Metadata: Documents of civil court and bankruptcy cases 1848-1849
Collection
- Country:
- Hungary
- Holding institution:
- National Archives of Hungary, Békés County Archives, Gyula
- Holding institution (official language):
- Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Békés Megyei Levéltára, Gyula
- Postal address:
- 5700 Gyula, Petőfi tér 2
- Phone number:
- +36 66 362 173
- Web address:
- https://mnl.gov.hu/beml
- Email:
- beml@mnl.gov.hu
- Reference number:
- IV.B.107.a
- Title:
- Documents of civil court and bankruptcy cases 1848-1849
- Title (official language):
- Polgári és csődperek iratai 1848-1849
- Creator/accumulator:
- Békés County Tribunal
- Date(s):
- 1848/1849
- Language:
- Hungarian
- Extent:
- 0.14 linear metres (1 box)
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection ’Documents of civil court and bankruptcy cases 1848-1849’ contains the civil litigation documents of Békés County and a bankruptcy case record. The collection is part of the extensive collection of ‘Documents of Békés county tribunal’.
The collection is rather small. In addition to the records, it comprises the documents of 6 lawsuits. The lawsuits focus on civil court proceedings, debt and bankruptcy.
Jewish-related documents can be found under four headings. Of these, only one lawsuit can be found: Jacab Bachrach and Abraham Schilling (07 February 1848 No 39). Their case is available in the material of several collections.
Additional Jewish-related entries discuss bankruptcy cases. Two of them contain documents on the false bankruptcy case of Philip and Abraham Fai.
- Archival history:
-
Békés county was re-organised at the beginning of the 18th century, according to Act 92 of 1715. Several settlements served as the location of the congregations of nobilities: Békés, Szeghalom, Füzesgyarmat, Gyula. As a result of reforms under the rule of Joseph II., Békés-Csanád-Csongrád county documents were maintained in Szegvár, the centre of the integrated counties. From here, documents related to Békés county had to be transferred back to the country after 1790. The documents were transferred to Gyula irregularly, where the materials of the three counties were separated by 1799. Csanád county files were taken away, but Csongrád county did not apply for its materials, therefore these documents were transferred back to the Békés county archives in the 20th century. However, a part of the court files was placed in Makó, from where they were transferred to Szeged (where they are available now). Consequently, archival fonds in the Békés county archives comprise mostly criminal cases.
The composition of the archival collection underwent successive changes. After World War I, territorial responsibility developed according to territorial boundaries. In 1945, the village of Elek, and Battonya, Mezőkovácsháza from the Csanád county district were added to the county. The material of the Sarkad district of Bihar county was also included here, as was the material of the truncated Arad county.
The Archives came under state rule in 1950 and then county rule in 1968. Its name today is the Hungarian National Archives, Békés County Archives, Gyula.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Act 11 of 1848 abolished the feudal legislature, the manorial court. Its duties were taken over by the county court. The collection comprises the tribunal material of 1848-1849.
- Access points: locations:
- Békés County
- Csaba
- Access points: persons/families:
- Bachrach, Jacab
- Fai, Abraham
- Fai, Philip
- Schilling, Abraham
- Subject terms:
- Financial matters
- Financial matters--Debt
- Legal matters
- System of arrangement:
- The material is arranged in numerical order.
- Finding aids:
- There are no finding aids.
- Yerusha Network member:
- University of Szeged
- Author of the description:
- Dr. Tibor Almási and Dr. Erzsébet Mislovics, University of Szeged, 2020