Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- San Francisco Superior Court Cases Collection,
- Dates:
- 1905-1922
- Creators:
- San Francisco. Superior Court
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], San Francisco Superior Court Cases Collection, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Selected civil case records from the Superior Court of the City and the County of San Francisco, 1905-1922.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Physical description:
- 38 boxes
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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Please credit California State Library.
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.
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176