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Civil case file, 596/1914: Estate of John Morton, deceased vs. Trustee Act. This case appear to have concluded ca. 1949. The records are in no particular order.

Bankruptcy case files. For index to files, 1920-1961, see GR-2113.

Series consists of Vancouver Supreme Court case files for cases handled by the Official Receiver between 1923 and 1949. Cases include bankruptcies and assignments.

Case files created under the Mortgagors' and Purchasers' Relief Act of 1934. GR-2547 is the cause book relating to these case files.

Series consists of criminal Assize Court record books created between 1893-1951 by the Vancouver Supreme Court. Under the Assize System, hearings/trials are scheduled to be heard during a 1 or 2 week sitting of the court.

The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

The series consists of record books from criminal cases from Supreme and County courts in Vancouver, 1905 to 1950. Volumes 1-4 are in the format of a record book. Volumes 5-13 are cause books. Also included in volume 1 is a list of Special Constables appointed under the Railway Act for the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway, and the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway, 1908-1914 and an account of money received and disbursements from Speedy Trials for October and November 1906.

Criminal case files from the Supreme Court and from the County Court Judge's Criminal Court.

The series consists of originals of divorce case files from the years 1945, 1946, 1948-1949, and microfiched divorce case files from 1975 to 1980. Typical divorce case files can contain affidavits, petitions, correspondence and other records relating to the case.

Minute books for civil cases, including divorce actions, heard before the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court (A.M. Morrison and W.B. Farris) and Justices A.M. Manson, J.M. Coady, J.O. Wilson, H.S. Wood, N.W. Whittaker, A.W. MacFarlane, J.V. Clyne, A.M. Harper, H.I. Bird, H.B. Robertson, S.A. Smith, J.N. Ellis, and A.I. Fisher. The volumes are indexed by plaintiff and are arranged chronologically by each judge.

Chambers lists.

Lists, receipts and correspondence (1940-1950) regarding exhibits from criminal trials (1947 and 1949) in the Vancouver Police Court, County Court and Supreme Court arranged alphabetically.

Probate/estate files (36500-42999).

Probate/estate files (28116-36499).

The series consists of one index book from 1920-1961 for Vancouver Supreme Court bankruptcy case files found within GR-2420 (1920-1948).

Index to estates probated in Vancouver, 1947-1951. The names of the estates are arranged alphabetically by year and refer to files in GR-2203. Earlier volumes of this index are GR-1416.

Probate cause book (indexed), 1893-1904. The index also refers to wills in GR-2110. For later probate/cause books see GR-1573 and GR-2109. Caveats in probate 1893-1924 are found on pp. 590-599.

Series consists of one transcript of wills probated at the Vancouver Court Registry (1890-1901).

Probate cause books, Volumes 52-75B (probate file numbers 38169-116456).

Blank forms for Supreme Court Grants of Probate in use ca. 1910-1920 (1 volume).

Probate duties book (probates 18,099 - 19,137) 1933-1934; statement of revenue from probate and succession duties, 1923-1931; lists of outstanding probate and succession duties for 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934 and 1937.

Letters of Administration and Letters of Administration with Will annexed for estates probated by the Public Trustee (Official Administrator). Includes actions at both the Supreme and County Court levels. Letters of administration are arranged chronologically, not by the folio number. The folio numbers given here are approximate ranges only. If searching for a specific Letter by folio number it will sometimes be necessary to search several volumes.

This series consists of letters of administration with wills annexed (Form B) from the Vancouver Supreme Court, from 1893-1989.

This series consists of letters of administration for the Supreme Court of Vancouver from 1893-1989 (form C).

Letters probate (199 volumes).

Reasons for judgement of the Honourable Chief Justice Allan McEachern in the case of Delgamuukw, also known as Ken Muldoe, suing on his own behalf and on behalf of all members of the House of Delgamuukw and others vs. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the province of British Columbia and the Attorney General of British Columbia. Case no. 843/1984 (Smithers registry), heard at Vancouver, B.C., July 6-7, 1989.

Judgements. Alphabetical index filmed before each volume from 1947 - February 14, 1963. Volumes from February 15, 1963 to 1975 are not indexed.

Additional Vancouver divorce judgments, 1974-1976 (note overlap)

The series consists of Vancouver Supreme Court civil orders between 1944-1976 and 1980-2005. Orders dating from April 1944 until December 1945 were microfilmed and the originals destroyed. Between ca. 1980 until 1994, civil orders were separated into different series by the court registry: statutes (“A”), motor vehicle (“B”), general civil (“C”), and foreclosures (“H”). Beginning July 1994, civil orders and judgements were once again combined into a single series of numbered volumes prefixed by the letter “S”.

The records are arranged within volumes by folio number. They were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51400-25.

Cause book for proceedings under the Bankruptcy Act, 1920-1933. Vol. 1 includes cases also found in GR-1943.

Register of law stamps for courts sitting at Vancouver Court Registry, Feb 1929 - Feb 1958.

Record book of exhibits from cases held in courts sitting at Vancouver Court Registry, 1941-1957.