Series Information
BALTIMORE CITY
SUPERIOR COURT
(Cases Instituted, Docket)
1851-1965
C1497
Series Description
Record of settled civil cases including cases transferred from the Baltimore City Court and Baltimore Court of Common Pleas; entries are in docket format, arranged chronologically by court term. Provides summary of proceedings and verdict of case; showing names of plaintiffs, defendants, attorneys, and judges. Gives amount of monies involved and itemized court costs. Each entry also includes original box number where case was physically filed at the court. Access is through the tabbed index contained in the front of each volume arranged by first letter then first vowel of the defendant’s surname; each index entry gives names of both parties and docket page number. Reference is to BALTIMORE CITY SUPERIOR COURT (Civil Papers) MSA T583. Also see BALTIMORE CITY SUPERIOR COURT (Cases Instituted, index) 1925-1982 MSA T984.