District Court appearance dockets, 1863 - 1984

The District Court's appearance dockets include civil dockets, criminal dockets, limited civil dockets, and small claims dockets. Each docket lists all civil and legal actions in the order they were filed in the court clerk's office. Information provided includes the date of summons and its return, petition and pleadings filed, judicial judgments and orders, and a list of costs accrued during the action. Indexes are included as separate volumes in some cases, and in other cases the index appears at the front of the docket volume.