Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Fond du Lac County): Case Files
Inclusive Dates: 1844-1852

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Fond du Lac County)

Call Number: Fond du Lac Series 54

Quantity: 9 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Polk Library, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Oshkosh Polk Library / Oshkosh Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records relating to civil and criminal cases tried before the territorial district court and the circuit court. Cases relate to criminal offenses and to civil suits and the files may include briefs, petitions, complaints, arguments, judgments, trial transcripts, and other documents. Cases 1-2578.

Note:

Reel list. Users must obtain a numeric file number from the index at the Fond du Lac County Clerk of Court office prior to requesting records.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-fond0054

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Fond du Lac County was organized judicially in 1844 with the establishment of the Territorial District Court for Fond du Lac County. Administered under the statutes of the Wisconsin Territory, 1839, the district court was given jurisdiction in chancery as well as common law. It was also granted the jurisdiction of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States in matters arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States. The Territorial Legislature further defined the jurisdiction of the district court by granting it original jurisdiction in all actions at law or in equity in which the amount in controversy exceeded $50 and in all cases of treason, felony, crimes, and misdemeanors.

With statehood the Territorial District Courts were superseded by the circuit court system. The State Constitution of 1848 provided for the establishment of a Fourth Judicial Circuit comprised of Fond du Lac County, Brown, Winnebago, Calumet, Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties. Jurisdiction was conferred in all matters, both civil and criminal, within the State not prohibited by the Constitution. The circuit court also has the general power to hear appeals from inferior courts and tribunals.

Numerical by file number.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: C1983/025

Fond du Lac Series 54 Box   1	Case Nos. 1-346
Box   2	Case Nos. 347-599 Note: 535 retaken
Box   3	Case Nos. 600-860 Note: 858 missing
Box   4	Case Nos. 861-1126
Box   5	Case Nos. 1127-1396
Box   6	Case Nos. 1397-1717 Note: 1410, 1449, 1508 missing
Box   7	Case Nos. 1718-2012 Note: 1798, 1821, 1878 missing
Box   8	Case Nos. 2013-2308 Note: 2033, 2096, 2133, 2171 missing
Box   9	Case Nos. 2309-2578 Note: 2506 missing