Case Summary

Hiatt Walton petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to retrieve his five children from the custody of Etta Caton, superintendent of the Home for Dependent Children, which was granted. After hearing the evidence, Walton's writ was denied and his children remanded to the custody of the Home. ; It is of possible interest that the hearing for this case was continued "by phone agreement."

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Institutional

Petition subtype(s)

• Child custody

Sites of significance

• Nebraska Home for Dependent Children (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ denied

Fate of bound party

Remained in custody

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket K, p. 207; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #66: Sept. 1914-June 1915, pp. 436, 494; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #68: June 1915-May 1916, p. 35

Source material(s)

Docket | Journal

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

Tag(s)

• Children

People

• Walton, Hiatt Elmer (petitioner)
• Walton, Lillie (bound party)
• Walton, Cora (bound party)
• Walton, Ernest Glenn (bound party)
• Walton, Ledosia (bound party)
• Walton, Bessie (bound party)
• Caton, Etta (respondent)
• Stewart, Willard E. (judge)
• Towle, Wilbur W. (petitioner attorney)
• Towle, Maxwell G. (petitioner attorney)
• Ayers, George W. (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  Hyers, Gus A. (sheriff)

  Anderson, Bert (deputy sheriff)