CUDD v. BASS

No. 01-89-00209-CV.

771 S.W.2d 3 (1989)

Mary Peter CUDD, Relator, v. The Honorable Ogden BASS, Judge of The 300th District Court of Brazoria County, Texas, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

May 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Peter Cudd, McConnell & Klement, P.C., Angleton, for relator.

Before EVANS, C.J., and DUGGAN and O'CONNOR, JJ.


OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

Relator, Mary Peter Cudd, seeks a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to compensate her for legal services and expenses connected with her court-appointed representation of her indigent client in a habeas corpus proceeding. We conditionally grant the requested relief.

In April 1988, the trial court found Lloyd Jackson in contempt of the court's previous order to pay child support. Jackson appeared pro se at the...

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