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EX PARTE PRUITT

No. B-6591.

551 S.W.2d 706 (1977)

Ex parte J. J. PRUITT, Harris County Fire Marshal, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 25, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Resweber, County Atty., Anthony D. Sheppard and William S. Dubois, Asst. County Attys., Houston, for relator.

David A. Gibson, Tom F. Coleman, Jr., Houston, for respondent.

McGEE, Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding brought by J. J. Pruitt, Fire Marshal of Harris County, Texas. Pruitt was ordered confined by the district court of Harris County because he failed to produce records of his investigation of a fire and refused to answer questions when ordered by the court. Pruitt filed this writ of habeas corpus asserting that the district court's order of commitment was invalid because the court had no authority to order...

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