Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1930

Ex Parte Lively

Ex Parte Lively
Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Decided January 14, 1930 · Riley, Mason, Lester, Clark, Hunt, Hefner, Oullison, Swindall, Andrews
284 P. 2; 141 Okla. 85; 1930 OK 24; 1930 Okla. LEXIS 22

Ex Parte Lively

Opinion of the Court

RILEY, J.

The petitioner, seeking release from the custody of the sheriff of Oklahoma county, whose warrant and authority is a commitment directing that petitioner be confined in the county jail until he obeys a certain maintenance order, and “until otherwise ordered by the court”, brings himself clearlv within the rule announced in Re John Curtis, 10 Okla. 660, 63 Pac. 963. See, also, Wells v. Wells, 46 Okla. 88, 148 Pac. 723. He is therefore entitled to be released. Writ granted.

MASON, C. J. , LESTER, V. C. J., and CLARK, HUNT, HEFNER, OULLISON, SWINDALL, and ANDREWS, JJ, concur.

Note. — See “Contempt,’’ 33 C. J. § 131, p. 86, n. 33.

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