245 S.W.2d 704
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 6, 1952
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1952-02-06
Key passage — most relied on by later courts
“an appeal from an order of a District Judge refusing to grant a writ of habeas corpus does not invest this Court with jurisdiction.”
quoted by 1 later decision, including 158 Tex. Crim. 367 - Nichlos v. State
“and remanding relator to the custody of the Sheriff of McLennan County.”
quoted by 1 later decision, including 158 Tex. Crim. 367 - Nichlos v. State
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Decided 1952-02-06
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently September 1988
7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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¶1 This is an attempt to appeal from an order of the 54th District Court of McLennan County refusing writs of habeas corpus for both parties and remanding relators to the custody of the Sheriff of McLennan 'County.
¶2 An appeal from an order of a District Judge refusing to grant a writ of habeas corpus does not invest this Court with jurisdiction.
¶3 The appeals are dismissed.