Guide to the San Francisco Superior Court Cases Collection, 1905-1922

Processed by The California State Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou
California History Room
California State Library
Library and Courts Building II
900 N. Street, Room 200
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, California 94237-0001
Phone: (916) 654-0176
Fax: (916) 654-8777
Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/
© 1999
California State Library. All rights reserved.

Guide to the San Francisco Superior Court Cases Collection, 1905-1922



California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

  • California History Room
  • California State Library
  • Library and Courts Building II
  • 900 N. Street, Room 200
  • P.O. Box 942837
  • Sacramento, California 94237-0001
  • Phone: (916) 654-0176
  • Fax: (916) 654-8777
  • Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
  • URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/
Processed by:
The California State Library staff
Encoded by:
Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1999 California State Library. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: San Francisco Superior Court Cases Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1905-1922
Box Number: 1157-1294
Creator: San Francisco. Superior Court
Extent: 38 boxes
Repository: California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Unrestricted.

Conditions of Use

Please credit California State Library.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], San Francisco Superior Court Cases Collection, California State Library.

Contents

Selected civil case records from the Superior Court of the City and the County of San Francisco, 1905-1922.

Biography

The constitution of California established a Superior Court in each county. San Francisco became a county in 1850. In 1856 the city and county governments were consolidated, the only such arrangement in the state.
The Hall of Justice and City Hall were destroyed in the earthquake and fire of 1906 and Superior Court records were almost completely lost. Case numbering was restarted at 1 after the 1906 disaster.

Container list

The list is arranged by case number. An index by case number, by plaintiff name, and by defendant name is available. The collection is also indexed in the California Information File.