A collection of historical cases that the Los Angeles Superior Court placed on long-term deposit at the Huntington Library in 1996. Additional material was subsequently transferred to the Huntington in 2002 and interfiled with the main collection. In 2008, the Court made a major addition to the collection by placing on long-term deposit the surviving case files and supporting materials of the Superior Court itself for the period 1880-1899, including both the Civil series and the separate "Current" Probate series from its inception in 1893. The collection includes cases filed in the 1st and 17th District Court of California; Los Angeles County Court, Los Angeles Probate Court, Los Angeles criminal, Los Angeles Justices Court, and Superior and Probate Courts both civil and probate. 1st/17th District Court of California: civil cases (case # 1-5431, with gaps) (Mar. 1851-1879), also plaintiff and defendant indices; registers of actions; judgment books (1875-1879), judgment dockets (1876 - 1879), minute books (1855 - 1898, with index); order books (1868 - 1869), and the records of Clerk's Office (1864 - 1872). Los Angeles County Court: cases # 1-1205 (with gaps, 1850-1879), also registers of actions, minute books (1860-1879), judgment books (1854-1877), and miscellaneous records. Los Angeles Probate Court: cases 1-22221/2 (1850-1879), also registers of actions, minutes (1856-1879), miscellaneous records (1872-1873), letters testamentary (with index), and index to wills & probate (1860s-1870s). Los Angeles criminal courts (synthetic series from several jurisdictions) (1851, 1861-1879); also register of actions. Los Angeles County Justices Court: 606 cases, also loose papers, (1855, 1861-1894); also defendant index, registers of actions, minutes, and criminal dockets of the Court of Sessions (1850- 1863), minutes of Justices of the Peace (1863-1889); and index of wills registered with the Superior Court (1876 - early 1880s). Los Angeles Superior Court - Civil (including " Second Series" Probate and criminal cases up to the creation of separate series for both in 1893 and 1887): 597 cartons (with gaps; 1880-1899). Los Angeles Superior Court - "Current Series" Probate: 34 cartons (not yet complete; 1893-1896).
