Download or read book Case Files of the Vermont Supreme Court Meeting in Caledonia County written by Vermont. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1797 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case files include all documents generated during the course of a supreme court trial, and may be extensive, minimal or nonexistent for any given case. They may include writs, affidavits, depositions, subpoenas, verdicts, pleas, motions, warrants, bonds, bills of costs, witness certificates, transcripts, and documents relating to appeals, such as bills of exceptions. There may also be supporting documents such as deeds, promissory notes, statements and inventories. Case files are arranged in docket order by court term. Prior to 1895, a case which continued over several court terms was assigned a different docket number for each term, but should be filed under the docket number assigned for the term in which the case ended. After 1895 each case kept the same case number from term to term. In a given court term, case files may be divided into cases which reached a judgment or verdict, and cases which ended before judgment. Judgments in docket order are followed by discontinuances in docket order. If the court clerk did not separate the two types of cases there will be one docket sequence of case files for that term. Miscellaneous files include court administration documents such as jail reports, jury venires, vouchers for costs from court officials or witnesses, financial accounts, and bar admission recommendations. There may also be inquests, and case files unrelated to docketed cases. Chancery Court case files predating Mar. 1840 are included with Supreme Court case files, since Chancery Court was held by the Supreme Court during this period.