This finding aid contains a single volume of special orders and decrees from the Kent County Circuit Court in Chancery (in process of litigation). It covers August 20, 1850, through September 17, 1857. The circuit court is in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The collection is made up of one volume with entries relating to case numbers. The cases in the book cover special orders and decrees from the Kent County Circuit Court in Chancery from August 20, 1850, through September 17, 1857. The types of cases include mortgage problems (including judgements of foreclosure sales), dissolution of marriages, and general court cases. There are several orders to have advertisements placed in local newspapers to alert individuals that they are required to appear in court, and the date they need to appear.

The overwhelming majority of the cases in this volume were presented to and decided by the Honorable George Martin. Other judges who oversaw proceedings were Edward Mundy, A. (Abner) Pratt, and Nathaniel Bacon. In addition to the orders and decrees by judges there are entries by circuit court commissioners (Charles C. Rood, Thaddeus Foote, and E. Seymour Eggleston), solicitors (S. Bennet, Rathbone & Seeley, H. H. Riley, S. Patters, James Miller, Whitney & Eggleston, J. Seeley, and C. P. Calkins), and Charles P. Calkins as Injunction Master for 5th Judicial Court. The person who registered the entries is not always named, but when they are it is either Reuben H. Smith or P.R. L'Pierce.

There are three small newspaper clippings attached to related cases. All three have the common factor that David Caswell Jr. and his wife Laura Caswell are named defendants. The three cases all ended in a "Sale in Chancery" of their property, as well as water and mill rights, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.