California Supreme Court Transcripts Collection, 1876-1918

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Summary

Title:
California Supreme Court Transcript Collection
Dates:
1876-1918
Creators:
California. Supreme Court
Abstract:
The California Supreme Court Transcript Collection consists of transcripts from the Supreme Court of the State of California dating from 1876 to 1918. The transcripts include filings from appeal cases elevated out of Los Angeles County including Respondent's Points and Authorities, Appellant's Points and Authorities, Appeal Transcripts, Appellant's Briefs, and Respondent's Briefs. Topics include but are not limited to estate settlements, personal property damages, land disputes, a divorce filed by a woman, murder, rape, grand larceny, and derailing and robbing a train.
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Language:
English .
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Background

Scope and content:

The California Supreme Court Transcript Collection consists of transcripts from the Supreme Court of the State of California dating from 1876 to 1918. The transcripts include filings from appeal cases elevated out of Los Angeles County including Respondent's Points and Authorities, Appellant's Points and Authorities, Appeal Transcripts, Appellant's Briefs, and Respondent's Briefs.

The appeal cases in the collection deal with a broad range of topics including but not limited to estate settlements, personal property damages, land disputes, a divorce filed by a woman, murder, rape, grand larceny, and derailing and robbing a train.

The transcripts for some of the earlier County of Los Angeles trials can be found in the Early Los Angeles Court Transcript Collection. These include People of the State of California vs. John Craig, People of the State of California vs. W. H. Thompson, and People of the State of California vs. M. A. Mayes.

Transcripts are organized by date.

Processing information:

Carri Frola, 2025.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-24 12:33:00 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred citation:

For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual, or see the Citing Archival Materials guide.

Location of this collection:
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330, US
Contact:
(818) 677-4594
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