Case Summary

Otilla Brinkman, petitioner, filed for a writ of Habeas Corpus in an effort to free her daughter, Clara Hirschler. Clara Hirschler was a two-year-old child born in the State of California who was deprived of her liberty by Dora Grube who brought the child to Nebraska.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Interpersonal

Petition subtype(s)

• Child custody

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

History Nebraska, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 2: General Index Books & Court Journals, Vol. 2: Jul. 12, 1890-Nov. 11, 1890, pp. 505-6; History Nebraska, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 2: General Index Books & Court Journals, Vol. 17: Dec. 14, 1892 - Feb. 18, 1893, p. 224; Douglas County District Court, Civil Appearance Docket Files, Project No. 45, Roll 354, No. 21-193

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)
• Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

Tag(s)

• Children

People

• Brinkman, Otilla (petitioner)
• Hirschler, Clara (bound party)
• Grube, Dora (holding party)
• Halligan, C. P. (petitioner attorney)
• Shield, George W. (Shields) (judge)