Ex Parte Thomas Taylor
Texas Supreme Court
Original application to the Supreme Court for writ of habeas corpus. Taylor was committed to custody by the District Court of Dallas County, for contempt in refusing to appear before a notary and give testimony by desposition on a commission issued by a Circuit Court of Illinois in a case pending before it.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
The Circuí Court of Cook County, Illinois, in a suit there pending of Nancy J. Wicks v. The Tribune Company, issued, on November 20, 1919, a commission to Jack A. Schley, a notary public of Dallas County, Texas, for the taking of the oral deposition of the relator, Thomas Taylor. The notary caused Taylor to be served with a subpoena for the purpose of obtaining his appearance, but Taylor refused to appear before him. Thereafter, on January 17, 1920, the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois in the form of a letter rogatory, made request of the District Court of Dallas County, that by…
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