Legal petitions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Formal written requests presented to a court, a legislative body, or a sovereign.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Santa Barbara County Court records
Series
Identifier: AR-2020-007
Abstract
The Santa Barbara County Court records contain over 2,300 court cases beginning with California statehood through the first decade of the 20th century. The variety of court cases represented span legal proceedings from debt settlement to probate to murder. The plaintiff and defendant names documented in these cases are a Who's Who of notable Santa Barbara Californios and early American settlers.
Dates:
1850 - 1908
Found in:
Gledhill Library
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Santa Barbara County Court records