Texas Supreme Court
Thomas H. Crofts, District Judge of the 86th Judicial District of Texas, Relators v. the Court of Civil…
November 14, 1962362 S.W.2d 101
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus directing the Court of Civil Appeals to rescind its earlier mandamus ordering the district judge to issue a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the appellate court lacked jurisdiction to issue such a mandamus. Justice Culver dissented, arguing that mandamus is discretionary and the relator lacked clean hands.