RICE COUNTY: DISTRICT COURT:

An Inventory of Its Indexes at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota. District Court (Rice County).
Title:Indexes.
Dates:1856-1945.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Plaintiffs and defendants indexes to the "Case Files and Miscellaneous Court Papers" (cataloged separately) for the years 1856 to circa 1886, to registers of actions (cataloged separately) for the years 1877 to 1935, to criminal registers of actions (cataloged separately) for cases 1-1400s, and plaintiffs (1885-1945) and defendants (1885-1941) indexes to District Court case files.
Quantity:6.75 cubic feet (11 volumes in 7 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The collection is open for research use.

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[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. District Court (Rice County). Indexes. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 986-20; 980-94; 2017-58

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001709919


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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112.E.2.4F-1Plaintiffs and Defendants Index A, 1856-circa 1886. 2 volumes.
Plaintiffs and defendants indexes to the "Case Files and Miscellaneous Court Papers" (cataloged separately). Entries in each index volume are alphabetical by first letter of surname, thereunder roughly chronological by date the case was opened. Each entry gives case file number, names of defendant and plaintiff, kind of action (civil or criminal), date of judgment, volume and page of judgment record book or docket book, amount of judgment, sometimes the date satisfied, sometimes citations to other record books.
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112.E.2.4F-2Index to Register(s) B, 1877-1935.
Index to Registers of Actions, volumes D-L (cataloged separately). Covers cases 1-600s (Register D) and 1-9600s (registers E-L), with scattered later numbers. Entries are alphabetical by first letter of surname, thereunder by case number. Each entry gives names of parties and the case (page) number. Seems to be a plaintiffs index.
Index to Criminal Cases, undated.
Spine title: "Defendants Index to Criminal Cases No. 1." Each entry gives defendant's name, plaintiff (State of Minnesota), case number, and volume and page of the criminal registers of actions. Covers criminal register books 1-3 (cases 1-1400s, cataloged separately). It appears to have been retrospectively created for volumes 1-2 and part of volume 3.
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111.I.1.3B-2Defendant Indexes:
Volume 1, circa 1885-1916.
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111.I.1.4F-1Volume 2, circa 1916-1930.
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111.I.1.4F-2Volume 3, circa 1925-1935.
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111.I.1.5B-1Volume 4, circa 1935-1941.
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111.I.1.5B-2Plaintiff Indexes:
Volume 1, circa 1885-1916.
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111.I.1.6F-1Volume 2, circa 1916-1935.
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111.I.1.6F-2Volume 3, circa 1935-1945.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Civil procedure -- Minnesota -- Rice County.
Criminal procedure -- Minnesota -- Rice County.
District courts -- Minnesota -- Rice County -- Indexes.
Document Types:
Indexes.

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