District Court (Second District) Civil registers of actions, 1880-1897.

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 records or actions are filed, the clerk enters them in the registers along with the filing date. 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 the attorneys for instructions to the jury, verdict, motions for cross complaints or new trials, amendments to previous answers, and disclaimers. The lastvolume in this series was used briefly by Beaver County into the statehood era, at which time it was transferred to the Fifth District Court. This volume contains cases numbered 3 through 51