Ex Parte Morris

This original habeas corpus proceeding is a sequel to Ex parte Elmore, 161 Tex. 585, 342 S.W. 2d 558. Nina Ruth Elmore Morris, relator, and her former husband had there been held in contempt by the district court for failing to deliver a freezer and certain other personal property to the sheriff as previously directed by the court. At the contempt hearing held on August 16, 1960, relator testified that she did not know where the property was located and had not had the same in her possession for almost two years. We discharged both parties on the ground that there was no evidence to authorize…