Series GR-1853 - Vernon Supreme Court orders

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Vernon Supreme Court orders

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GR-1853

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  • 1901-1930; 1958-1959 (Creation)
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    British Columbia. Supreme Court (Vernon)

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One reel of microfilm [B16147(1)] and 30 cm textual records

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Biographical history

In 1901, the British Columbia government established a Supreme Court registry at Vernon, in the Cariboo Judicial District, by Order-in-Council #0084-1901, (March 6, 1901) and effective April 1, 1901.

Currently (to March 31, 2016) the Vernon Registry of the Supreme Court continues as an active registry.

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Scope and content

The series consists of orders issued by the Supreme Court in Vernon between 1901-1930 and 1958-1959. Researchers should note that orders for the period 1931 to 1957 are missing. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case. Records relate to a variety of civil matters including divorces, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and some adoptions.

Microfilm reel B16147 contains volume 1 (May1901-November 1916) and volume 2 (October 1916-July 1920) of the orders. Container 831041-0001 contains original paper copies of orders as well as several indexes, although it is unclear to which orders these refer. They appear to index more than what was transferred in the box. When the records arrived at the Archives, they had been divided into folders based on year, and are arranged in rough chronological orders. Records relating to the same case can be found across several folders. The paper records also contain a small number of interfiled judgments.

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Microfilmed records were originally transferred from Ministry of Attorney General, 1984.
Records in container 831041-0001 were transferred from the Ministry of the Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations in June 2002.

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These records are restricted. Contact the BC Archives for information about access. Please note that access to adoption records cannot be provided by the BC Archives. Adoption records must be requested from the BC Vital Statistics Agency as a Freedom of Information request or by submitting an ‘Application for Service Pertaining to an Adopted Person or Birth Parent’.

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Associated materials

See GR-2315 for Vernon Supreme Court judgements (1887-1934).

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Accession number(s): G84-100, 83-1041

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