Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Smith
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 1919No. 3319PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Original application by Smith to the Supreme Court, for writ of habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
delivered the opinion of the .court.
In this case an original writ of habeas corpus was granted, on the petition of the applicant, O. M. Smith, alleging that he is illegally detained in the custody of the sheriff of Harris County, under a commitment on a judgment of the District Court of the 61st Judicial District of Texas, adjudging applicant guilty of contempt for failing and refusing to perform a previous judgment of that Court as well as a prior judgment of the District Court of the 55th Judicial District.
It appears that on May 19, 1917, John H. Crooker, after a hearing at which all…
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