Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Dewees
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 1948No. A-1561PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice .Hickman
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this original proceeding the relator, Mrs. Juanita Sue DeWees, seeks to be discharged from an order of the District Court of Oldham'County committing her to jail for contempt. We heretofore ordered her release on bond temporarily, since which time the case has been argued and is now before us for final disposition. The material facts leading up to the order of commitment are:
In December, 1946, R. C. Valentine, Jr., was awarded a divorce from his wife, Juanita Sue Valentine, by the District Court of Oldham County, and was also…
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