Ex Parte Davis
Texas Supreme Court
Original application by relator Davis, to the Supreme Court for .suit of habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The relator presented to this court his petition for writ of habeas corpus praying that he be discharged from the custody of the sheriff of Dallas County by whom he is held under commitment for contempt of the District Court, 44th District, in Dallas County. It will ap pear from the statement that the order of commitment was entered in a civil proceeding.
The application was granted and the case submitted to this court on the following undisputed facts. Mrs. S. J. Davis, the wife of relator, instituted a suit in the 44th District Court of Dallas County against relator for a divorce-from the…
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