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Civil Procedure and Courts

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 372 Collections and/or Records:

Ohio legal record for Parley P. Pratt, Cyrus Jones and David Wetmore

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292850]
Identifier: Vault MSS 710
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copy of court record which was filed on May 4, 1846. The item is from a court case of 1837 wherein Cyrus Jones and David Wetmore were plaintiffs and Parley P. Pratt was defendant.

Dates: 1846 May 4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Legal suit, Portage County, Ohio of Buckius vs. Brown et al.

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237148]
Identifier: MSS SC 251
Scope and Contents

Collection of affidavits, summons, pleas, and declarations of a legal suit of Valentine Buckius vs. John Brown, Owen Brown, Ogden Wetmore, Henry Wetmore, and Joy H. Pendelton for damages.

Dates: 1839-1840
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lehi (Utah) Justices Court cases

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337260]
Identifier: MSS 485
Scope and Contents

Handwritten court records which outline the cases brought before the court. These materials document the nature of the administration of justice in Lehi, Utah, at the close of the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1892-1901
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Letter to Caleb Cushing

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234103]
Identifier: MSS SC 77
Scope and Contents

ALS written to Cushing, United States Attorney General, concerning the recommendation of Col. Edward R. Harden of Georgia as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah Territory.

Dates: 1854
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Letter to Philip II

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293064]
Identifier: Vault MSS 761
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter on velum written in Latin from the court of justice in Spain. The item is addressed to Philip II and requests his signature of approval for the execution of two men condemned for conspiring against the king and the Church. The names of the men are Francisco de Cordoba and Leonardo Sorbieca.

Dates: 1562
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A. W. Lillywhite collection of statements about Curtis B. Hawley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339928]
Identifier: MSS 66
Scope and Contents Contains handwritten statements and a newspaper clipping. The materials relate to a Curtis B. Hawley who was implicated in an "Episode of a Pay Roll Robbery and a Double Hanging in Gila County in the Autumn of 1880." An article in the "Arizona Republican" on 19 April 1922 stated that Hawley was a Mormon. A letter written by A. W. Lillywhite requests information from Mormons about the authenticity of Hawley being a Mormon. The statements are by people who knew Hawley when he worked near...
Dates: 1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Abraham Lincoln collection of legal documents

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 802
Scope and Contents

Contains legal documents signed by Abraham Lincoln when he was a justice of the peace for the circuit court of Hancock County, Illinois, dating from between 1841 and 1843.

Dates: 1841-1843
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Abraham Lincoln letter to Samuel D. Marshall

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292538]
Identifier: Vault MSS 563
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter written from Springfield, Illinois, dated December 30, 1845, and addressed to the attorney, Samuel D. Marshall. The item is concerned with a plea to be brought before the "Supreme Court." Lincoln questions how the case is to be presented and how much it will cost.

Dates: 1845 December 30
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

List of materials by or about George Sutherland

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339852]
Identifier: MSS 58
Scope and Contents

Undated typewritten list of materials relating to George Sutherland found in the Brigham Young University Archives.

Dates: 1862-1942
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Juan Lopez decree

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317361]
Identifier: MSS SC 1893
Scope and Contents

Handwritten decree directed to V.E. with respect to his standing as a Mexican national.

Dates: 1821
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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