe moraterlm law ~8 unconstitutional beoauoo it dqwired permom of their property rithout due praoesa. me Suprrao'Court of tbe United St&m, in Sobeobtsr Poultry Corpn. TO. Unltod Statea, aellU. 8. 496, held tbe 1.8.6 uncezmtltutional, and held tbat tbe laborers were net eqpged in interatrte oommerob md thoreforo tbot noitber Con&wee nor tbepresideathad P right to detmmlm tbb wages tAut @bouldbe reosired by them. Judge llu&bes, in writing tbeopinsoa, used U&pertinent Statawntl *Bstraordlny oonditions do not oreate or cm- large oonctltutlonal powers. Ia lM1t.hT&i.mate, 40 1. 1. (Bnd) 04B (cotton control Ah), tbe Court held mid Aot rmoon~tituttinal beeauwe it de- pri+od tbe owner of lend, lm ml1 e* tbo temnt, of tbe right to eontraot with eaoh other, wd impaired oentraeto already made. motion 7 of the WI provide0 in offeet tbst if * ten- antlea~ea a fano cnhia om volition or at tbo reqneetemddsmd or the lmdlord, ho Is entitled to reinburwmnt for whatever -a- dr o r ea mo th e r a ntu, it mad b e muwitted l b o a r d of t-e arbitratiq* .:,, urdpmwidea thtlf the lamllerdwilleotdoodpt bhore~tu f5md 1 k ~by the beard of wbitratom , thetauntsythsnraowfnmthe la118and the landlOrdmustp4 him ior all th0 impFUTma&r be boplaao8 tharw~ ~hethr dthor~ltho~tth~ luWord*m eonwmt, ad Urn pay the totit hia Ioee oooa~lenedby tba law, tieb U&U 8WtioZb7 &OTO iS flud iraOll.dOUFtbtO u) .,ltilW year``Pantalfroatheland. mi* leo tio 1. n#tbinl, im uneotutita- tional beoaumo it prohibits the right of eoatraot,and fOreea @ lwdlarcl to make * his indlrfdlul oontraotaf+ieotlng property, bnd tthem1* deprlroehim of him preporty without Me pmoene of 1-e 8ooUan11of the bUlmPLe~l.tm~tory to lbmlt all dimputor betmen landlord and taunt to @ Bewd of Mltntlon, fOM arbitrator loXeote4 by the lmdlord, o o mp o co ed tne by the tenant, aad 000 by theme two1 or it the putiem will not appoint the Oounty Ju8ge shall do mo. ThL the arbltrstere, leotloa further)m~ldes that after the digute betwen the landlord md theteaaa~thu Won &bmltted to ~babrdof 8rbltratarm, either pwty my appeal to the court* for m&ems. ye th%nJ~thi6 seotlon t* unooartitatloaul lamhr ss it makea it oompulwry upon the psrtlem to m&mlt their dlfterenoer to *bow-d of m%itrators. 10 00W hare . rtatlItot be* Ar'tlolo 3% iWmio@l Statutes, which authoricespartiew By lpoaet to &it tholr dlfferenoo# to ubltretlon. Fbe eeurtm hmo uphold the oon~titutlozmllty of the wbltntlen mwds whore the partim haTe aceed to nubnit their differenooe to ,meb boMm. In Wolff Paoblng co. T.. @Ul't Of b&lStl-irl bhti,OM, a@V. 0. llpzt the eUpras 0OrtoftbeVPlt.d Itatoebeldtht the aot of the Loglmlature in mamae oroatiag *e Oourt of xndumtri8l B``tionehlpm in IKanu~ which required the paok%mg -my to cubit the question of:wages it *ould pay to l board ot ubltntora, .a‘ TOid beoauaoit Tiolatd tbe ~Ul'tOe$&b