Case Summary

Fayette I. Foss, attorney for David Zimmerman's company, petitioned on behalf of Zimmerman claiming that the sheriff of Furnas County, Nebraska had deprived him of his liberty. Zimmerman had been arrested on a bench warrant issued by district judge D. T. Welty. Judge Hall granted the petition. After hearing evidence, he ruled that Zimmerman be released on his own recognizance after surrendering a sum of five hundred dollars, which Zimmerman did.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Contempt of court

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released on bail

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #10: Mar 27, 1894, p. 622; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket 11, p. 217; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 5 Complete Record 111, p. 290-298

Source material(s)

Journal | Docket | Complete Record

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Zimmerman, David (bound party)
• Foss, Fayette I. (petitioner)
• Foss, Fayette I. (petitioner attorney)
• Jackson, John Q. (respondent)
• Jackson, John Q. (responding party)
• Jackson, John Q. (holding party)
• Welty, D. T. (authority ordering detention)
• Hall, Charles L. (judge)

• Additional parties

  Clark, Enos (complainant)

  Mercer, J. R. (attorney)

  Phillips, R. O. (surety)

  Peck, C. H. (referenced)

  Reid, Jessie S. (notary public)

  Baker, E. (clerk)

  Harris, J. D. (deputy clerk)