Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Barrett
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 1931No. 5696PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Commissioner HARVEY
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding instituted in the Supreme Court by the relators, Thurman Barrett and two others, against whom the district court of Bexar county has entered a judgment imposing upon them a punishment, as for contempt of said court. The material facts are, in effect, as follows: Harlendale is an unincorporated town in Bexar county, and contains some 3,500 inhabitants, including 1,300 qualified voters. In July, 1930, upon petition of the required number of inhabitants of the town, an election was ordered by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cleveland v. WardTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- City of Dallas v. Dallas Consolidated Street Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1912
- Winder v. KingTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
- Leslie v. GriffinTexas Commission of Appeals · 1930
- Robinson Watson v. Wingate, County JudgeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Blum v. LanierTexas Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. PattenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1937
- City of Austin v. ThompsonTexas Supreme Court · 1949
- Rossano v. Townsend, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999
- Adamson v. ConnallyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
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