Ex Parte Tyler

This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus filed in this Court by Relator Tyler. Relator claims that a contempt judgment whereby he is restrained of his liberty is void, because it was issued ancillary to a suit for divorce against re lator by his wife, Estelle Tyler, by virtue of a petition where the wife alleges:

“That she is now, and has been for a period of twelve months prior to the filing of this petition, an actual bona fide inhabitant of the State of Texas, and has resided in said County of Sherman for a period of six months.”

Relator contends that since the petition…