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Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of common orders (orders to which a party was entitled without having to show special cause) issued by the Chancellor. Court rules required that all orders issued by the Chancellor be entered by the Register in separate books. This series is continued by Series J0046, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
42
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of decrees and special orders issued by the Chancellor. The decrees include those appointing court officers, establishing court rules, and providing relief to petitioners and complainants. Information includes names of complainant, petitioner or applicant and defendant, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
43
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of a list of final decrees issued by the Chancellor that were docketed, at the request of any party involved in a case, when a decree required a money payment by the losing party. Information recorded includes name of party against whom decree was rendered; his county and place .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
44
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series document cases brought before the Chancellor by petition and in certain administrative matters. Most cases involved incompetency (i.e., lunatics, infants, drunkards); administration of estates; and insolvent corporate bodies (i.e., churches, banks, railroads). Files include petitions; reports; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
45
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of minute books which serve as a chronological record of the proceedings in the Court of Chancery, including cases initiated by complaint or by petition. The minutes contain summaries or full texts of motions, orders, decretal orders, and final decrees, as well as entries of other .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
46
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of records pertaining to original cases decided by the Chancellor. Records include the abstract; the original bill of complaint or petition; the answer or pleading of the defendant; amendments to the original bill or to the answer; orders issued in the case; and a bill of costs .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
47
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J0065
Dates:
1684-1822
Abstract:
The series contains information on the particulars of cases, the results of court investigations, the content of testimony, and the determinations of the court. Records consist of decrees, bills of complaint, answers, testimonies, reports, and other documents filed in cases heard by the Chancellor. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
48
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of records filed in cases handled by the Chancellor without resort to an enrolled decree. Files vary in content but may contain copies or originals of any or all of the following: bills of complaint; petitions; answers to complaints; Master's and other reports; depositions; transcripts .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
49
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of an alphabetical index by last name of complainant to Series J0087, Miscellaneous Filed Papers, 1777-1847. Each entry in the index contains the names of complainant and defendant and a file number..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
50
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains a short chronological record of actions taken and documents filed in cases heard before the Chancellor. The names of the complainant and defendant, their attorneys' names, and a chronological listing of each action taken and corresponding date is recorded for every case reported .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
51
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of records filed in cases handled by the Chancellor or by the Vice Chancellor of the 1st Circuit without resort to an enrolled decree (i.e., through dismissal, a court order, an agreement between the parties, etc.). Files do not often contain information on the court's final determination .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
52
Creator:
New York (Colony). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J0090
Dates:
1701-1702, 1705-1708, 1720-1735, 1748-1770
Abstract:
This series consists mainly of copies of orders and decrees issued by the Royal Governor or Lieutenant Governor acting in his capacity as chancellor. Also included are minutes of proceedings, copies of Master's reports, and other material relevant to the business of the court. Decrees usually contain .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
53
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of a list of cases in which decrees had been entered in the Register's office. Each entry in the list contains the names of the complainant, defendant, and solicitor; the date the decree was issued and the date the bills, answers, and other documents relevant to the case were received .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
54
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series is the Register's record of notices served on the complainant's or defendant's solicitor informing him that the adverse party has filed certain documents or has appeared before the court..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
55
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains a short chronological record of proceedings in cases in which a clerk in Chancery provided a service. A court rule required the two Chancery Clerks in New York City and the two in Albany to maintain these registers..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
56
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Title:
Series:
J0124
Dates:
1811
Abstract:
This series consists of three documents, all relating to a writ of certiorari (not included) issued from the Supreme Court of Judicature to an unspecified court in Ulster County. These documents include a letter from John Sudam of Kingston requesting that the Supreme Court of Judicature hear an argument .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
57
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Title:
Series:
J0135
Dates:
1807-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of transcripts of judgments docketed by the Clerk of the Supreme Court at Utica. Information includes name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date and hour of filing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
58
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series consists of satisfaction pieces, which are an acknowledgment by a winning party that a judgment in his favor has been satisfied. The acknowledgment is signed by the winning party in a cause (or his attorney) and acknowledged before a judge or commissioner of deeds. The series includes a .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
59
Creator:
New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Abstract:
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.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
60
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series contains common rule books, which the clerks of the Supreme Court of Judicature were directed to keep. The books contain a record of common rules or orders of the court, entered by the clerk on motion made by an attorney for one of the parties to a cause. Each entry in the common rulebooks .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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