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Ex Parte Werner

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 23, 1973No. 15210PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding brought pursuant to Article 1824a, Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. (1972-73 Supp.), in which relator, Walter C. Wer-ner, seeks release from custody of the Sheriff of Bexar County, Texas. He has been released on bond pending determination of this proceeding.

Relator urges that he is being illegally confined and restrained, and that the order holding him in contempt and confining him is illegal and void for a number of reasons: (1) (a) that he was held in contempt for failure to pay certain debts and such imprisonment for debt is in…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. Ex Parte GenecovTexas Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
  4. Ex Parte TurnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Ex Parte MyrickCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Ex Parte StanfordCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
  2. Ex Parte HarwellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Ex Parte BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Ex Parte GrotheCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Ex Parte PrevostCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979

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