Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Hanlon
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1966No. A-11353PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORVELL, Justice.
Frank Hanlon filed an application for writ of habeas corpus in this Court contending that an order of commitment issued by the District Court of Travis County was invalid because the District Court was without authority to issue the order which he was charged with violating. We granted the writ and set down the case for hearing.
It appears that on December 10, 1965, Moses Byrd filed a petition to perpetuate testimony. Rule 187, Texas Rules of Civil *206Procedure. He alleged that he anticipated instituting an action against Jane Doe, whose true name was unknown to him; that such…
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