Series 11381

District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County) Judgment record books

Dates: i 1896-1948.

59 microfilm reels

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

An agency history is available.

Scope and Content

This series contains the judgment record and summarized case information of individual civil cases, including divorces, processed and filed in the Third District Court in and for Salt Lake County. These records function as an abstracted reference source for all materials affecting the final judgment. A record typically includes the names of the parties, case number, stipulations and orders, findings of facts and conclusions of law, and a copy of the judgment or decree stating the results of the case including which party prevailed. The judge, clerk, and filing date are also noted. The format of the judgment record has changed over time. In 1949, the separate recording of this case information into volumes was ended.

Arrangement

The series is arranged roughly chronologically by filing date in numbered volumes. There is some overlap in dates as the clerk often entered the parties before judgment was rendered or sometimes utilized a blank page at the end of the book to enter a forgotten earlier judgment. Recording becomes even more erratic later on before the practice of maintaining record books was abandoned entirely. Thus dates listed in the container list are approximations. Retakes of poorly microfilmed pages are spliced at the beginning of reels.

Related Records

Civil case files from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 1622, contain the entire case file from which many of these judgments were taken.

Judgment docket indexes from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 1665, provide name access to the dockets and thus in turn to these record books.

Judgment dockets from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 1671, note the page in these record books where the judgment was recorded.

Custody History

The judgment books were maintained for the court by the Salt Lake County Clerk (ex-officio court clerk) with the bulk of the series transferred to the Utah Sate Archives January 24, 1968.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Gaps in Series

Page 448 of book 8 was missed during filming with the volume destroyed thereafter.

Processing Note

Judgment records since 1982 have had a permanent retention. It was decided to change the format of the judgment books to microfilm due to preservation problems with the original format (water damage, excessive dirt, brittle paper, and broken bindings) and the fact that the records themselves have no intrinsic value. Microfilming was completed in July of 1993. Series processing, begun by Kenneth Williams in 1993, was completed by A.C. Cone in January 2003.

Finding Aids

Indexes: Book 1 contains its own surname index. The dockets, series 1671, and their indexes, series 1665, serve as indirect indexes to these record books.

Indexing Terms

• Judgments--Utah--Salt Lake County.

Container List

REEL	VOLUME	DESCRIPTION
1	1	1896-1896
1	2	1896-1896
2	2	1896-1896
2	3	1896-1897
2	4	1897-1897
3	4	1897-1897
3	5	1897-1897
3	6	1898-1899
4	6	1899-1899
4	7	1899-1900
4	8	1900-1901
5	8	1901-1902
5	9	1902-1903
5	10	1903-1904
6	10	1904-1904
6	11	1904-1906
6	12	1906-1906
7	12	1906-1907
7	13	1907-1908
7	14	1908-1909
8	14	1909-1909
8	15	1909-1910
8	16	1910-1910
9	16	1910-1911
9	17	1911-1911
9	18	1911-1912
10	18	1912-1912
10	19	1912-1912
10	20	1912-1913
11	20	1913-1913
11	21	1913-1914
11	22	1914-1914
12	22	1914-1914
12	23	1914-1915
12	24	1915-1915
13	24	1915-1915
13	25	1915-1916
14	26	1916-1917
14	27	1917-1917
15	27	1917-1917
15	28	1917-1918
15	29	1918-1918
16	30	1918-1919
16	31	1919-1919
17	31	1919-1919
17	32	1920-1920
17	33	1920-1920
18	33	1920-1920
18	34	1920-1921
19	35	1921-1922
19	36	1922-1922
20	36	1922-1922
20	37	1922-1923
20	38	1923-1923
21	38	1923-1923
21	39	1923-1923
22	39	1923-1924
22	40	1924-1924
22	41	1924-1924
23	41	1924-1925
23	42	1925-1925
24	42	1925-1925
24	43	1925-1926
24	44	1926-1926
25	44	1926-1926
25	45	1926-1927
26	45	1927-1927
26	46	1927-1927
27	46	1927-1927
27	47	1927-1928
27	48	1928-1928
28	48	1928-1929
28	49	1928-1929
29	49	1929-1929
29	50	1929-1929
30	51	1929-1930
30	52	1930-1930
31	52	1930-1930
31	53	1930-1931
31	54	1931-1931
32	54	1931-1931
32	55	1931-1931
33	55	1931-1932
33	56	1932-1932
33	57	1932-1932
34	57	1932-1932
34	58	1932-1933
35	58	1933-1933
35	59	1933-1933
35	60	1933-1933
36	60	1933-1934
36	61	1934-1934
37	61	1934-1934
37	62	1934-1934
37	63	1934-1934
38	63	1934-1935
38	64	1935-1935
38	65	1935-1935
39	65	1935-1935
39	66	1935-1936
39	67	1936-1936
40	67	1936-1936
40	68	1936-1937
40	69	1937-1937
41	69	1937-1937
41	70	1937-1937
41	71	1937-1937
42	71	1937-1938
42	72	1938-1938
42	73	1938-1938
43	73	1938-1938
43	74	1938-1939
43	75	1939-1939
44	75	1939-1939
44	76	1939-1940
44	77	1940-1940
45	77	1940-1940
45	78	1940-1941
45	79	1941-1941
46	79	1941-1941
46	80	1941-1941
47	81	1941-1942
47	82	1942-1942
48	82	1942-1942
48	83	1942-1942
48	84	1942-1943
49	84	1943-1943
49	85	1943-1943
49	86	1943-1943
50	86	1943-1943
50	87	1943-1944
50	88	1944-1944
51	88	1944-1944
51	89	1944-1945
51	90	1944-1945
52	90	1944-1945
52	91	1945-1945
53	92	1945-1945
53	93	1945-1945
54	93	1945-1945
54	94	1945-1946
54	95	1946-1946
55	95	1946-1946
55	96	1946-1946
55	97	1946-1946
56	97	1946-1946
56	98	1946-1947
56	99	1946-1947
57	99	1947-1947
57	99A	1947-1947
57	99B	1947-1947
58	99B	1947-1948
58	99C	1947-1948
59	99D	1948-1948