Case Name: F. Dirks, Sheriff, etc., v. The State, on Relation of Jones
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1870
Citations: 33 Tex. 227
Docket Number: 
Parties: F. Dirks, Sheriff, etc., v. The State, on Relation of Jones.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 227–227

Head Matter:
F. Dirks, Sheriff, etc., v. The State, on Relation of Jones.
I. No appeal to the Supróme Court lies from a judgment on writ of habeas corpus, releasing the applicant from the custody complained of.
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. George E. Scott.
J. O. Jones was held in custody by the sheriff of Galveston county, under a commitment from the mayor’s court of the city, for refusing to pay a fine adjudged against him for violating a city ordinance, respecting the inspection of a lot of shingles.
He sued out a writ of habeas corpus, returnable before Judge Scott, who held the ordinance to be invalid, and consequently discharged Jones from custody. This case was an attempt to bring that decision of the judge before the Supreme Court by an appeal, and a petition and bond for writ of error also appear in the transcript.
R. K. Smith, for the appellant.
Spencer Sp Stewart, for the appellee,
moved to dismiss the appeal.

Opinion:
Lindsay, J.
The writ of habeas corpus having been granted by the district judge in this case ; .and upon investigation of the judge, the prisoner having been enlarged, this court has no jurisrdiction of the case, and the appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed!