FILLMORE COUNTY: DISTRICT COURT:

Files through No. 4944 are erratically prefixed with the letter "A." From about No. 4800, the files also have a second number, prefixed "B." After No. 4944, the "A" numbering system ceases, and the "B" system continues from No. 253 to No. 10551; in this sequence, too, the "B" is often omitted and eventually is dropped altogether. These prefixes probably refer to Registers of Actions A and B.

File Nos. A1 - A545 have been unfolded and refoldered into legal size folders. Missing files have been noted in the Box/location list. The files contain both civil and criminal cases, dated 1856-1868, 1874 [bulk 1857-1862] and numbered in apparently random order. It appears that the files were given their current numbers at some point long after their creation. Each file contains evidence of prior numbering systems (most probably simply a drawer number). The current file numbers do not bear any known relationship to the Fillmore County Registers of Actions or Fillmore County Minutes that are separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society holdings. Access to the file number of a specific case presumably should be through plaintiffs/defendants indexes that are held by the Fillmore County Court Administrator. In addition to the normal type of civil and criminal cases, this unit contains three additional files: an order to vacate the public square of the town of Preston, 1857 (A152); a certificate of election of G. E. Dexter as Court Commissioner, 1863 (A139); and the proceedings of an inquest over the body of Jacob Short, 1874 (A12).

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Arranged by case file number. Boxes 28-35 contain multiple files with the same file number, possibly referring to the storage units in which the files were originally kept.

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The Registers of Actions (cataloged separately), each volume of which includes an index, note the case file number of each case for the time period 1858-1899, but not, presumably, of the current number.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. District Court (Fillmore County). Civil Case Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 982-61; 991-42

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017037990104294

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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 -- Fillmore County.

Criminal procedure -- Minnesota -- Fillmore County.

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