Case Summary

Leta Eshom petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to retrieve her young children, Wilber and Alma May Bassett, from the custody of their father's family, which was granted. No further action was taken until the cause was dismissed four years later. The fate of the children is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Interpersonal

Petition subtype(s)

• Child custody

Outcome

Writ dismissed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket K, p. 221; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #66: Sept. 1914-June 1915, p. 526; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #76: Jan. 1919-Oct. 1919, p. 392

Source material(s)

Docket | Journal

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

Tag(s)

• Children

People

• Bassett, Wilber (bound party)
• Bassett, Alma May (bound party)
• Eshom, Leta (petitioner)
• Bassett, William E. (respondent)
• Bassett, William E. (responding party)
• Bassett, William E. (holding party)
• Bassett, Horton E. (respondent)
• Bassett, Horton E. (responding party)
• Bassett, Horton E. (holding party)
• Bassett, Olive (respondent)
• Bassett, Olive (responding party)
• Bassett, Olive (holding party)
• Cornish, Albert J. (judge)
• Morning, William McClellen (judge)
• Hagelin, Richard H. (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Hyers, Gus A. (sheriff)

  Anderson, Bert (deputy sheriff)