The opinion
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
IQ.‘. 060. A. Hlght
Chief Aoaountant
Board of Oounty and Dlstrlot Iso84 In
Auatin, Texas
Dear Sirr
V
Boar& or County
oI$d;;t;dny )
I) 0r t&tL
trlot #18 l llglble
on on authority 0r
rdsr entered by the
ommlrrlon January
your letter 0r ;~anu~~ 87,
roqu*,rtlng our opinion a~
*pm tuao order the road
tone County, een be pad8
fundr sllooated to the
fndrbtadmrr ror the ra-
County Boa& Dlrtrlot No. 18 leeuoil
5&s Bond* date4 July 15, 1919 ana
d proaeedr in the aonetruotlon of a
art to Ben Hur, to Ckror8be0k. After
the oompletlon of the road various lntararted
group8 appeared barore the Highway Corrmlrllloa
rr0a1 .rhe to time in an 0rr0rt to ham th0 road
de8lglutrd. *
*On Augu8tl4, 1933 the Highmy Comml8don p68-
WI the fOilOWing &!bUtO NO. 7997 I
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Mr. Gee. A. Bight, page #2
State Hi&way Ho. 164
WAuRuat 14, 1933 - Ulnuta 7991 In MoLennan
and hneatono Countlea it la ordered by tha aom-
miaalon that applioatlon ror daafgnatfon rmm
Oroeabeok to Mart be granted on oondltion that
oountlea affected will furnish not leas than loo*
right-of-way on looatlon to be approved by tha
State Highway Engineer, and on further condition
that MoLennan County will oonatruot, at its own
coat, on the approved looatlon, a 20’ road rrom
Hy.#6 to the Limeatone County line, and with tha
further understanding that the Hwy. Dept. will
make the looatlon to Oroesbaok but will not oon-
atruat aaid road until funds are availabla.
“‘In oomplianoe with the above Minute, the en-
gineering ataff or tha Hw. Dept. looataa a road
rrom Mart to Groesbeok on an entirely new looa-
tlon and requested the County to furnish deed8
to the right-of-way, whfoh they did, end the High-
way Dept. prooeaded wlth the oonatruotlon or the
base and drainage etruoturss.
*i7’ollowing the anaotmant or House Bill 688 Lime-
atone County riled e olEilm ror expense lnourred in
the aonatruotlon of the old looatlon which ran rrom
Mart to Ben Hur, to Oroaabaok. This olaim uaa da-
riled on the grounds that the old looatlon waa not
a designated Highway. The County than aeoured
letters from Mr. D. K. Martin end Ur. John Wood,
members or the Highway Commlasion at the tlma
Minute No. 7997 was paaaed, (ooplea attached),
and other supporting data whloh they presentad
to the Highway Commiaalon in the applloetlon for
a Nuno Pro Tuno order.
*On January 13, 1941 applloatlon for Nun0 Pro
‘pun0 order waa heard and the following order was
paaaed aa 0r that date:
Mr. 000. A. Right, page 83
” lWITEXEAS,Honorable Carl Cannon, County Judge,
Limestone County, Soott Reed, 2. L. Connally, end
Wesa Popejog, ‘County Ooxnlasloner, Preolnot No. 3,
Llnestone County, appearing in behalf of Llmeetoru
County, represent to this Cornmlaalon that on August
14, 1933, the old road rxtendlng rrom Kart to GWa-
beok rle Ben Hut in Llmeatone County, was by Klnuta
No. 7997 designated as e highway on the road 8Jrstam
or the State1 and
* WHEREAS,It la further represents& to this Com-
mlaalon that direction, warning, and other signs.: ”
and amrkara wera ereoted and maintained upon the
said highway by the Nlghwey Departmant; and
* WRZ%AS, in a letter rrom Honorable John Wood,
Chairman or ths Hlgbway Commlaalon la 1933, to Hon-
orable Carl Cannon, dated June 21, 1940, Kr. Xood
states t&it it was hla lntantion end the t ho felt
sure it was the intention or all Llembera or the
Highway Commlaalon to d68lgnata the old mad rmm
Mart to Grocabeok via Ben Hur at the tlma Allnute
No. 7997 was parsed; and
* WHEREAS Honorable D. iC. Kartln who was a r*mbar
or ths @al& ~oxulaalon et that time, l&a letter to
Honorable W.A,Keellng, dated Cotober 21, 1940, stated
that in the passage or Llinute Nor 7997 on AUuguSt 14,
1933, it waa hi8 intention that the old road rrom
Mart to Groesbeok via Ban Hur be da@lgnatOd es a
state Highway; and
” -yiiE;mAs, it rurthar appears that Unute No. 7997,
parsed by the Comutlaslon on Au&uSt 14, 1933, mar hare
been oonatrued by the Highway Departsmnt to bs tha
designation of a new highmy on a new looatlon between
&art and Grossbeck and not as a deslgnatlon Or the then
axlatlng road; and
409
Yrr Gao. A. Bight, pegs #4
a WEFXAS, alno 8 such time the right a or no
other part108 hare lntsrrsnad;
* TEEREFORE, to oorraot auoh error so that
the reoorde of this body my olcarly reflect the
truth or the matters lnrolr8d;
)1 IT IS ORDERrsD TFiAT it was the d8olarad ln-
tentlon and purpose of the Commlaslon as then
constituted, by the piaaage or Ulnute No. 7997
on August 14, 1933, to d88lgnatO tha old road
from Xart to Groeabeok vie Ben Hur as a pnrt of
the State Highway System;
w BE IT FURTXUi CiRDERED THAT Such intention
or dealgnatlon or auoh mad by the passage or
yinuta No. 7997, and this order deolarlng auoh
intention, ba entered upon the minutsa ci this
Commission, nuno pro tuna, as of AuguSt 14, 1933,
end es so enterad shall be as erfaotlvs aa it
thla olerlrloatlon end expreaalon of intention
had actually been enterad on Nob mlnutea on the
data lsst mentlonrd abora.
* I, Ii. L. Wlglnton, Seoratary oi the State
Highway Comlealon of Texas do hereby oartlfy
that the above aad rorrgolng la a true and oor-
raot oopy or Unute:’ parsed on January 13, 1941,
as the same appsara or record in the r8oozda or
Orrlalal Mnutea or the Stata Highway Comlaalon
of Tfgxaa.
c Witness my hand end orflolal real thlr 14th
day or Januery, 1941.
(signed) M.L.Wlglnton,Seoretary
Texas Highway COsarA88lOn’
410
Mr. Gee. A. Hi&t, page 85
* Pleaseadvise this Board whether or not under
the pxuvlalona of House Bill 688 and the authority
or the above Nuno Pro Tuna order LlmStona County
Road Dlstrlot No. 18 Bonds dated July lb, 1919 are
rllglble ror participation.*
The authorities of this jurlsdlotlon end those or
other States present a solid rront 0r uniformity as to the
orfiae or a nuno pro tuna order. Of oourae the authorltlaa
hereinaSter olted refer to oourts, but we know or no raaaon
why the spplloatlon to oourta should be any more reatrlotad
than to boards or oommlaalona created by statute. In the
lnatant nattcr we think the rules and authorltlea goorornlng
the ofSloe OS a nuno pro tuna order are equally as epplloabla
to the Highrmy Comtulaalon as to the judlolary.
Literally, now for then.
“nun0 pro tuna* means m-m Its
orfloe is not to make an order now ror then but to enter now
ror then an order Fravloualy m&e. In the case of Gulf Colo-
rado E Santa Fe Ry. CO., v. Rarity, 285 S. K. 296, the oourt
Sal&t
“An entry *nun0 pro tuna’ preauppoaaa a
judgment actually rendered by the oourt but
not 8ntsrad by the clerk.’
A nuno pro tuna entry 1s one nade now of something
whloh was aotually previously done, to have effeot es of the
rormbr tlata . Its orrloe la not to supply omlttad aotlon by
the oourt but to supply an omission sotually had but omitted
through inadvertence or mistake. The following oaaea Unl-
iormly announce thio principle: Perkim Y. Hay@erd, 31 K.E.
6701 Sern v, Sample, 206 N. $7, 832; Marker Y. Glllam, 196
Pao. 126; Cannon Y. Oklahoma Engraving k Printing CO., 249
Pao. 300.
A nun0 pro tune entry oan only be ma8 upon ma-08
f~nl@hed by the papers end filed. ln the oeu88, or 8omethltU.X
>.-
.
411
Mr. Gee. A. Hi&d, pge #4
or reaord, or in the minute book or judgecn dooket, na a
be810 to emend by. The rteno~apher*a notcr or prooeedlngr
in an aotion 40 not constitute a paper on file in the oau8e
which oan be mad6 the bar18 or an amendment or a judgw?mt
nun0 pro tuno. See cam of Beoher v* Deu8e1, 49 S. c'. 34Sr
&fKE E Ry. Co, tr HOl8OhLeg, 45 8. W. 1lOl;~Young 7. Young,
45 s. W. 1014.
In the recent oaee of Arrlngton et al '1. EoDenlel
et al., B5 S. W. (Bd) 295, by the COlCIEiB8iOll of Appeal8, Seo-
tion A, oplnlon adopted by the Suprbme Court of the State of
Tax88, we find this statement:
WAnune pro tuno order attempting to oorreot
or amend a judiolsl ni8take and not a mere olerl-
oal error or mi8take in entry of Judgment would
br unauthorltid and beyond power oi court to
enter.a
This 8ame prlnolple rinds approval in the Oe8e8 or
Burnri4e t* Wand, 71 S. ii. 557; Wllmerrblng V. Corbla Banking
co. ) es so. 440.
The purpoee of a nuno pro tuna entry or order an4
it8 only legltlmate rumti0n i8 to oorrsotly etldenoe UpOn
the reoord ot the eeurt a judgment, deoree or order eotually
made by it, but Milch ror come reaeon ha8 not been intered
of reoord at the proper time. The Blnmgan Brown Compenp V.
;;ybar, 19Z 9. W, e44, and tfueginr v. Johnrton, 4 8. W. (S4)
.
A oarerul etudg 0r the aotlon 0r the Hlghwaf Coamlr-
8ibn On AUgU8t 14, 1933, wherein ihUt 87997 w88 adopted an4
the rtepr taken pursuent to that b;lnute, when taken in o~~eo-
tion with the notion of the Highway Comciaaion on January 13,
1941, wherein said nuno pro tuna order was adopted, leed8 U8
to the oonoluelon that laid order 18 an attrmpt to oorreot
or omen4 Mnute 87997, adbpted on duguust 14, 1933, and under
the authority ot the oe8e above quoted, Arrlngton et al to
&oDenlel, es S. W. (e4) 895, 8uoh order would be lnerreotlre
to aaooqli8h it8 objeot.
.
Xr. Gee. A. Hlght, page #O
Your attention i8 direoted to that portion of th8
nun0 pro two order whloh reta a8 rOlhW8l
*ft le ordered tbt it wae the declared In-
tention end purpoee Or the Commle8lon (I8 then
OOn8tltuttd bg the passage cb Mnute #7997 on
August 14, 1933, to designate the old road tmm
Mart to Oroesbeck via Ben Hur as a prt or the
State Hlghwag Sgstem;m
We do not think the above quote4 portion or 8al4
nun0 pro tuna order aurrlolent to teke it out or the above
olted authorities. It oleerly appears from a readlna or
tinUte 17997, eitd the letter8 of the lOrmr Comls8loner8,
that at the beat they only intended to derrignate said roe4
a8 a State Highway, but there 18 no finding to the erfeot
t&t Bald road aotuellg was deelgnated end t&it through
error the Wnute did not BO rerleot.
The rtepr teken by the englnbsrlng 8tarr or the High-
rray Departmnt pursuant to Mnute #799'P, a8 well e8 thO8e
taken by the county in furnishing deed8 to the right-of-way
,on en entirely different looatlon Ieem plainly oppO8e4 to the
oonolurrlon that Minute .#7997 dl4 not repreeent the jud@nent
end order or the Coacnl88lon et thet time. An enomelou8 8ltue-
tion would have been presented had the Coinmlraion dt8i&!ltttd
the road from Gfleebeok tla Ben HUr to Mert a8 a State Blgh-
my, and then prooeede& to expend large 8uum of money on
another looetlon in oonatruoting a bare and drelneqe 8taO-
ture rollowlnd the oounty'8 ruanlshlng to the State de448 to
the right-of-war on the new looetion. The action of the county
in rurnlehlng the deeds to the right-or-way on the looatlon
seleoted and approved by the State Highway Engineer pur8uent
to V.nute #7997 justlrles the aonoluelon thet the oounty lnter-
preted thin order of the iiighwey Commlaslon to menn nothing
nmre nor lees than that the highway whioh they had sought wall
to be the one conatruoted on right-of-way furnished by it. fn
Other worda, we must aonolude that the order entered by the
COEUd88iOn - that la, Minute #7997 - oleerly reprerented the
judgment or the comnl88lon at that time snd that an lnt6ntlon
to have done otherwise oennot oonetitute the bael8 Of an arand-
ment to be entered et this time nun0 pro tune.
* -
413
kr. Geo. A. Bight, page #g
Replying to your quesltion, we sdvlae that In our
opinion Limestone County Road Dlsttriot #18 bond8, dated
July 13, 1919, the prooeed8 or vhloh were expended in the
ootmtruotlon or the old ma4 running from Groerrbeok Yie
Ben Bur to Lart are not eligible ior pertlol~tlon in the
fun48 eoorulng to the Bcmrd of County and Dlstrlot Road
Indebtednear, under the prorlrlonr of H. 8. 488. Of oour8e
we reaoh tblr oonolusloa by reelon of our determination that
the nuno pro tuna order entered by the Highrmg Commleelon on
January 13, 1941, 18 inefrectuel and oannot legally eaoom-
pll8h en amendment of Einute #7997 adopted by the Highway
Commi88lon on August 14, 1933.
Your attention 18 relrpeotfully dlreoted to our opln-
ion Nmber 0-194e, addressed to Mr. 0. A. Hlght, Chief AO-
oountant, Board cf County and Dl8trlot Roe4 Indebtedne88,
wherein it we8 oonaluded that no road oould becom a pert
or the State Highwey System until sme hRd betn formlly
taken over for malntemnoe purposee by the Highwar Depart-
ment, and t&et until suoh event the Boerd was not euthor-
lae4 to make the bon48 Ireus thereror ellglble ror pertl-
olpetlon in the funde eoorulng to the Bomb. AOOOrdlngl~,
it mu8t be eel6 that even e8eumlng the nun0 pro tuna order
above mentioned oould effeotlvely amend the prlglnel tinute8,
the Board would be under the duty to eeoertefn the date OB
whloh euch road of-flolnlly end formally beoene e part of the
State Alghvay System before the bond8 could be mde ellglblo
for partlclpatlon, under the term8 of H, B. 400.
Truetlng that the loregodng fully anewem your ln-
qulry, we are
Very truly your8
APPROVEOm 26, 1941
A?T@RNP
Y o;:XLF4L CT TEXAS
1
ATTORNEY
GENERALOF TEXAS
Clarenoe E. Crowe