Case Summary

Mary Moore filed a writ on behalf of Walter Johnson, a minor child in the custody of the Child Saving Institute in Omaha. She said that she could amply care for the child. Her attorney called in several witness, relationship to the petitioner or child unknown, and five days later, the cause was dismissed on the motion of the relator.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Institutional

Petition subtype(s)

• Child custody

Sites of significance

• Child Saving Institute (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ dismissed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

Douglas County District Court, Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 7: ca.1902 - 1903, p. 263; Douglas County District Court, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 12: Doc. 7-201 to 7-301, Nov. 15, 1902 - May 25, 1903, No. 7-263 (microfilm)

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Nebraska

Tag(s)

• Children

People

• Moore, Mary (petitioner)
• Johnson, Walter (bound party)
• Cooley, Julius S. (petitioner attorney)
• Estelle, Lee S. (judge)
• Edwards, A. M. (respondent)
• Edwards, A. M. (responding party)
• Edwards, A. M. (holding party)

• Additional parties

  Sherry, Joseph G. (deputy)

  Power, John (sheriff)

  Broadwell, Frank A. (clerk)

  Grossman, John H. (deputy)

  Harder, Edward (witness)

  Metzer, Herman (witness)

  Bickford, Ruby (witness)

  Opdensoinkee, Dora (witness)

  Heinze, Charles (witness)

  Hoffman, Michael (witness)

  Barker, Frank (witness)

  Nur, William (deputy)