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Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains engrossed copies of the minutes contained in Chancery Minutes providing a daily record of the proceedings of the Court of Chancery. The names of the parties and their attorneys, summaries of arguments and documents read or submitted, and actions taken by the court are recorded. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
22
Creator:
Queens College (New York, N.Y.). Historical Documents Collection
Title:
Series:
J1065
Dates:
1684-1800
Abstract:
This index contains names of defendants in Chancery cases that have case documents in series J0065, Enrolled decrees, filed parchments and papers before 1800. The index consists of cards, each containing the name of defendant and a cross reference to the name of the complainant and the alphanumeric .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
23
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
Abstract:
This series consists of Register's statements on mortgage foreclosure cases handled by the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor respectively. Each contains totals of bills filed for mortgage foreclosure, decrees issued for sale of mortgaged premises, and sales conducted. Also included is an alphabetical case .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
24
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of docket books recording final decrees issued by the Vice Chancellor at the request of any party involved in a case. The New York Revised Statutes of 1829 required the Clerks of various Chancery Circuits to maintain such a record and dictated its format. Information recorded includes .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
25
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
Abstract:
This series consists of semi-annual reports on monies paid to the Clerk that were still in the custody of the court at the end of the reporting period. Each entry in the report was required to contain the title of the cause in or an account for which money was paid, the date the money was paid, for .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
26
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
Title:
Series:
J5076
Dates:
[circa 1830-1886]
Abstract:
This series consists of receipts, copies of orders and decrees, certificates of appointment of guardian, powers of attorney, and correspondence relating to money deposited with the court. Most of these funds were deposited with the court in cases involving guardianships and incompetencies (i.e., lunacy, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
27
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of actions taken and documents filed in cases involving the appointment of a guardian, committee, or receiver. The heading for each case recorded contains the name of dependent(s), whether a lunatic, drunkard, or infant, the name of the solicitor, and the year the case was brought .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
28
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
Chapter 12 of the Laws of 1788 gave the Court of Chancery the responsibility for overseeing the well being and property of persons deemed idiots or lunatics and infant trustees (persons under the age of 21 whose person and estate are under the care of a trustee of guardian). This series is a listing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
29
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J0206
Dates:
1843-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of common orders issued by the Clerk in the name of the Vice Chancellor in the 7th Circuit in mortgage cases, by which a Master was ordered to determine the amount of principal and interest owed to the complainant..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
30
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of appointments of agents, filed by solicitors, with the Clerk of the 2nd Chancery Circuit. Each appointment contains the name of the agent, date of appointment, place of residence, and the signature of the appointing solicitor. The rule of the court required every solicitor in .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
31
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
The power of the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor to appoint committees or guardians for idiots, lunatics, or insolvent corporations is derived from English precedent. This power was extended to the appointment of guardians for infants by Chapter 106 of the Laws of 1815 and to the appointment of committees .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
32
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J0056
Dates:
1832-1838
Abstract:
The laws of 1830 incorporated the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company and stipulated that the Court of Chancery could appoint this institution as a guardian for infants whose estates yielded an annual income exceeding $100. The court used the Trust Company as a depository for the monies of infants .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series is a listing of information on cases in which a guardian, committee, or receiver was appointed by the Vice Chancellor in the Third Circuit..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
34
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of bonds for the performance of duties executed by guardians, committees, and receivers. A law of 1815 required a court appointed guardian to give bond to the infant-trustee. The bond was to be filed with the court. In practice such bonds were also required from committees for lunatics .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
35
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains copies of decrees issued by the Chancellor authorizing the sale of land in mortgage foreclosure cases. The minute books were created by the Register, whose office was in Albany..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
36
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J2076
Dates:
1830-1837, 1839-1841
Abstract:
This series consists of the annual reports of Injunction Masters on the accounts of all court appointed guardians, committees, and receivers in their circuits. These reports were originally filled with the Chancellor and appropriate Vice Chancellor pursuant to court rule 156. The reports are in narrative .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
37
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of summary chronological records of actions taken and documents filed in cases heard by the Vice-Chancellors. Cases include both adversarial cases commenced by complaint ("causes"), and those commenced by petition ("matters")..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
38
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J0092
Dates:
1835-1839
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of orders and decrees issued by the Chancellor in cases of disputes between the Utica and Schenectady Railroad and owners of property it wished to appropriate. A law of 1833 incorporated the railroad and established the procedures for resolving such conflicts in the Court .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
39
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
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Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
The registers in this series contain summary chronological records of proceedings in the Court of Chancery (before spring 1823), in the Court of Equity (1st Circuit) (spring 1823 through 1829), and before the Vice-Chancellor (1st Circuit) (1830-1847), in cases ("causes") involving a complainant and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives