EX PARTE SHAFFER

No. C-2019.

649 S.W.2d 300 (1983)

Ex parte Craig SHAFFER.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwaine Boydstun, Dallas, for relator.

John Exline, Dallas, for respondent.


ROBERTSON, Justice.

In this original habeas corpus proceeding, the relator, Craig Shaffer, seeks to be discharged from an order of Probate Court No. 3, Dallas County, committing him to jail for contempt for failure to comply with an order of that court requiring him to post a cost bond and hire an attorney. We order relator released.

While serving as Independent Executor for the estate of Horace Yates, Shaffer was sued by the widow, Cleta Yates, for alleged...

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