Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Pierce County): Calendars
Inclusive Dates: 1857-1949

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Pierce County)

Call Number: Pierce Series 12

Quantity: 1.5 c.f. (4 volumes)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, ; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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

UW-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)

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).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-pier0012

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Volume   1	1857-1881 Scope and Content 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 and Content Note: Civil calendars, 1881-1949; alphabetical index to plaintiffs' names, 1881-1935, Oct. term.
Volume   4	1873-1847 Scope and Content Note: Criminal calendar; no index.