seriesNo,seriesEntityName,seriesTitle,seriesDateRange,seriesArrangement,seriesDescription,seriesTotRetentDesc,seriesPrimaryClassCode,seriesExtentDesc
17825,District Court (Fourth District),Civil and criminal registers of actions,1878-1896.,"Numerical by case number, thereunder chronological.","Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil or criminal action are filed together by the court clerk and collectively these documents constitute the case file. As these records or actions are filed\, the clerk enters them in the registers which comprise this series. Criminal registers became a separate series in 1889. The Fourth District Court was created in 1892 from the Northern Division of the First District Court; the Northern Division included Box Elder\, Cache\, Morgan\, Rich\, and Weber Counties. Court normally convened in Ogden\, Weber County. Until 1880\, these counties were part of the Third District Court. The registers were retained as they transferred from district to district. A register of actions may contain the following entries for each case: name of the attorney for plaintiff and defendant\, name of the judge presiding over the case\, petitions\, complaints\, summons\, answers to summons\, orders from the court\, assignment of judges\, exhibits\, judgment\, findings and,conclusions\, costs\, decrees\, requests by attorneys for instructions to the jury\, verdict\, motions for cross complaints or new trials\, amendments to previous answers\, and disclaimers.",,Public,5 microfilm reels