Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Morris

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 6, 1961No. 34127PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McDonald, judge.

This original habeas corpus proceeding is a sequel to Ex parte Nina Ruth Morris, 342 S.W. 2d 558, and a sequel to Ex parte Nina Ruth Elmore Morris, Supreme Court of Texas, 349 S.W. 2d 99.

On July 10, 1959, in Cause No. 13140-C, 153rd Judicial District of Tarrant County, Texas, Leonard’s, a Fort Worth department store, filed suit against James A. Elmore and Nina Ruth Elmore Morris for debt on a promissory note and for foreclosure of a chattel mortgage oh certain personal property, including a deep freeze. Nina Ruth Elmore Morris, relator, and her former husband had been held in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte HelmsTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Ex parte RobertsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
  3. Ex Parte ElmoreTexas Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Ex Parte MannCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
  5. Ex Parte MorrisTexas Supreme Court · 1961

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Ex Parte YoungCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Wisenbaker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
  3. American Housing Resources, Inc. v. SlaughterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
  4. Shafer v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1993
  5. Fuller, Ralph Bennett Jr.Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2023

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