Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Pat Morris

Texas Supreme Court

Decided October 20, 1948No. A-1758PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hickman

Relator, Pat Morris, seeks release in this Court from the restraint of an order of the District Court of Anderson County adjudging him to be in contempt of court for violating an injunction issued out of that court, by possessing intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale in Anderson County, and fixing his punishment at a fine of $100.00 and confinement in the county jail for three days. No questions as to the validity of the injunction or as to the sufficiency of the complaint and notice in the contempt proceedings are involved. The sole question for decision is whether the contempt order…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ex Parte HenryTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Ex parte FisherTexas Supreme Court · 1948

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Deramus v. ThorntonTexas Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Ex Parte HelmsTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Ex Parte CardwellTexas Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Ex Parte TwedellTexas Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Ex Parte La RoccaTexas Supreme Court · 1955

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