Case Name: Ex parte BARCIA
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1940-09-25
Citations: 143 S.W.2d 116
Docket Number: No. 7764
Parties: Ex parte BARCIA.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 143
Pages: 116–116

Head Matter:
Ex parte BARCIA.
No. 7764.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Sept. 25, 1940.
Kahn & Branch, of Houston, for Andrew Barcia.
J. A. Copeland, of Houston, for Angelina Barcia.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an original habeas • corpus proceeding instituted in this court by Andrew Barcia to secure his release from alleged illegal restraint of his liberty. It is admitted that the petition or motion for contempt was sworn to by the complainant before her attorney, such attorney acting as a notary public. It is further admitted by all parties that all proceedings in the district court by which relator was adjudged in contempt were and are void under authority of Ex parte Scott, 133 Tex. 1, 123 S.W.2d 306, 314. It is therefore ordered that Andrew Barcia, relator herein, be discharged from custody.