Title:
Dockets
Description:
The Texas Supreme Court has final appellate jurisdiction in most civil and juvenile cases. Records are dockets of the Texas Supreme Court and the Commission of Appeals, dating 1840-1980. Dockets function as a brief entry of the court proceedings, some also serving as a calendar of cases awaiting action in court. The State Archives has dockets from 1840 to 1980; dockets after that period are at the Supreme Court. Dockets of the circuit court period (1840-1892) consist of court dockets, bar dockets, a motion docket, and a docket of criminal cases. The court dockets (referred to as "dockets") are the most numerous and contain the case or application number, attorneys, parties, county, filing dates, and orders, both of the previous term and present term in many cases. Dates of these dockets reflect the court terms, not the filing date of a case. The docket volumes, except for the first few, cover only a particular geographical term of the court (Austin, Galveston, or Tyler), sometimes covering more than one year.The later dockets of the Supreme Court, 1892-1980, consist of application dockets, 1892-1943; court dockets, 1893-1944; motion dockets, 1893-1947; referred application dockets, 1917-1918; general case dockets, 1913-1920; file dockets, 1944-1980; docket sheets, 1944-1980; and a chambers docket, 1971-1973. The court dockets and the file dockets are useful tools for locating case files in this era.The dockets from the Commission of Appeals cover the years 1879-1892 and 1918-1943. The early set of dockets covers the Tyler and Austin terms of the circuit court period. In 1918, the commission was divided into A and B sections. There are separate dockets for these sections, each with its own numbering system. Information given in the dockets includes the cause number, Commission of Appeals docket number, parties, counties and/or district, filing date, and orders.
Collection:
Texas Supreme Court records
Creator:
Texas. Supreme Court
Date range of creation:
1840 to 1980
Citation information:
(Identity the item and cite the series), Dockets, Texas Supreme Court records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
These records are organized into three subseries, as received from the court: Supreme Court dockets (circuit court period), 1840-1892, Supreme Court dockets, 1892-1980, and Commission of Appeals dockets, 1879-1892, 1918-1943
Size or duration:
64.65 cubic ft.
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/20169.xml