Case Summary

Grant Willoby and one of his attorneys, H. A. Reese, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that due process was violated. Judge Holmes granted the writ. Months later, the case was stricken from the docket for unknown reasons.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Cause unspecified

Outcome

Writ dismissed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #14: Jan. 1895-May 1895, p. 118; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #17: May 1895-October 1895, p. 12; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket 13, p. 285; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 5 Complete Record 132, 75-77

Source material(s)

Journal | Docket | Complete Record

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Willoby, Grant (petitioner)
• Willoby, Grant (bound party)
• Reese, H. A. (petitioner)
• Reese, H. A. (petitioner attorney)
• Miller, Fred A. (respondent)
• Miller, Fred A. (responding party)
• Miller, Fred A. (holding party)
• Leighton, Frank L. (respondent)
• Leighton, Frank L. (responding party)
• Leighton, Frank L. (holding party)
• Comstock, Wilmer B. (petitioner attorney)
• Gilkeson, (petitioner attorney)
• Holmes, Edward P. (judge)

• Additional parties

  Baker, E. (clerk)

  Harris, J. D. (deputy clerk)