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Ex Parte Byrd

Supreme Court of Texas
Nov 27, 1907
101 Tex. 157 (Tex. 1907)

Opinion

No. 1761.

Decided November 27, 1907.

Local Option — Constitutional Law.

The case of Ex Parte Dupree, ante, followed and held to govern the decision herein.

Original proceeding by writ of habeas corpus from the Supreme Court procured by relator Byrd against the sheriff of Brown County.

Harrison Wayman, for relator.

Robert V. Davidson, Attorney-General, and Jas. D. Walthall, Assistant, for respondent.


The facts in this case are practically the same as in No. 1762, Ex parte Milt Dupree, and for the reasons assigned in the opinion filed in No. 1762, this day, it is ordered that relator John Byrd be remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Brown County to be by him held under the order of the judge of the District Court for that county, and that relator Byrd pay all costs of this proceeding.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Byrd

Supreme Court of Texas
Nov 27, 1907
101 Tex. 157 (Tex. 1907)
Case details for

Ex Parte Byrd

Case Details

Full title:EX PARTE JOHN BYRD

Court:Supreme Court of Texas

Date published: Nov 27, 1907

Citations

101 Tex. 157 (Tex. 1907)
105 S.W. 488

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