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21
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0088
 
 
Dates:
1823-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This series is an outdated partial index to Enrolled Chancery Decrees After 1800. It was superseded by J0064, Index of Enrolled Decrees After 1800. File numbers, therefore, no longer refer to actual enrolled decrees since new file numbers were assigned in the subsequent index. Entries include complainant, .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

22
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0089
 
 
Dates:
1823-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of draft decrees and orders used as entry documentation for the State Court of Chancery Common Order Book 1806-1830, Register's Minutes of Decrees 1830-1847, and Register's Minutes of Common Orders 1830-1847. Draft decrees appear in this series beginning in 1830. Occasionally a .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

23
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery (7th Circuit)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0204
 
 
Dates:
1843-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of copies of special orders issued by the Vice Chancellor in the 7th Circuit directing a Master to appoint a receiver for an insolvent debtor and directing the debtor to turn over all his property, account books, and papers to the receiver..........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

24
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
 

25
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J1049
 
 
Dates:
1840-1847
 
 
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
 

26
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J1059
 
 
Dates:
1807-1812
 
 
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
 

27
Creator:
Queens College (New York, N.Y.). Historical Documents Collection
 
 
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
 

28
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J1151
 
 
Dates:
1823-1842
 
 
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
 

29
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
 

30
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J7076
 
 
Dates:
1825, 1836, 1838
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of draft reports on the Chancery Fund submitted to the State Assembly. These reports were occasionally requested from the Register and Assistant Register by legislative resolution. The informational content of each report varies depending on what was requested..........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

31
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
 

32
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
JN321
 
 
Dates:
1787-1852 (with gaps)
 
 
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
 

33
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0055
 
 
Dates:
1830-1847
 
 
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
 

34
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
 

35
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
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
 

36
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J1054
 
 
Dates:
1829-1847
 
 
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
 

37
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J6061
 
 
Dates:
1823-1844
 
 
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
 

38
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
 

39
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0052
 
 
Dates:
1830-1847
 
 
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
 

40
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0073
 
 
Dates:
1823-1847
 
 
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
 

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