Texas Supreme Court· 2/24/1960

Deramus v. Thornton

Citations

333 S.W.2d 824
160 Tex. 494
3 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 217
1960 Tex. LEXIS 566

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stating that there may be circumstances in some contempt proceedings that would make a remedy by habeas corpus inadequate, and that would therefore implicate mandamus relief
stating that there may be circumstances in some contempt proceedings that would make a remedy by habeas corpus inadequate, and that would therefore implicate mandamus relief
stating that conditions may arise in contempt matters in which a writ of habeas corpus would not be adequate and thus, mandamus relief would be the proper remedy
holding habeas application premature where trial court had not yet acted to enforce contempt order, observing that “the presumption obtains that a judge will not attempt to enforce a void order and direct confinement thereunder”
because the relator was not under restraint, an application for writ of habeas corpus would be premature
The validity of a contempt judgment can be attacked only collaterally by a writ of habeas corpus

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Judges: Smith, Culver

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