EX PARTE VITAL

No. 15886.

476 S.W.2d 451 (1972)

Ex parte Willard VITAL, Relator.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied February 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asberry B. Butler, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

George E. Donalson, Houston, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding. Relator has been confined by reason of a conviction of contempt of court for his failure to make payments for the support of his child as required by an order of the Court of Domestic Relations No. 4, Harris County, Texas.

Relator contends that he is unlawfully detained by reason of the fact that the support order was rendered after a hearing at which he was not present, and of which he had no notice.<...

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