Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided June 1, 2009Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Don Allee Kendall County Attorney Kendall County Courthouse 201 East San Antonio Street, Suite 306 Boerne, Texas 78006-2050
Re: Authority of justice of the peace and county court at law to cause the amendment of a death certificate concerning the cause of death (RQ-0764-GA) Dear Mr. Allee:
You ask about the authority of a justice of the peace and a county court at law to cause an amendment to a death certificate concerning the cause of death.1 You relate that in 2005, a Kendall County justice of the peace determined that Colonel Philip Shue had committed suicide. Request Letter at…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chenault v. PhillipsTexas Supreme Court · 1996
- Drake v. Trinity Universal Insurance Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1980
- Meridien Hotels, Inc. v. LHO Financing Partnership I, L.P., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2003
- In Re Suarez, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2008
- Mestiza v. De LeonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1999