Civil Procedure and Courts
Found in 372 Collections and/or Records:
Circuit Court legal documents
Manuscript documents (8 pages) concerning the case of Martha Aker vs. William S. Hathaway, including subpeonas and judgements.
Circuit Court legal documents
Photocopies of handwritten legal documents. The collection includes petitions, contracts, appeals, court orders, and summonses involving members of the Mormon Church.
Circuit Court recognizance
Handwritten bond dated September 7, 1838, signed by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others before Judge Austin King of the 5th Judicial Circuit Court. The bond was for $500.00 and bound Joseph Smith, Jr. and Lyman Wight over to the court.
Circuit court summons
Original court summons issued by the State of Illinois, Hancock County to Joseph Smith Jr. and John P. Greene to appear at the Hancock County Circuit Court before May 1844 in order to address the complaint of Orsemus F. Bostwick for trespass to damage in the amount of two hundred dollars. The summons was signed by J. B. Backenstos, clerk of the circuit court. Dated March 4, 1844.
Jacques Clamorgan legal papers
Eight handwritten and signed legal documents. Included are complaints, judgments, summonses, bonds, declarations, and financial notes from various court cases in which Clamorgan was involved. Most of these cases involved disputes over land ownership and payments of money.
William Clayton receipt
Handwritten receipt for a deed, an extract of a registry, a legal case, and a certificate of appointment from Elizabeth Jones to William Clayton, 1868.
Thomas Cobbley certificates
Copy of Thomas Cobbley's marriage certificate and a land-grant certificate awarding him land in the Salt Lake Valley.
Collection of court documents
Collection includes court documents from the Wayne County, New York Court of Common Pleas and the Lake County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas during the period of 1827 to 1873. The court cases document the environment in which the Mormon Church developed, including early Church history in Palmyra, New York, and later developments in Kirtland, Ohio.
Collection on Mark Hofmann
Collection contains articles, clippings, transcripts, biographical materials, and other materials on the Mark Hofmann case. Includes information on Hofmann's forgeries, as well as the murder case. Materials date from between 1978 and 2005.