Case Summary

George A. Tarrant filed a petition to receive custody of his daughter, Eva, from his former wife, Lila Daniels, and her current husband, Ed Daniels. George Tarrant alleged that his wife left him in 1898 with their three children, the youngest being Eva at 13 and the others around 17 and 18, to marry Ed Daniels and that he did not know her or the children's whereabouts until recently. George found that they were residing in Washington County, Nebraska. He stated that Eva is being abused in every way, and it was known in the neighborhood that the Daniels lived in that they were unfit to care for children. The outcome of the case is unclear.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Interpersonal

Petition subtype(s)

• Child custody

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

Douglas County (NE) Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 12: ca.1907, p. 754; RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 33: Doc. 12-748 to 13-117, Sep. 21, 1907 - Dec. 19, 1907, No. 12-754 (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

• Bowes, H. H. (petitioner attorney)
• Tarrant, George A. (petitioner)
• Tarrant, Eva (bound party)
• Daniels, Lila (holding party)
• Daniels, Lila (responding party)
• Daniels, Ed (holding party)
• Daniels, Ed (responding party)
• Troupe, A. C. (Troup) (judge)

• Additional parties

  McDonald, John W. (sheriff)

  Haze, H. P. (deputy), Tarrant, Cora (second wife of George Tarrant), Bradwell, Frank A. (clerk)

  Kennedy, Howard (judge)