EX PARTE HARDY

No. 18853.

531 S.W.2d 895 (1975)

Ex parte C. M. (Tex) HARDY.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

December 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry L. Gollaher, Dallas, for appellant.

B. I. Evans, Fort Worth, for appellee.


GUITTARD, Justice.

In this application for a writ of habeas corpus, relator attacks an order of a domestic relations court finding relator in contempt, assessing a fine of $250, and committing him to jail for seventy-two hours. Relator asserts that the order is void on its face in that it does not apprise him of the reason for his commitment and fine. We agree and grant the writ.

The order, with its blanks and deletions, is as follows:

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