Series 21933

DESCRIPTION: This series contains civil case alphabetic indexes created by the Court to record the names of the parties involved in actions and provide assigned case numbers, facilitating clerical management of and access to the case files. The indexes contain plaintiff name, defendant name, register of action book number and case file number. Each index contains an alphabetic listing by plaintiff and by defendant. Weber County was in the Third District Court from January 21, 1859-January 19, 1880; First District Court from February 20, 1880-March 9, 1892; Fourth District Court from March 10, 1892-January 5, 1896 and Second District Court from January 6, 1896-[ongoing]. Weber County retained their indexes as they transferred from district to district.

ARRANGEMENT: These indexes are arranged alphabetically by first letter of plaintiff or defendant surname.

RELATED RECORDS: Series 1521, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASE FILES, 1850-1895, contains the entire case file listed in these indexes. Series 1529, WEBER COUNTY CIVIL CASE FILES, 1880-1888, contains the entire case file listed in these indexes. Series 6659, CIVIL CASE FILES, 1896-[ongoing], contains the entire case file listed in these indexes. Series 17661, CIVIL REGISTERS OF ACTIONS, 1896-1968, contains a listing of actions taken in each case. Series 17825, WEBER COUNTY CIVIL AND CRIMINAL REGISTERS OF ACTIONS, 1878-1896, contains a listing of actions taken in each case.

PROCESSING NOTE: Court indexes were first scheduled in 1968 as permanent records. This series was archivally processed by David Clark in June 2000.

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

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