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41
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Title:
Series:
B0318
Dates:
1788-1794
Abstract:
This series consists of warrants related to circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County. The warrants command the sheriff to summon freeholders to jury duty; to deliver prisoners to jail; and to notify various officers to appear at court. These documents were burned in the 1911 fire .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
42
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Abstract:
The records and briefs in this series were submitted to the New York State Court of Appeals upon appeal of a lower court judgment. They usually contain: Record or appendix, Plaintiff's briefs, and Defendant's briefs. Other documents, such as Reply brief(s) and Amicus brief(s), may also be included. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
43
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Abstract:
The series consists of internal case reports, memoranda, and a small number of draft opinions, opinions, and dissenting opinions prepared by judges of the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court. The reports give background information on a case; outlines of the issues; points of law; and often .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
44
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Title:
Series:
JN529
Dates:
1781, 1783, 1799–1847
Abstract:
This series consists mostly of judgment rolls filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City, prior to July 1, 1847. It also includes judgment rolls of the reorganized Supreme Court, July 1-December 31, 1847, filed by the New York County Clerk. A judgment roll (also called a .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
45
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Abstract:
This series consists mostly of writs of capias ad respondendum ordering a sheriff to arrest a defendant for appearance in court. Other writs ordering a sheriff to take action also appear..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
46
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Title:
Series:
J0007
Dates:
1797-1836
Abstract:
The volumes in this series are clerks' registers of writs issued and returned, declarations and other documents received and filed, and other business transacted in the Supreme Court of Judicature and in the Courts of Common Pleas in some of the counties of upstate New York. Each case is identified .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
47
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany, Utica, and Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of transcripts of decrees docketed by the Court of Chancery and its circuits. Each entry gives the name of the person against whom the decree was rendered; residence; amount of debt, damages, costs, or other sums decreed; date and hour of the docketing decree; names of the parties .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
48
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Title:
Series:
J0141
Dates:
1797-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of the dockets of judgments filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Albany. Each entry in the docket book gives the following information: name of party against whom judgment was obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment was obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
49
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Abstract:
This series is an index to losing parties in judgments awarded by the Supreme Court of Judicature. Following the date are the letters 'U', 'G', or 'N', standing for judgments filed at Utica, Geneva, and New York, respectively. If there is no letter, the judgment roll was filed at Albany..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
50
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series consists of obligations binding a plaintiff (in cases heard by the Supreme Court of Judicature) or an appellant (in appealed cases heard by the Supreme Court or the Court of Errors) and his surety for payment of costs and damages if the decision of the court goes against him. An appellant .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
51
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
These two volumes contain the rough version of the engrossed minutes of the Supreme Court in its terms at Albany. These rough minutes sometimes contain less information than the engrossed minutes, especially in April term, 1797..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
52
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Title:
Series:
J0175
Dates:
1834-1847
Abstract:
This series consists mostly of orders of circuit judges granting or denying motions for new trials after hearing arguments on bills of exceptions. Also included are a few orders granting motions to take testimony from out of state material witnesses. Each order lists title of the cause, date and substance .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
53
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series contains abstracts of attorneys' accounts with the clerk of the Supreme Court at Albany. To the left of each attorney's name is a consecutive number referring to account books which are no longer extant. In columns are entered balances due from the attorneys and occasional entries of payments. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
54
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This account book contains a record of fees charged for filing declarations, judgments, satisfactions, motions, and other documents, and for performing searches of documents on file. Each entry gives the date of the fee, attorney's name, nature of fee charged, and amount of fee..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
55
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This volume contains accounts of fees charged by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Geneva. The entries were made daily, and each gives the date, name of attorney charged, nature of charge, and the amount charged. The fees are for impressing seals; copying dockets; searching and copying .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
56
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists mainly of declarations, or plaintiffs' initial pleadings; affidavits and admissions of service of these declarations; subsequent pleadings such as replications and rejoinders; demurrers; cognovits; writs of inquiry and inquisitions; and reports of damages as determined by clerks .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
57
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists of writs of scire facias, which are orders under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature commanding a sheriff to summon a defendant (or his heirs or assigns) to appear in court and show cause why execution of a judgment against him should not be levied from his property. The writ .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
58
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists of affidavits of special bail for defendants. Each affidavit states that the special bail is worth double the amount demanded by the plaintiff in the writ of capias ad respondendum, after payment of all his debts, and that he is a freeholder or housekeeper in the county where the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
59
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Abstract:
This series consists of 3" x 5" cards that index attorneys admitted to the New York State bar. The minimum information typically provided includes name under which the attorney was admitted and place and date of admission. Information may also include attorney's education; clerkship; name change; statement .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
60
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of assignments of errors made by plaintiffs in error in Supreme Court. The assignment of errors corresponds to the declaration in an original action. In it the plaintiff in error states the "manifest error" found in the record, proceedings, and judgment in a case heard and decided .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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