Series 25940

District Court (Fourth District : Utah County) Civil registers of actions

Dates: 1896-1986.

30.00 cubic feet and 27 microfilm reels

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

Scope and Content

Civil cases document the legal process and the administration of justice in conjunction with civil proceedings for the determination of a controversy between parties wherein rights are enforced or protected, or wrongs are prevented or redressed. Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil action are filed together by the court clerk and collectively these documents constitute the case file. As these records or actions are filed, the clerk enters them in the registers which comprise this series. The clerk is required as documents enter the case file to make a notation that shows "the nature of each paper filed or writ issued and the substance of each order or judgment of the court and of the returns showing execution of process. The notation of an order or judgment shall show the date the notation is made. When trial by jury has been properly demanded or ordered the clerk shall enter the word 'jury' on the page assigned to that action" [UCA 79 (b) (2)].

A register of actions may contain the following entries for each civil case: name of the attorney for plaintiff and defendant, name of the judge presiding over the case, petitions, complaints, summons, answers to summons, orders from the court, assignment of judges, exhibits, judgment, findings and conclusions, costs, decrees, requests by attorneys for instructions to the jury, verdict, motions for cross complaints or new trials, amendments to previous answers and disclaimers.

Arrangement

Numerical by case number, thereunder chronological by date.

Related Records

Civil case files from the District Court (Fourth District : Utah County), Series 14435, contains the case files listed in these registers.

Civil index to actions from the District Court (Fourth District : Utah County), Series 26112, index books for cases cited in the registers between 1896 and 1986.

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.

Processing Note

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

Indexing Terms

Container List

REEL	VOLUME	DATE	DESCRIPTION
1	8	1896-1899	1-478
1	9	1899-1903	479-1115
2	10	1903-1908	1116-1747
2	11	1908-1911	1748-2385
3	12	1911-1916	2386-3023
3	13	1911-1916	3024-3660
4	14	1917-1921	3661-4298
4	15	1917-1921	4299-4890
5	16	1921-1925	4893-5530
5	17	1921-1925	5531-6168
6	18	1925-1929	6169-6778
6	19	1925-1929	6779-7376
7	20	1926-1932	7377-7974
7	21	1926-1932	7975-8574
8	22	1932-1935	8575-9172
8	23	1932-1935	9173-9771
9	24	1935-1936	9772-10369
9	25	1936-1937	10370-10959
10	26	1937-1939	10960-11559
10	27	1939-1942	11560-12157
11	28	1939-1942	12158-12757
11	29	1942-1945	12758-13355
12	30	1945-1946	13356-13953
12	31	1946-1947	13954-14550
13	32	1947-1948	14551-15158
13	33	1948-1950	15159-15758
14	34	1950-1952	15759-16358
14	35	1950-1952	16359-16958
15	36	1953-1954	16959-17558
15	37	1953-1954	17559-18156
16	38	1954-1957	18157-18756
17	39	1955-1957	18757-19356
17	40	1955-1957	19356-19955
18	41	1957-1959	19956-20555
18	42	1957-1959	20556-21155
19	43	1959-1960	21156-21803
19	44	1959-1960	21804-22403
20	45	1960-1961	22404-23003
20	46	1960-1961	23004-23603
21	47	1961-1963	23604-24203
21	48	1961-1963	24204-24803
22	49	1962-1963	24804-25403
22	50	1962-1963	25404-26003
23	51	1963-1964	26004-26603
23	52	1963-1964	26604-27203
24	53	1964-1965	27204-27803
24	54	1964-1965	27804-28403
25	55	1965-1966	28404-29003
25	56	1965-1966	29004-29603
26	57	1966-1967	29604-30203
26	58	1966-1967	30204-30803
27	59	1967-1968	30804-31403
27	60	1967-1968	31404-32003