Salt Lake City (Utah). City Court Civil case registers of actions, 1902-1968.

The register of actions was used by the court as a record of all documents filed in relation to a specific case. the first entry is typically a notice of the filing of a complaint followed usually by an answer of the defendant. This is followed by one or more summonses and returns of complaints or other documents as appropriate to the individual case. A notice of judgment made or that a garnishment of wages or an attachment of personal property was filed typically ended the case. Routine actions are stamped into the volumes; others are recorded by hand. Not all cases reached the trial stage; but when one did, a full record of actions taken in the case is also entered. Exact charges in the case are not shown, but other information in the entry includes names of parties involved most often the name of the business bringing action against an individual and the names of attorneys for both plaintiff and defendant. The city court held jurisdiction in actions under a certain financial limit,for the recovery of money or breach of contract; actions to recover damages to persons or property or the property itself; actions to recover fines imposed by statute; and actions to enforce or to foreclose liens on personal property, all under a certain financial limit; the types of cases recorded in the register corresponds to these categories.