Series 23717

District Court (Second District : Davis County) Estate registers

Dates: 1896-1985.

4 microfilm reels

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

Scope and Content

This series contains registers of action for estate cases heard by the court. For each case the date of the individual action is recorded. Actions include the filings of petitions, bonds, inventories, etc. and the issuing of orders, reports, and decrees. Each action is stated in a single line; costs involved are also noted. The name of the principal individual involved (deceased, minor, etc.) and the name of the attorney is noted.

Arrangement

Numerical by case number.

Related Records

Probate case files from the District Court (Second District : Davis County), Series 4654, contains the complete case files cited throughout these record books.

Probate record books from the District Court (Second District : Davis County), Series 4733, more fully document court proceedings as they relate to individual cases.

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.

Processing Note

This series was archivally processed by Jim Kichas in July 2008.

Finding Aids

Indexes: An alphabetical index is located at the beginning of each register,.

Indexing Terms

Container List

REEL	DESCRIPTION
1	Book A: Case 1 - 319; 1896 - 1917
1	Book B: Case 320 - 578; 1917 - 1927
2	Book C: Case 579 - 1129; 1928 - 1946
2	Book D: Case 1130 - 1684; 1946 - 1960
3	Book E: Case 1685 - 2233; 1960 - 1970
3	Book F: Case 2234 - 2828; 1970 - 1979
4	Book G: Case 2829 - 3284; 1979 - 1985