Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Rutherford
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 27, 1977No. 15929PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*854CADENA, Chief Justice.
This is an original application for writ of habeas corpus to secure the release of rela-tors, Michael Lynn Taft and his attorney, Daniel R. Rutherford, Esq., who have been held in contempt and ordered incarcerated. The contempt proceedings grew out of an order entered by the 25th District Court of Guadalupe County on August 31, 1976, naming Rebecca Elizabeth Johnson, the former wife of Taft, managing conservator of a child born to them during the marriage.
The order of the trial court adjudging Rutherford in contempt recites that it is based on the fact that, during the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Fidelity Union Casualty Co. v. HansonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
- Dignowity v. FlyTexas Supreme Court · 1919
- Ex Parte HendersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Taft v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Ex Parte WatersTexas Supreme Court · 1973
3Cited by16 opinions
- In the Matter of James T. Bohart, Bankrupt. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York v. James T. BohartCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Ex Parte Lewis, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1983
- Flowers v. FlowersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
- In the Interest of S.S.G., a Child, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2006
- Ex Parte RutherfordCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
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