Civil ("Appearance") dodkets, 1855-1860.

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Civil ("Appearance") dodkets, 1855-1860.

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The civil dockets contain brief abstracts of sucessive proceedings in civil actions brought before the U.S. District Court for the Terrtory of Kansas, First Judicial District, Leavenworth, Kansas. Entries include case papers filed, attorneys for the parties, and court costs and assessments.

3 linear in. (2 v.)

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U.S. district and circuit courts were created by the Judiciary Act of 1789 under the authority of the constitutional provision that the judicial power of the United States be vested in a Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as the Congress may establish. The Judiciary Act provided that these courts were to have original jurisdiction in cases involving crimes, remedies of common law, and aliens suing for a tort. The district courts were to have exclusive original cognizance of c...