Case Summary

Arthur Smith, identified as an incompetent man, was detained at the Dr. Benjamin F. Bailey Sanitarium Company, also known as the Green Gables Sanitarium. His guardian, George Smith, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted. At his hearing, the respondents mounted no defense and several doctors testified to Arthur's condition. After hearing the evidence, Arthur was released.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Institutional

Petition subtype(s)

• Insanity

Sites of significance

• Dr. Benjamin F. Bailey Sanitarium Company (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket N, p. 49; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #82: Mar 15, 1921 - Oct. 1921, pp. 516, 520-521

Source material(s)

Docket | Journal

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

Tag(s)

• Corporate respondent

People

• Smith, George W. (petitioner)
• Smith, Arthur M. (bound party)
• Royal, Paul A. (responding party)
• Royal, Paul A. (holding party)
• Shepherd, Frederick (judge)
• Skiles, Charles M. (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Sawyer, R. H. (doctor, witness)

  Arnold, Charles H. (doctor, witness)

  Flanagan, May L. (vice president and assistant superintendent of Green Gables Sanitarium)

  Miller, Ira (sheriff)

  Hughart, Charles A. (deputy sheriff)