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Ex Parte Davis

Texas Supreme Court

Decided February 22, 1961No. A-8160PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Calvert

Relator, R. P. Davis, Jr., was confined in the county jail of Collin County under a written commitment issued by the District Clerk of Collin County on December 21, 1960 and executed by the sheriff of the county on December 31, 1960. He was released on bond by order of this court pending a determination of the validity of the judgment ordering him confined.

The matter comes to us in an original habeas corpus proceeding. Relator was confined in jail under a judgment of the District Court of the 59th Judicial District adjudging him to be in contempt of court for failing to comply with an order…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Cooke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Roller v. HollySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  3. Freeman v. FreemanTexas Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Ex Parte HelmsTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Ex Parte RatliffTexas Supreme Court · 1928

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Ex Parte GordonTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Donald A. Ridgway v. T.L. Baker, Potter County SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  3. Ex Parte CardwellTexas Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Schwartz v. JeffersonTexas Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Ex Parte HiesterTexas Supreme Court · 1978

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