Series 1457

DESCRIPTION: This book contains the docket for bankruptcy cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court for Utah Territory from Dec. 28, 1867 through Sept. 27, 1869. Bankruptcy hearings were conducted under federal laws enacted in 1867. Under federal law, either an individual (including a business) or his creditors could apply for bankruptcy. Hearings were conducted in part directly by the court, and in part by a court appointed Register in Bankruptcy.

In the docket, each case is listed separately with the dates various actions were taken itemized within that listing. Each case includes the name of the bankrupt, names of the attorneys, and whether the bankruptcy is voluntary or involuntary. The actions are briefly noted, usually in a sentence or less. Actions include the filing of a petition, court orders regarding procedures, clerk's order to file copies with the Register, Register's filing of adjudication, Register's issuing of warrants, memo of debts filed by the Register, abstracts of proceeding filed by the Register, etc.

ARRANGEMENT: Entries are by case number, with the numbers assigned chronologically based on the date of initial action. Within each case, entries are chronological.

RELATED RECORDS: The BANKRUPTCY MINUTE BOOKS, series 1456, contain more information on actions in these cases. Starting in 1874, separate records were kept by the individual district courts; dockets for those courts should also be consulted.

PROCESSING NOTE: Microfilmed in 1991. Originally, the docket book was part of a MINUTE BOOK, series 1456. (Starting from one end was the docket. Turning the volume upside down and starting from the other end were the minutes.) However, the docket and minutes were filmed separately. Archivally processed by A.C. Cone, 1991.

GAPS IN THE SERIES: Any cases which may have been docketed from 1869-1874 have not been located.