Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of notes of issue filed with the Register or Assistant Register of the Court of Chancery. The court rules required a solicitor to file a note of issue at least four days before the beginning of a court term or his case would not be scheduled for a hearing..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of draft opinions written by the Chancellor for cases heard by the Court of Chancery and the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors. Each draft opinion gives the volume and page number in which it is entered; the names of the parties in the case; a review of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court (Third District)
Abstract:
none
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Title:
Series:
J0135
Dates:
1807-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of transcripts of judgments docketed by the Clerk of the Supreme Court at Utica. Information includes name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date and hour of filing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
Abstract:
This series consists of receipts to the Register from parties in cases (or their solicitors) for money paid to them out of the Chancery Fund. Each receipt contains the title of the case, date the money was received, amount of money received, signature of the payee, and reason the money was paid. This .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of records filed in cases handled by the Chancellor or by the Vice Chancellor of the 1st Circuit without resort to an enrolled decree (i.e., through dismissal, a court order, an agreement between the parties, etc.). Files do not often contain information on the court's final determination .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of a list of cases in which decrees had been entered in the Register's office. Each entry in the list contains the names of the complainant, defendant, and solicitor; the date the decree was issued and the date the bills, answers, and other documents relevant to the case were received .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series is the Register's record of notices served on the complainant's or defendant's solicitor informing him that the adverse party has filed certain documents or has appeared before the court..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of common orders (orders to which a party was entitled without having to show special cause) issued by the Chancellor. Court rules required that all orders issued by the Chancellor be entered by the Register in separate books. This series is continued by Series J0046, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of decrees and special orders issued by the Chancellor. The decrees include those appointing court officers, establishing court rules, and providing relief to petitioners and complainants. Information includes names of complainant, petitioner or applicant and defendant, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J0065
Dates:
1684-1822
Abstract:
The series contains information on the particulars of cases, the results of court investigations, the content of testimony, and the determinations of the court. Records consist of decrees, bills of complaint, answers, testimonies, reports, and other documents filed in cases heard by the Chancellor. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of records filed in cases handled by the Chancellor without resort to an enrolled decree. Files vary in content but may contain copies or originals of any or all of the following: bills of complaint; petitions; answers to complaints; Master's and other reports; depositions; transcripts .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J2061
Dates:
1830-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of draft orders and decrees issued by the Vice Chancellor, copies of reports of fees collected by the court, lists of delinquent guardians, routine correspondence with the Chancellor and Register, appointment documents and oaths of office of court officials, and miscellaneous documents .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of the written opinions and decisions of the Vice Chancellor of the 6th Circuit. Each opinion and decision contains a review of the particulars of the case, a summary of the arguments of the parties involved, the Vice Chancellor's decision on the matter, his reasons for so deciding, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
Title:
Series:
J6076
Dates:
1825-1830, 1832, 1834, 1838, 1843
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of annual reports on office expenditures submitted by the Register to the State Comptroller pursuant to Chapter 239 of the Laws of 1824. Each report lists expenditures by general purposes (i.e.,fuel, repair of court room, cleaning) and then gives the total office expenditures .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Title:
Series:
J2167
Dates:
1837-1847
Abstract:
This series contains common rules for interlocutory or final judgments when a defendant failed to enter a plea to the plaintiff's declaration and therefore was in default. The rules (or orders) were made on motion of the plaintiff's attorney. Most grant the plaintiff an interlocutory judgment and direct .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This is a fragmentary series of transcripts of judgments docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Albany. Each entry gives the following information: name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series contains original wills and documents relating to proof of the wills that were filed in the Utica office of the Supreme Court. Documents relating to proof include the petition for proof of will in Supreme Court; testimony or affidavits of witnesses attesting to the competency of the testator .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of notes made, presumably, by the register of the Court of Chancery, of cases heard by Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth. Entries include the title of the case, the name of the solicitor for the petitioner, claimant, or appellant and the outcome of the case..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
20
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of drafts of decrees and orders entered in Series J0048, Clerk's Minutes of Decrees, 1830-1847, and Series J0047, Clerk's Minutes of Common Orders, 1830-1847. Within some court sessions common orders, special orders, and decrees are bundled separately..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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