District Court (Second District : Weber County) Civil registers of actions

Dates: 1896-1987.

94 microfilm reels

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Scope and Content

Civil cases document the legal process and the administration of justice in conjunction with civil proceedings for the determination of a controversy between parties wherein rights are enforced or protected, or wrongs are prevented or redressed. Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil 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. The clerk is required as documents enter the case file to make a notation that shows "the nature of each paper filed or writ issued and the substance of each order or judgment of the court and of the returns showing execution of process. The notation of an order or judgment shall show the date the notation is made. When trial by jury has been properly demanded or ordered the clerk shall enter the word 'jury' on the page assigned to that action" [UCA 79 (b) (2)].

A register of actions may contain the following entries for each civil 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.

Arrangement

Numerical by case number.

Research Note

Researchers should consult this series to ensure finding all the actions which occurred in a case.

Related Records

Minutes from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 1407, documents the proceedings of each case.

Civil case files from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 6659, contains the entire case file listed in these registers.

Civil case indexes from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 21933, facilitates access to this series.

Index to civil actions from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 26957, provides the case file numbers necessary to access entries in this series.

Custody History

Registers of Actions were first scheduled as permanent records in 1983. Books 1 to 77 were filmed and destroyed after processing in 2000. In 2009 the court transferred books 102 to 166 to the State Archives. The books were subsequently processed, filmed, and destroyed.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Processing Note

Books 1 to 77 were archivally processed by David Clark in March 2000. Subsequent processing of all other volumes in this series was completed by Jim Kichas in August 2009.

Finding Aids

Indexes: Series 26957, Index to civil actions, 1851-1988, facilitates access to this series.

Indexing Terms

• Court records--Weber County (Utah).
• Divorce suits--Weber County (Utah).
• Weber County (Utah)--Trials.

Container List

REEL	VOLUME	DATE	DESCRIPTION
1	1	1896-1896	1-640
1	2	1896-1901	641-1280
1	3	1901-1904	1281-1920
2	4	1904-1907	1921-2560
2	5	1907-1910	2561-3200
2	6	1910-1912	3201-3840
3	7	1912-1913	3841-4480
3	8	1913-1915	4481-5124
3	9	1915-1917	5125-5764
4	10	1917-1918	5765-6404
4	11	1918-1920	6405-7040
4	12	1920-1921	7041-7676
5	13	1921-1922	7677-8314
5	14	1922-1924	8315-8960
5	15	1924-1925	8961-9606
6	16	1925-1926	9607-10246
6	17	1926-1928	10247-10886
6	18	1928-1929	10887-11526
7	19	1929-1930	11527-12166
7	20	1930-1931	12167-12808
7	21	1931-1933	12809-13458
8	22	1933-1934	13459-14114
8	23	1934-1935	14115-14754
8	24	1935-1936	14755-15394
9	25	1936-1936	15395-16032
9	26	1937-1939	16033-16672
9	27	1939-1940	16673-17312
10	28	1940-1941	17313-17952
10	29	1941-1942	17953-18592
10	30	1942-1943	18593-19232
11	31	1943-1944	19233-19876
11	32	1944-1945	19877-20516
11	33	1945-1946	20517-21156
12	34	1946-1946	21157-21792
12	35	1946-1947	21793-22432
12	36	1947-1948	22433-23072
13	37	1948-1949	23073-23712
13	38	1949-1949	23713-24352
13	39	1949-1950	24353-24992
14	40	1950-1951	24993-25592
14	41	1951-1951	25593-26192
14	42	1951-1952	26193-26792
14	43	1952-1952	26792-27931
15	44	1952-1953	27392-27991
15	45	1953-1953	27992-28591
15	46	1953-1954	28592-29191
15	47	1954-1954	29192-29791
16	48	1954-1955	29792-30391
16	49	1955-1955	30392-30991
16	50	1955-1956	30992-31591
16	51	1956-1957	31592-32191
17	52	1957-1957	32192-32791
17	53	1957-1958	32792-33391
17	54	1958-1958	33392-33991
17	55	1958-1958	33992-34591
18	56	1959-1959	34592-35193
18	57	1959-1959	35194-35791
18	58	1959-1960	35792-36391
18	59	1960-1960	36392-36991
19	60	1960-1961	36992-37591
19	61	1961-1961	37592-38193
19	62	1961-1962	38194-38791
20	63	1962-1962	38792-39391
20	64	1962-1962	39392-39991
20	65	1962-1963	39992-40591
20	66	1963-1963	40592-41191
21	67	1963-1964	41192-41791
21	68	1964-1964	41792-42391
21	69	1964-1964	42392-42993
21	70	1964-1965	42994-43591
22	71	1965-1965	43582-44191
22	72	1965-1966	44192-44791
22	73	1966-1966	44792-45391
22	74	1966-1967	45392-45991
23	75	1967-1967	45992-46597
23	76	1967-1967	46598-47191
23	77	1967-1968	47192-47791
24	78	1968-1968	47792-48399
24	79	1968-1968	48392-48991
24	80	1968-1969	48992-49591
24	81	1969-1969	49592-50191
25	82	1969-1969	50192-50791
25	83	1969-1970	50792-51391
25	84	1970-1970	51392-51990
25	85	1970-1970	51991-52590
26	86	1970-1971	52591-53190
26	87	1971-1971	53191-53790
26	88	1971-1971	53791-54390
26	89	1971-1972	54391-54990
27	90	1972-1972	54991-55590
27	91	1972-1972	55591-56190
27	92	1972-1973	56191-56790
27	93	1973-1973	56791-57390
28	94	1973-1973	57391-57990
28	95	1973-1973	57991-58590
28	96	1973-1974	58591-59190
28	97	1974-1974	59191-59790
29	98	1974-1974	59791-60390
29	99	1974-1974	60391-60990
29	100	1974-1975	60991-61590
29	101	1975-1975	61591-62190
30	102	1975-1975	62191-62790
31	103	1975-1975	62791-63390
32	104	1975-1976	63391-64590
33	105	1976-1976	63991-64590
34	106	1976-1976	64591-65190
35	107	1976-1976	65191-65790
36	108	1976-1976	65791-66390
37	109	1976-1977	66391-66990
38	110	1977-1977	66991-67590
39	111	1977-1977	67591-68190
40	112	1977-1977	68191-68790
41	113	1977-1978	68791-69390
42	114	1978-1978	69391-69990
43	115	1978-1978	69991-70590
44	116	1978-1978	70591-71190
45	117	1978-1979	71191-71790
46	118	1979-1979	71791-72390
47	119	1979-1979	72391-72990
48	120	1979-1979	72991-73590
49	121	1979-1979	73591-74190
50	122	1979-1980	74191-74790
51	123	1980-1980	74791-75390
52	124	1980-1980	75391-75990
53	125	1980-1980	75991-76590
54	126	1980-1980	76591-77190
55	127	1980-1981	77191-77790
56	128	1981-1981	77791-78390
57	129	1981-1981	78391-78990
58	130	1981-1981	78991-79590
59	131	1981-1981	79591-80190
60	132	1981-1982	80191-80790
61	133	1982-1982	80791-81390
62	134	1982-1982	81391-81990
63	135	1982-1982	81991-82590
64	136	1982-1982	82591-83190
65	137	1982-1982	83191-83790
66	138	1982-1983	83791-84390
67	139	1983-1983	84391-84990
68	140	1983-1983	84991-85590
69	141	1983-1983	85591-86190
70	142	1983-1983	86191-86790
71	143	1983-1983	86791-87390
72	144	1983-1984	87391-87990
73	145	1984-1984	87991-88590
74	146	1984-1984	88591-89190
75	147	1984-1984	89191-89790
76	148	1984-1984	89791-90390
77	149	1984-1985	90391-90990
78	150	1985-1985	90991-91590
79	151	1985-1985	91591-92190
80	152	1985-1985	92191-92790
81	153	1985-1985	92791-93390
82	154	1985-1985	93391-93990
83	155	1985-1986	93991-94590
84	156	1986-1986	94591-95190
85	157	1986-1986	95191-95790
86	158	1986-1986	95791-96390
87	159	1986-1986	96391-96990
88	160	1986-1986	96991-97590
89	161	1986-1987	97591-98190
90	162	1987-1987	98191-98790
91	163	1987-1987	98791-99390
92	164	1987-1987	99391-99990
93	165	1987-1987	99991 - 1591-87
94	166	1987-1987	1592-87 - 2191-87