HUNGARIAN FAMILY HISTORY TUTORIAL
Property Ownership Documents

1915 and 1917 Court Decrees

These two documents are both court decrees. The first is a court order requiring compilation and reporting of an estate inventory for Zsuzsanna Csáji (Mrs. János Molnár) who died in 1912. The second is a court order affirming the validity of a sale/purchase contract for the Outer Plum Orchard which was recorded in 1910 in Pennsylvania.

It is indeterminate whether these documents are related to one another since the rationale for requesting the inventory is unknown. Click to See Note.

Format: Two one-page typed court documents.
Preview of 1915-17 Documents.
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1915 Estate Inventory --- 1917 Orchard Decree


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Content of 1915 Order for Estate Inventory.


Court Order (Decree).
  • This court order begins with the case number under which the decree (Végzés) was recorded.
  • The facts concerning the death of János Molnár in 1893 and of his widow in 1912 are stated.
  • An itemized estate inventory is requested according to law.
  • The death certificate and the inventory are to be sent to the court and the guardianship (gyámhatóság) office. [Note: the sons were minors at the time of their father's death, so that is probably the reason for involvement of that office.]
  • The decree is signed in Szikszó by a judge of the Royal District Court.

Content of 1917 Decree Affirming 1910 Contract.


Court Order (Decree).
  • This court order begins with the case number under which the decree (Végzés) was recorded.
  • The court establishes the validity of the contract signed in Eleanora, PA and accepted by the Imperial and Royal Consulate, which was filed as document #165 in 1916 with the Szikszó court.
  • The court orders that that name of András Molnár replace that of János Molnár and Zsuzsanna Csáji in the property register for property #179 in Alsónovaj.
  • The court acknowledges that a dwelling house, registered as #34, was subsequently built on the property.
  • The decree is signed in Szikszó by a judge of the Royal District Court.