A STUDY IN LEGAL ADMINISTRATION AND RECORDS SHARON ...

the register later. Some information appears to have been lost in the process.
Suits 1 to 38, entered by Prothonotary Daniel Carey, show little detail; they
especially lack dates of filing.14 Beginning at case 39 (Febniary 9, 1878),
entered in a different handwriting, information becomes much more detailed.
This would be approximately the time that Allan Macdonald took the position of
prothonotary.
The registers of pleadings, a wmpfete set. span the period 1872-1 895.
The first register has no front cover title, and the spine is tom away. The other
six are entitled either B. R. (Banco Regina) In Equty, Register of Pleadings, or
Q.B. (Queen's Bench) In Equify, Register of Pleadings. lncluded in the titles of
the last five registers are the numbers of the volumes. Indexes of volumes two
to seven were kept as running indexes. They exhibit the handwriting of the
numerous administrative officiais who were involved with Equity record keeping.
Suits in registers two, three, and four were originally indexed with page
numbers, but later, case numbers were added, for example, "6 Monkman v
Sinnott 696." The early pages of register four show both numberings at the
same time, for example, "Man. Mortgage and Loan Company v McMillan
2712623." Midway through the volume this ceases and only the case numbers
appear from that point onwards. Also in register four an unknown official
entered suit "4000" directty after "3099" and so the error occurred that caused
the gap in the Equity numbering system. Register four shows on its inside front
wver the inscription, 'Commenced 26* March 1885 J.A.W. Innes." lnnes was