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EX PARTE CARPENTER

No. 1876.

566 S.W.2d 123 (1978)

Ex parte Dewey Wayne CARPENTER.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

May 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob Chrane, Houston, for appellant.

Charles G. Schaeffer, Vandervoort & Schaeffer, Houston, for appellee.

COULSON, Justice.

Relator, Dewey Wayne Carpenter, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking review of an order of the 311th District Court of Harris County holding him in contempt for failing to comply with certain provisions of a divorce decree entered by that court. We find that one of the provisions relator was held in contempt of court for disobeying is vague and indefinite. Incarceration based on disobedience...

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