Ex Parte Davis

BARRON, Justice.

The relator, Iria Davis, brought this original habeas corpus proceeding after the Domestic Relations Court of Harris County held him in contempt and committed him to jail for three days and until he purged himself of contempt by paying the sum of $250 as attorney’s fees and all other costs of court, accrued. The central and controlling question presented for decision by this Court is whether the trial court’s order is vague and indefinite and whether such order states definitely the reason the court held relator in contempt.

The trial court’s order reads in part as follows:

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