EX PARTE FINN

No. 20857.

615 S.W.2d 293 (1981)

Ex parte Joellen FINN, Relator.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

April 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay S. Fichtner, Berman, Fichtner & Mitchell, Dallas, for appellant.

Bob Matlock, Dallas, for appellee.

Before AKIN, ROBERTSON and CARVER, JJ.


AKIN, Justice.

In this writ of habeas corpus, the trial judge held the relator in contempt on February 9, 1981, for allegedly violating his order to turn over certain gold and silver coins to her attorney and her husband's attorney during a divorce proceeding. The judge assessed her punishment at five days confinement in the county jail. Relator primarily asserts that the contempt order is void because the order allegedly violated, which was rendered on October 2...

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