Legal Opinion
Ex parte Hoover
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 9, 1952No. 12397PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
Annie McGuire Hoover has filed in this court an original petition for writ of habeas corpus claiming that she is illegally restrained of her liberty by John B. Harney, Sheriff of Nueces County, Texas, acting under an order issued by Hon. Paul A. Martineau, Judge of the 28th District Court, holding her in contempt of court.
The contempt proceedings did not arise out of a case in which the appellate jurisdiction of this court was sought to be invoked. Under the constitution, the original jurisdiction of the Courts of Civil Appeals is prescribed by law, that is, by Legislative enactments. Article…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Yantis v. McCallumCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Adams v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
- Wetz v. Thompson, District JudgeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1901
- Harney v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
3Cited by3 opinions
- Crofts v. Court of Civil Appeals for the Eighth Supreme Judicial DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1962
- Padfield v. McIntoshCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
- Crofts v. Court of Civil Appeals for the Eighth Supreme Judicial DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1962