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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
202
Creator:
New York (Colony). Court of Assizes
Abstract:
These records document the settlement of civil and criminal cases by the governor and council sitting as the Court of Assizes. The court tried appeals of lower court decisions and served as an equity court in cases to which no specific legal provisions applied. Cases concerned: land title and/or inheritance .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
203
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New York (State). Court of Admiralty
Abstract:
This series consists of admiralty claims cases filed within the jurisdiction of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Claims relate to prize cases; seamen's wages and treatment; salvage; evasion of customs regulations; insubordination; attempted mutiny; and passenger assault. Files may contain libels, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
204
Creator:
New York (State). Office of General Services. Design and Construction
Abstract:
This series consists of architectural and mechanical drawings of the 1915 renovation of the "State House" building, located on Eagle Street in Albany, New York, for use by the New York State Court of Appeals. The plans show structural alterations; additions; and heating, sanitary, and electrical mod.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
205
Creator:
New York State Archives and Records Administration
Abstract:
This series consists of records indexing Series J0156, New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica) Insolvency Papers. They consist of datasheets that contain box and folder information, name of insolvent, county, city or town, occupation (if apparent), and date of filing. Copies of these datasheets .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
206
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany and Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of fragments from other series originally filed in the Albany, Geneva, and perhaps Utica offices of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Most of the documents are motions, cognovits, writs of execution (usually fi. fa.), briefs, and affidavits of service of declarations. There are also .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
207
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
The relicta et cognovit is the defendant's confession that he is liable for the debt or other damages alleged in the plaintiff's declaration, plus any costs and charges arising out of the action. The document gives the names of the parties and their attorneys and the amount of damages claimed. It is .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
208
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
The small number of documents in this series relate to a judgment by a town of Romulus justice of the peace in Seneca County. The judgment was removed to the Seneca County Court of Common Pleas by a writ of certiorari, and thence submitted without writ of error to the Supreme Court by stipulation of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
209
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of reports of referees who were appointed by rule of the court to report the amount of damages (if any) due to a plaintiff in an action which involved complex money accounts. Each report gives the title of the cause, the amount of damages awarded, the signatures of the three referees, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
210
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
211
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
These records documenting pleadings of plaintiffs and defendants in common law actions include declarations of plaintiffs, defendant's pleas, replications, rejoinders, surrejoinders, cognovits, demurrers, reports of referees, reports of damages awarded, and writs of inquiry. The series contains plaintiffs' .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
212
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This fragmentary series contains declarations, writs of inquiry and inquisitions, motion papers of all kinds, cognovits, stipulations, exceptions, demurrers, and other miscellaneous documents..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
213
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists mostly of two types of writs of execution: writs of fieri facias command a sheriff to levy the amount of a judgment from the moveable or real property of the judgment debtor; writs of capias ad satisfaciendum command a sheriff to arrest a losing party for a court appearance. The .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
214
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This series consists of writs of commission, issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, directed to commissioners appointed to take depositions under oath from witnesses residing in other states or countries. The return to the writ consists of the answers of the witness, transcribed by the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
215
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series contains plaintiffs' declarations, which were the initial pleadings in common law actions. The declaration was made out by the plaintiff's attorney after the defendant had been arrested by a writ of capias ad respondendum. The declaration contains caption (name of the court and the term .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
216
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series contains plaintiff's declarations, which were the initial pleadings in common law actions. The declaration was made out by the plaintiff's attorney after the defendant had been arrested by a writ of capias ad respondendum. The declaration contains the following parts: caption; venue; commencement; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
217
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series consists of documents relating to the partition of lands held by joint tenants or tenants in common. Each file contains some or all of the following documents: petition to Supreme Court seeking a rule appointing commissioners to partition lands held jointly or in common; affidavit of publication .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
218
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Abstract:
This series consists of bills of exceptions, which were submitted by attorneys for defendants in inferior courts (civil or criminal) who intended to apply for a writ of error. The bill summarizes the proceedings to which exception is taken and is certified and signed by the judge (or judges) of the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
219
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series contains records of the pleas, issue, trial, and verdict in civil causes in Circuit Courts. Each record has the following parts: the placita, which gives names of the parties; the memorandum, which gives the name of the court, the term, the names of plaintiff and defendant, and the plaintiff's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
220
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series contains records of the pleas, issue, trial, and verdict in civil causes in Circuit Courts. Each record has the following parts: the placita, which gives the names of the parties; the memorandum; the subsequent pleadings by both defendant and plaintiff; the imparlance, or allowance to the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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