Case Summary

Ellen Kinnison petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to establish custody of eleven-year-old Verne Kinnison, presumably her son, which was granted. Verne was being detained by two couples, Henry and Ivan Kinnison and George and Ruby Kinnison, who were presumably Ellen's in-laws. Verne's fate is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Interpersonal

Petition subtype(s)

• Child custody

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket O, p. 114; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #93: March 1924-Dec. 1924, p. 69

Source material(s)

Docket | Journal

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

Tag(s)

• Children

People

• Kinnison, Verne (bound party)
• Kinnison, Ellen (petitioner)
• Kinnison, Henry (respondent)
• Kinnison, Henry (responding party)
• Kinnison, Henry (holding party)
• Kinnison, Iva (respondent)
• Kinnison, Iva (responding party)
• Kinnison, Iva (holding party)
• Kinnison, George (respondent)
• Kinnison, George (responding party)
• Kinnison, George (holding party)
• Kinnison, Ruby (respondent)
• Kinnison, Ruby (responding party)
• Kinnison, Ruby (holding party)
• Stewart, Willard E. (judge)
• Flaherety, D. J. (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Hansel, Claude P. (sheriff)

  Hughart. C. A. (deputy sheriff)

  Pierce, Eliza E. (witness)

  Graves, Margaret (witness)

  Miller, Dora M. (witness)

  Davis, Eliza Grady (witness)

  Gordon, Myrtle (witness)

  Graves, H. A. (witness)

  Johnson, Anna (witness)

  Riddle, Maggie (witness)

  Pierce, H. E. (witness)

  Hawley, Mrs. F. (witness)

  Miller, George (witness)

  Roland, Clair (witness)