Thomas H. Crofts, District Judge of the 86th Judicial District of Texas, Relators v. the Court of Civil…

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the Court of Civil Appeals lacked jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus directing the district court to grant a writ of habeas corpus and therefore should rescind its writ; the Court affirmed the relators' petition for mandamus. Justice CULVER, dissenting, argued the writ should be denied.