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Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Pierce County): Calendars, 1857-1949


 
 

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Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Pierce County): Calendars,
Inclusive Dates: 1857-1949
Creator: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Pierce County)
Call No.: Pierce Series 12
Extent: 1.5 c.f. (4 volumes)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / River Falls Area Research Center
Contact Information
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Abstract:
Calendars listing cases scheduled for trial at each term of the Court. For each case, the record shows term (month and year); case number; names of plaintiff, defendant, and their attorneys; and sometimes judge's remarks relating to the case. For civil cases, record also shows whether the case was tried by judge or jury (1872-1949); and names of presiding judge, sheriff, and clerk of circuit court; date issue joined; whether issue of law or of fact; and sometimes notations that the case is an appeal or an action for divorce (1881-1949). For criminal cases, the record also shows names of presiding judge, sheriff, and clerk of circuit court; charge; locality where crime was allegedly committed; date warrant was issued; name of official issuing warrant; name of complainant; and verdict (1873-1947).

Contents List

  Container   Title
Volume 1  
1857-1881

Scope Note: Civil and criminal cases calendared together, 1857-1862; civil cases only, 1863-1881; alphabetical index to plaintiffs' names, 1857, Nov. term - 1869, Case no. 12.

Volume 2-3  
1881-1949

Scope Note: Civil calendars, 1881-1949; alphabetical index to plaintiffs' names, 1881-1935, Oct. term.

Volume 4  
1873-1847

Scope Note: Criminal calendar; no index.


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