Ex Parte Johnson

McGEE, Justice.

Relator, Dr. Gerald W. Johnson, brought this original habeas corpus proceeding after the district court held him in contempt and committed him to jail for thirty days for failure to comply with the court’s “turnover” order entered pursuant to article 3827a of the Texas Revised Civil Statutes. We order Relator discharged.

A judgment was rendered against Johnson in February, 1982. The judgment creditors thereafter instituted a number of post-judgment proceedings to collect the judgment, including an Application for Turnover Relief filed pursuant to article 3827a. That statute…