Case Name: Ex Parte Andrew Barcia
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1940-09-25
Citations: 135 Tex. 279
Docket Number: No. 7764
Parties: Ex Parte Andrew Barcia.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 135
Pages: 279–280

Head Matter:
Ex Parte Andrew Barcia.
No. 7764.
Decided September 25, 1940.
(143 S. W., 2d Series, 116.)
Kahn & Branch, of Houston, for relator.

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 Texas 1, 123 S. W. (2d) 306, 314. It is therefore ordered that Andrew Barcia, relator herein, be discharged from custody.
Opinion delivered September 25, 1940.