Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Warfield

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 26, 1899No. 1693PublishedCited by 42 opinions

From Dallas Countys. Original application for a writ of habeas corpus to he released from custody for a contempt of court on account of disobedience of a writ of injunction.

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Judge.

This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus, which grew out of contempt proceedings in the Forty-fourth Judicial District Court of Dallas County. It appears that Will R. Morris, as plaintiff, brought a suit against J. B. Warfield, as defendant, before Judge Richard Morgan, in the Forty-fourth Judicial District Court of Texas, for $100,000. The petition alleges a number of acts on the part of J. B. Warfield, the defendant in that suit, interfering with marital relations existing between Will R. Morris and his wife, Vivia Morris, said acts causing a partial…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sumner v. CrawfordTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Dickey v. ReedIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Bennett v. SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1856
  4. Ex Parte TinsleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
  5. Andrews v. Board of SupervisorsIllinois Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. State v. MoralesTexas Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Passel v. Fort Worth Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Auto Transit Co. v. City of Ft. WorthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
  4. Dreyer v. JaletDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1972
  5. Ex Parte RoperCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910

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