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