File consists of five documents: declaration; bill of costs; judgment for want of plea; writ of summons; and affidavit of service of writ. Case regards the Plaintiff suing the Defendant for monies lent by him to the Defendant for an overdue promissory note in the amount of $755 plus interest. Plaintiff claims $1,600.

File consists of two documents: order to hold to bail; and affidavit of R.W. Torrens. Case regards the Defendant being indebted to the Plaintiff for $1,250 for the purchase money of a mining claim sold to the Defendant. The Defendant is planning to leave Victoria for the Caribou and the Plaintiff asks that he be apprehended.

File contains: Affidavit of Culverwell and Wark; Writ of Caprias; Judgment; (2) Writ; Affidavit of Service; Exhibit "A"; Pleas; and Confession of Judgment. The Defendants are justly and truly indebted to the Hudson's Bay Company for 206 pounds, 3 shillings and 8 pence for goods sold and delivered to the Defendants at their request and on accounts stated between them.

File contains: Judgment by Default; Affidavit of Service of Writ; Writ of Summons; and Bill of Costs. The Plaintiff claims $240 principal due to him as payee on a promissory note and $17.50 for costs.

File consists of four documents: bill of costs; writ of summons; affidavit of service; and judgment by default. Plaintiff claims $97.50 principal due to him as payee on a promissory note.

File consists of 5 documents: (2) Affidavit of Tilbury; Judges Order; Affidavit of W.A. Edwards; Writ of Summons. Plaintiff claims that the Defendant is indebted to him for $115.73 for work and labour done by him for the Defendant at his request. The Plaintiff is a veterinary surgeon.

No. of Plaint – 428

(2) Summons; (2) Invoice for $245.75

• Roberts is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $247.50. The amount is due for goods sold and delivered to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

File consists of one document: amended bill of complaint. Case regards the said E. Cridge, acting as Minister of the Church of Christ with no authority or license authorizing him to officiate and perform the offices of clergyman. Defendant refusing the acknowledge ecclesiastical law and failing to conform to the discipline and government of the Church.

No. of Plaint – 937

Summons; Invoice for £1.9.2; Judgment Confessed

• Swanick is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £1.11.10. The amount is due for printing wedding cards and envelopes for the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

File consists of one document: affidavit of F. Wolfender. A statement regarding the current state of affairs in regards to this case.

File consists of one document: bill of complaint. Teague, a collector, advertising the sale of the mining companies' properties due to unpaid taxes of $1,553.75 (Eureka) and $931.25 (Victoria), alleging that the lands are liable to the tax imposed by the Mineral Act of 1878. Plaintiffs allege that the real state is not held under the Act or any other gold mining act. They order to restrain Teague for selling their property and to pay the costs of the suit.

File consists of one document: Repartition of the 2nd Dividend Declared.

File consists of ten documents: (7) receipts of money paid into court; Statement of Account on the Estate; Notice; Bill of Cost regarding the settlement of the estate of the deceased

File consists of one document: Statement of Account regarding the settlement of the estate of the deceased

File consists of three documents: order; annexed statements of account marked A, B, C, D, and E; report. Case is in regards to the settlement of the estate of A.S. Bates, deceased, statements showing the full amount of all monies received and disbursed by C.E. Pooley, administrator. See 19-10, 19-19, and 19-20 for more.

Bill of Costs; Replication; Affidavit of S.P. Mills; Amended Account; Affidavit of Mr. Thomson; Summons; Affidavit of C.W.R. Thomson; Appointment of Mssrs. Crake and Jackson; Affidavit of R.E. Jackson; Bill of Complaint; Chief Clerk Notes.

-Defendants are indebted to the Plaintiffs for $18,560 for principal and interest due on an account between them for the conveyance of land in the District of nelson, Vancouver Island (1,064 acres). The Defendants are in possession of the said premises but have not paid their debt.

Lawrence and Bailey were indebted to Strouss and Company, the defendants having declared bankruptcy. Includes affidavit of C. Strouss, affidavit of service, summons of trader debtor.

Writ of Summons; (2) Affidavit of Service; Costs; Judgment by Default.

-The Plaintiffs claim $1,500 principal due to them as payees on two Bills of Exchange.

File consists of seven documents: (3) affidavit of service, bill of costs, affidavit of no appearance, writ of summons; juddgement by default. Case regards Plaintiff claims $1,015.00 principal and interest due to them as payees on promissory notes, total of $1,127.75.

File consists of 2 documents: Affidavit of H.D. Helmcken; Judgement.

File consists of 1 document: Exception to Answers of Defendant D. McTavish. Document outlines why the answers of McTavish are insufficient and incorrect.

No. of Plaint – 680

Summons; Invoice for £3.12.11

• Joseph is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £3.18.2. The amount is due for various goods and services sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

File consists of three documents: writ of summons; affidavit of service; and judgment by default. Plaintiff claims $127 principal due to her as payee on a promissory note plus $15 for costs.

File contains: Envelope; (3) Examination of Mr. Pickett under the Order of the Chief Justice; and Order to Examine the Defendants. Various cases against the firm of Oppenheimer and Co. from which Mr. C. Oppenheimer has recently withdrawn himself.

The Supreme Court of Civil Justice was originally established as the Inferior Court of Civil Justice in 1857 by Governor James Douglas to deal with the increasing number of petty claims in Victoria. The court was renamed in 1860. Series consists of records including writs, testimony, judgements, and other pertinent documents related to various cases. These records were produced by magistrates, defendants, claimants, and other relevant (and in some cases historically significant) parties including the first judge in BC, the first Attorney General, the earliest clergy, businessmen, and other prominent figures from this period in British Columbia's colonial history. The materials in this series represent a firsthand look at the business and legal proceedings from the colony's early justice system.

File contains: Summons. Edgar is summoned to appear and serve as a juror in the Supreme Court.

Subpoena issued to Selim Franklin, auctioneer, regarding claim by merchant Charles McDonald.

Affidavit of C. Strouss; Petition of Plaintiff; Bill of Complaint.

-Defendants are indebted to the Plaintiff for $5,799.62 principal and interest due on unpaid goods and merchandise advanced to the Defendants at their request.

File consists of 4 documents: Writ of Summons; Judgement by Default; Plaintiff's Costs; Affidavit of Service. The Plaintiff's claim $1,477.12 for debt and $27.50 for costs for goods sold and delivered to the Defendant.

Writ of Summons; Notice; Appeal from the County Court of British Columbia.

-The Defendants are charged with stealing the goods and chattels of the Plaintiff and disposing of them for their own use. The Plaintiff claims on account thereof $100.

Invoice of Goods Sold; (2) Receipt for $20; Receipt for $50; Receipt for $275; Receipt for cigars, $61; Memorandum Agreement; Affidavit of T. Trounce; and Appointment of C. Verheyden. Case is regarding the settlement of the estate of A. Kaindler.

File consists of two documents: (2) affidavit of T. Davie. Case regards the Defendant out of the jurisdiction of the Court and has left unpaid accounts with the above named Plaintiffs.

File consists of one document: affidavit of H. Courtney. Case regards the affidavit outlining that all of the above named Plaintiffs are resident out of jurisdiction of the court. Plaintiff Stewart has been paid $2,000.00 plus interest as appears set out in the Bill of Complaint.

File consists of two documents: order to hold to bail; and affidavit to hold to bail. Case regards the Defendant being indebted to the Plaintiff for $415 for principal money and interest due on a Bill of Exchange for goods sold and delivered. Plaintiff is concerned that the Defendant is about to leave the colony of Vancouver Island and asks that he be apprehended.

File consists of three documents: an affidavit of J.R. Stewart and correspondence regarding the purchase of the cargo of the ship "Shamrock," wherein the Defendant does not own up to the contract.

Evidence of John Stewart.

-Stewart and Braden were a plumbing firm involved in the labor of St. Joseph's Hospital. Kelly and Taylor had done some work for the firm but there was dispute over their account and the hours that they were claiming and the Plaintiff's record of their hours.

No. of Plaint – 683

Summons; Invoice for £2.10

• Muir is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £2.18.2. The amount is due for value received from the Plaintiff by the Defendant.

File consists of one document: an order for Caprias regarding the Plaintiff's liberty to hold the Defendant to bail for $272 owed to him.

File consists of six documents: Writ of Summons; Affidavit of J. Stevens; Affidavit of J. Bailey; Affidavit of A. Brown; Affidavit of J.
Copland; Summons; and Bill of Costs. Plaintiff claims $232 owed to him as payee on a promissory note.

File contains: Affidavit of A. Stenhouse; and Order for Caprias. The Defendant is indebted to the Plaintiff for $100 principal money due on a certain bill between them. The Plaintiff is concerned that the Defendant is about to quit Vancouver Island and asks that he be apprehended.

Summons; Writ of Caprias. Notice to the Sheriff to take Defendant Johns into his custody and hold him to bail.

File consists of two documents: Order; Affidavit of Stemmler. Defendant is indebted to the Plaintiff for 75 pounds, seven shillings and eight pence for work done and money lent to the Defendant. Plaintiff is concerned that the Defendant is about to leave for California and asks that he be apprehended.

No. of Plaint – 285

Summons; Invoice for £3.6.8

• Engel is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £3.12.

No. of Plaint – 479

Summons; Invoice for $77.75

• Engel & Engel are summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $81.40. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendants by the Plaintiffs.

File consists of nine documents: Withdrawal of Suit; Order for Writ of Injunction; (2) Affidavit of Steinberger; Order, (2) Affidavit of Monaghan; Notice of Motion; Bill of Complaint. Defendant is indebted to the Plaintiff for 272 pounds sterling for a lot purchased that the Plaintiff purchased from him in Victoria. Upon purchasing the lot, the Plaintiff hired Monaghan to remove the brewing utensils belonging to the Plaintiffs company, "Victoria Brewery" from the other Defendants' location where he was previously a tenant, and move them to his newly purchased lot. However, when the Plaintiff applied for the conveyance of the lot, the Defendant could not produce such because he had actually executed it to the other Defendant. The two Defendants were in collaboration to prevent and injure the business of the Plaintiff and to prevent the erection of a brewery on the said lot.

File consists of 3 documents: Praecipe; Statement of the Solicitor for the Defendant; Affidavit of Service. Statement of Defendant Anderson states that the Writ of Summons in the above named cause is "bad in substance' and does not state facts on grounds sufficient to constitute a course of action.

File consists of 6 documents: Affidavit of J.H. Starr; Plea-Denial of Plaintiff; Jury List; Abstract of Trial; Summary of Proceedings; Notice of Trial. McCann is indebted to Starr in the sum of 84 pounds, one shilling and 8 pence for money paid by the Plaintiff for the Defendant at the Defendant's request.

No. of Plaint – 942

Summons; Judgment Confessed; Affidavit of G.E. Dennes

• Golding is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £8.1.6.

No. of Plaint – 707

• Miller is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £1.7.10. The amount is due for 5 loads of hay sold and hauled for the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

File consists of 4 documents: Writ of Summons; Affidavit of Service; Bill of Costs; Judgement by Default. The Plaintiff is suing the Defendant for $165.10 for goods sold and delivered to the Defendant.