Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Albritton

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 2, 1920No. 5165Published

From Harris County. Original Habeas Corpus proceedings asking release from arrest under contempt procedings for violating orders in a civil suit.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Judge.

This is an original application for writ of habeas corpus. Its disposition has been delayed upon request of counsel for both appellant and State, pending settlement by agreement of a civil suit out of which the injunction, upon the violation of which the contempt was founded, grew.

A restraining order was issued in this civil suit requiring the relator to refrain from cultivating certain cotton on his premises pending the disposition of the suit. He was adjudged in contempt of the District Court rendering the judgment, and from the restraint under the contempt procedings relief…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ex Parte AldereteCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  2. Ex Parte Gregory v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  3. Ex Parte HoustonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920

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