EX PARTE REESE

No. C-4342.

701 S.W.2d 840 (1986)

Ex parte William M. REESE.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bishop, Payne, Lamsens & Brown, S. Gary Werley, Ft. Worth, for relator.

Thomas E. Myers, Arlington, for respondent.


ORIGINAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDING

McGEE, Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding. Relator, William M. Reese, was found in contempt of a district court judgment and committed to jail until he purged himself. We granted Reese's petition for writ of habeas corpus and set bail at $1,000. The question presented is whether the trial court's judgment is so vague and indefinite as to preclude enforcement by contempt. We hold that the judgment is vague...

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