Legal Opinion

Musgrove v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 23, 1952No. 25661PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was adjudged to be in contempt of court by reason of his violation of an injunction against maintaining a common nuisance, and attempts to appeal from the imposition of a fine of $100 for such contempt.

In Lawley v. State, 117 Tex. Cr. R. 14, 36 S.W. (2d) 1035, we said:

“We are concerned with one thing only in the motion and that is the proposition that this court is without jurisdiction of the appeal. No doubt exists as to the correctness of the proposition. An appeal does not lie from a judgment of contempt. Crow v. State, 24 Texas 12; Ex Parte Kilgore, 3 Tex App.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Crow v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1859
  2. Lawley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  3. Long v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ex Parte Christine Curry v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2024

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