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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Title:
Series:
JN507
Dates:
1795-1798
Abstract:
Book contains entries by the court clerk of charges to attorneys for each document issued or filed. Amounts are computed in pounds, shillings, and pence. All accounts end with the word "copied," apparently referring to a successor book that does not survive..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
42
Creator:
New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Title:
Series:
JN510
Dates:
1842
Abstract:
This register contains entries for cases placed on the calendar and argued during May term, 1842. Disposition of each case is indicated. Cases include arguments on demurrer, motions for a new trial (including a few criminal convictions), motions to set aside a referee's report, and applications for .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
43
Creator:
New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)
Abstract:
The calendars in this series contain lists of civil cases commenced in the Supreme Court of Judicature and announced for trial in regular Circuit Court terms and in additional "sittings" in the city and county of New York..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
44
Creator:
New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Abstract:
Common rule books contain a record of common rules (or orders) entered by the clerk upon motion by the attorney for the plaintiff or defendant. Rules prior to July 1, 1847, were entered by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City. Starting July 1, 1847, rules were entered by the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
45
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Title:
Series:
JN522
Dates:
1699-1837
Abstract:
This series contains documents relating to civil litigation in the Supreme Court of Judicature, filed by the court clerk whose office was in New York City, or in other locations between the years 1778-1783. Most of the documents are pleadings by plaintiffs and defendants, bonds, draft rules, and affidavits. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
46
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Title:
Series:
JN526
Dates:
1790-1847
Abstract:
Transcripts of dockets of judgments were filed in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City by the other clerks of the court. Transcripts for the Albany office start 1790; Utica, 1807; Canandaigua (later Geneva), 1829. Each entry includes the name of the party against .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
47
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This collection contains writs of error filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City. The writ required the judge of a trial court to return a transcript of a judgment and related proceedings to the Supreme Court for review and determination. The writ alleges that "manifest .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
48
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains oversized enrolled decrees in bound volumes and folders. Each decree was signed by the Vice-Chancellor in the 1st Circuit or by the Chancellor. One case was commenced in 1839 and finally determined by the Supreme Court in Equity (New York County) in 1893..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
49
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN306
Dates:
1799-1890
Abstract:
This series contains transcriptions of enrolled decrees, the final determinations in equity cases involving a complainant and defendant. The decrees were issued by the Chancellor, the Circuit Judge in the 1st Circuit (1823-1829), the Vice-Chancellor in the 1st Circuit (1830-1847), or (after July 1, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
50
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)
Title:
Series:
JN540
Dates:
1787–1829, 1847-1856
Abstract:
The first two volumes in this series contain records of wills proved in the Supreme Court in New York City, 1787-1829. The record of a probate proceeding includes a copy of the will and the proof of the will. The volume for the years 1847-1856 includes wills of individuals residing or dying out of state .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
51
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This series contains precipes generated by the New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York). Precipes are brief instructions by an attorney to the court clerk to seal a writ or enter a common rule. The precipes list parties to the action and the attorney's name and date..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
52
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
Calendars contain lists of cases and brief notes of proceedings before the Vice-Chancellor or Assistant Vice-Chancellor in the First Circuit (New York City). Some entries include lists of papers read or submitted. Calendars include both adversarial cases, commenced by bill of complaint, and non-adversarial .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
53
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
54
Creator:
Papers of Aaron Burr (Project)
Title:
Series:
JN104
Dates:
approximately 1975-1978
Abstract:
Card indexes document court cases in which Aaron Burr was an attorney or a litigant. Separate card files index plaintiffs, defendants, and attorneys; cases in each court; and cases in chronological order. Courts represented are the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Chancery, and Court for .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
55
Creator:
New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office. Division of Old Records
Title:
Series:
JN109
Dates:
1684-1895
Abstract:
This series is an electronic index of selected data from Series JN103, Card Index to Court of Chancery Enrolled Decrees and Filed Papers and Series JN120, Card Index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery Documents on Parchment. This spreadsheet serves as an index for documents of the Supreme Court .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
56
Creator:
New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office. Division of Old Records
Title:
Series:
JN110
Dates:
1699-1910
Abstract:
This series is an electronic index (Historical Court Records Index II) for filed documents of the Supreme Court of Judicature (New York). It contains selected data from Series JN121, Card Index to Supreme Court Pleadings and Other Court Documents. It also serves as an index for filed documents of the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
57
Creator:
Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York
Title:
Series:
JN112
Dates:
1823-1855
Abstract:
Printed volumes list notices of pending suits in equity filed in the New York County Clerk's Office. Each entry includes name of defendant, name of complainant, and date of notice. Courts with equity jurisdiction were the Court of Equity (1823-1829), Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) (1830-1847), and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
58
Creator:
New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Abstract:
Card index documents judgments of the Supreme Court of Judicature filed in the court clerk's office in New York City between 1781 and June 30, 1847, and of the Supreme Court (New York County) filed in the New York County Clerk's Office from July 1, 1847 to the end of 1910. Judgment rolls filed prior .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
59
Creator:
New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office. Division of Old Records
Title:
Series:
JN120
Dates:
1684-1848
Abstract:
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..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
60
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
Series contains oversized parchment rolls that were filed in twenty-one Chancery cases. Document types include bill of complaint, answer, replication, Master's report, return of inquest, order, and decree. There are no complete case files..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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