Case Name: Ex Parte Bob Depew
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1930-02-19
Citations: 119 Tex. 63
Docket Number: No. 5454
Parties: Ex Parte Bob Depew.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 63–64

Head Matter:
Ex Parte Bob Depew.
No. 5454.
Decided February 19, 1930.
(24 S. W., 2d Series, 813.)
Dickens & Dickens, for relator.

Opinion:
Mr. Judge LEDDY
delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.
Relator was adjudged guilty of contempt by the 53rd District Court of Travis County for the violation of a temporary injunction issued by' the Criminal District Court of Travis County, now the 98th Judicial District.
Under the authority of Ex Parte Gonzales, 111 Texas, 399, one court in no case is authorized to punish contempt in another court, hence the proceedings by which relator was adjudged guilty of contempt are void and he is entitled, under the writ of habeas corpus sued out, to be released from custody.
We recommend he be ordered discharged.
The relator is discharged, as recommended by the Commission of Appeals.
C. M. Cureton, Chief Justice.