Case Name: D. Phillips v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1909-05-12
Citations: 56 Tex. Crim. 220
Docket Number: No. 4076
Parties: D. Phillips v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 56
Pages: 220–220

Head Matter:
D. Phillips v. The State.
No. 4076.
Decided May 12, 1909.
Wife Abandonment—Constitutional Law.
The Act of the Thirtieth Legislature p. 133 authorizing the punishment of the husband who deserts his wife for reasons stated in said act is unconstitutional. Ramsey, Judge, dissenting.
Appeal from the County Court of Haskell. Tried below before the Hon. Joe Irby.
Appeal from a conviction of wife abandonment; penalty, a fine of $500 and one year confinement in the county jail.
The opinion states the case.
No brief on file for appellant.
F. J. McCord, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
This prosecution was had under the Act of the Thirtieth Legislature, page 133, authorizing the punishment of a husband who deserts his wife for reasons stated in the Act. Under the decision of Ex parte Smythe and Burch v. State, this day decided, holding the law unconstitutional, the judgment in this case is set aside and the prosecution is ordered dismissed.
Dismissed.