In the matter of the application of Louis A. Borsheim and Helen A. Borsheim for a writ of Habeas Corpus

April 5, 1904 - February 1, 1907

Petitioned on April 5, 1904

Filed before the Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska)

Case ID: hc.case.ne.1015

Case Summary

With the incomplete case file, Louis A. Borsheim petitioned to get Helen F. Borsheim back into his custody pending an adoption application. The court decided that Helen should reside with her mother, Alice Annette Borhseim and that Louis is still afforded visits to see said child. The relationships are undefined in this file. This also can be assumed to be the family of Borsheims, a luxury jewel company in Omaha.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

Interpersonal

Petition subtype(s)

Child custody

Outcome

Writ dismissed

Fate of bound party

New custody arrangement reached

State

Nebraska

Tag(s)

Children

People

Borsheim, Louis A. (petitioner)
Borsheim, Helen Fanning (bound party)
Day, George A. (judge)
Abbott, Lyle I. (petitioner attorney)
Borsheim, Alice Annette (holding party)
Borsheim, Alice Annette (respondent)
Borsheim, Alice Annette (responding party)
Fanning, Charles (respondent)
Fanning, Charles (responding party)
Additional parties

Powers, John (sheriff)

Surrey, Joseph G. (deputy)

Broadwell, Frank A. (clerk)

Grossmann, John H. (deputy)

Source Materials

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Repository(s)

Case citation

Douglas County District Court, Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 8: ca.1903 - 1904, p. 199; Douglas County District Court, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 16: Doc. 8-162 to 8-213, May [Apr.] 7, 1904 - May 2, 1904, No. 8-199 (microfilm) [case file partially missing]

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Type of source(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

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Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “In the matter of the application of Louis A. Borsheim and Helen A. Borsheim for a writ of Habeas Corpus.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/cases/item/hc.case.ne.1015