Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Davila
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided April 3, 1986No. 13-86-038-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DORSEY, Justice.
Relator seeks a writ of habeas corpus to secure his release from the Cameron County jail after being found in contempt of court. Upon the filing of his application for writ of habeas corpus, we set bond in the amount of $500.00 pending the disposition of his application for writ of habeas corpus. After careful consideration, we deny the writ and remand relator to the custody of the sheriff of Cameron County, Texas.
Relator attacks his commitment on only one ground: that he is being imprisoned for failure to pay a debt in contravention of Article I, Section 18 of the…
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