Legal Documents Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of five separate legal proceedings in various courts.
From Surrogate's Court in King's County, NY is a photocopy of the trustee's reports on the Divine Burtis estate in 1907 regarding the sale of the Kimball House and Burtis House located in Davenport, Iowa.
Next is a photocopy of the articles of adoption for Sarah E. Blackwood in 1901 which were recorded in Deed Book 64, Scott County Iowa Land Records.
County Court of Scott County, Iowa original handwritten documents from the 1859 claim against the estate of Edgar Ryan by the John Gage estate is included.
From Equity Case No. 6237 in Scott County Iowa District Court is the deposition of Samuel E. Smith in 1862.
A transcript from County Court in Scott County, Iowa regarding contesting the will of Boye Boyens, 9234, by Mrie Gosche spanning 1866-1868 through the final decision of the Iowa Supreme Court is the fifth proceeding.
Dates
- Creation: 1859-1907
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials are available for use in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center only.
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Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Extent
5 Folder(s) (in 1 shared legal manuscript box.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 33 Section 03
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository
321 Main Street
Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States
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