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| | Erie County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas Collection at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Ohio’s county court of common pleas system was established in the state constitution drafted in 1802, and was a continuation of the institution created under Ohio’s territorial act of 1788. |
 | | The court also was authorized to appoint a clerk and county prosecuting attorney; in 1851, the state constitution made the office of judge elective for a five-year term. |
 | | The chancery court, overseen by the county common pleas court, dealt with divorce, mortgage foreclosures, petitions to sell land, partition suits, and real property disputes until constitutional changes took place in 1851. |
| www.rbhayes.org /mssfind/lg_coll/eriecopleas.htm (470 words) |
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