Legal Opinion

Ex parte Diggs

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 24, 1940No. 21145Published

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding. Appellants were adjudged guilty of contempt for violating an injunction issued in a civil case. They sought release by way of habeas corpus and were remanded to custody by the district court of Wichita County. Hence this appeal.

In view of the fact that the commitment grew out of proceedings had in a civil action, we are constrained to decline to entertain jurisdiction. In Ex parte Cummings, 170 S. W. 153, it is shown that the commitment grew out of proceedings had in a civil action. Cummings sought to appeal to this court after he had been…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ex Parte CummingsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  2. Ex Parte HillCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938

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