Legal Opinion
Cudd v. Bass
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided May 18, 1989No. 01-89-00209-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EVANS, Chief Justice.
Relator, Mary Peter Cudd, seeks a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to compensate her for legal services and expenses connected with her court-appointed representation of her indigent client in a habeas corpus proceeding. We conditionally grant the requested relief.
In April 1988, the trial court found Lloyd Jackson in contempt of the court’s previous order to pay child support. Jackson appeared pro se at the contempt hearing. The trial court ordered Jackson confined for 30 days, and thereafter, until he paid past due child support, court costs, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ex Parte JohnsonTexas Supreme Court · 1983
- Deramus v. ThorntonTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Ex Parte Walker, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1988
3Cited by2 opinions
- State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division v. BrownWyoming Supreme Court · 1991
- STATE EX REL. WORKERS'COMP. v. BrownWyoming Supreme Court · 1991