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New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

 

 

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This series consists of notes of issue, notices of argument, and additional correspondence received by the Clerk of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors (known as the "Court of Errors"). These records document the legal process by which cases were appealed to the Court of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

 

 

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During the time period in which these records were created, the Court for the Correction of Errors (Court of Errors) handled only cases from the State's principal courts of law (Supreme Court) and equity (Chancery Court). The records consist of draft judgments rendered by the Court of Errors in law .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

 

 

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This series consists of pre-printed roll call forms used by the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors to record members present and votes cast by members on specific cases. Forms used to record attendance include the date of session and total count of members present. Forms used .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

4

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Herkimer (N.Y. : County)

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

5

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New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

 

 

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The series consists of bonds or sureties given by appellants for cases appealed as writs from the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors (decided by the U.S. Supreme Court). Appellants were required to guarantee payment of costs incurred if the case was not decided in their fav.........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

 

 

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This series consists of a variety of documents from the Supreme Courts of Judicature at Albany, Geneva, and Utica. Included are motions; briefs; pleadings; writs of venire; returns of writs of error, certiorari, and commission; appointments of guardians; conditional testimony; cognovits; draft rules; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

 

 

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This multi-page document is an alphabetical listing of cases in the Court for the Correction of Errors that were commenced after June 1842 and were still pending and undecided in July 1847, when the court was abolished. The pending cases were transferred to the newly established Court of Appeals..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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The series consists of financial accounts which were used as exhibits in Chancery court cases, along with a variety of other unrelated, unsorted documents which are estrayed from unidentified court records..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

 

 

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This series contains a small sample of administrative records compiled by the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors. Documents include resolutions appointing court officers and proposing changes in court administration, signed oaths of office of court officers, an undated list .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

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Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York

 

 

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Series consists of indexes to case files for enrolled decrees and other final orders of the Court of Chancery and Court of Vice Chancery (First Circuit), approximately 1770-1847; and indexes to case files for judgments in equity and other special proceedings in Supreme Court (New York City and County), .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

 

 

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This volume contains certifications by the clerk of the city and county of New York that constables have attended a term of Circuit Court held in New York County and, before 1823, in the court's additional "sittings." The entry for each court term lists the names of the constables and the number of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

 

 

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This series is the docket of money judgments filed and docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City. Each entry includes name of the party against whom judgment was obtained (usually defendant); name of the party in whose favor judgment was obtained (usually plaintiff); .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

 

 

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The Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Corrections of Errors was abolished by the Constitution of 1846. Thereafter its powers regarding corrections of errors rested in the Court of Appeals. This volume is a register of cases reviewed by or appealed to the court. Each entry gives the names of litigants .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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These volumes index notices of pending actions (suits) in Equity Court that were filed in the office of the clerk of the city and county of New York from December 1823 to December 1855. Each index entry includes name of defendant(s), name of complainant(s), and date of notice. While individual volumes .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series consists of an index of names of parties in court cases and reference page numbers of unspecified volumes. Records cited in the indexes are unknown..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This register (or "docket") contains summary information on judicial trustees appointed by the Court of Chancery, First Circuit, to administer the property of persons not competent to do so themselves. Each entry states the case title (naming the petitioner or the parties to litigation), name of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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United States. District Court (New York : Southern District)

 

 

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This volume is a transcript of the docket of money judgments rendered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and docketed by the court clerk, whose office was located in New York City..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)

 

 

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The rough minute books contain minutes of civil trials and other proceedings in regular terms of the Circuit Court and in additional "sittings" in the city and county of New York. Trial minutes include the names of plaintiff and defendant, attorneys, jurors, and witnesses, and may list documents introduced .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Ontario (N.Y. : County)

 

 

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Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office. Division of Old Records

 

 

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This card index provides access to documents (mostly on parchment, some on paper) filed by clerks of the Supreme Court of Judicature and Court of Chancery..........

 

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New York State Archives