Judge Oliphant's opinions
Scope and Contents
This collection includes opinions from Judge Ethelbert Patterson Oliphant. As justice of the supreme court of Washington Territory, sitting in Olympia, in the cases of J.F. Blumbaugh vs. H.H. McNair and Co., and Martin Rudolf vs. Alexander Mayer et al., handwritten on pages torn from notebook and numbered 15-26.
Dates
- Creation: 1861
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Ethelbert Patterson Oliphant was a judge of the supreme court of Washington Terrioty from 1861 to 1865. He attended and graduated from Jefferson College (now known as Washington and Jefferson College). At the time, Washington territory included what is now the state of Idaho. This made Oliphant the first judge to hold court within the present limits of Idaho.
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Notes and other text written by Judge Ethelbert Patterson Oliphant, a justice of the supreme court of Washington Territory.
Physical Location
This collection is located in the Small Manuscripts section of U of I Library Special Collection and Archives.
Subject
- Blumbaugh, J. F. (Person)
- Rudolf, Martin (Person)
- Mayer, Alexander (Person)
- H. H. McNair and Company (Organization)
- Washington (State) Supreme Court (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to Judge Oliphant's opinions
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Sara Szobody.
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository