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101
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
102
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
103
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
104
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
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Series:
J0210
Dates:
1814-1858
Abstract:
This series consists of indexes to writs returned by sheriffs and other court officers to the clerks of the Supreme Court at New York City. Indexes to writs returned to the Supreme Court provide date of return, name of attorney, names of plaintiff and defendant, type of writ, and hour returned..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
105
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This is a fragmentary series of "Motion Papers" arranged by attorney's name (1832: B-C and 1837: B, G only). Affidavits of motions state the grounds on which the court will be moved. There are motions for judgment as in case of non-suit; for change of venue; for taxation of a bill of costs; to set aside .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
106
Creator:
Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York
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Series:
JN111
Dates:
1844-1855
Abstract:
This series consists of printed volumes containing summary information on money judgments in the superior civil courts in New York County and City, and occasionally other courts in New York City and State..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
107
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists of affidavits and notices of motions which were denied by the court. Each document bears on the dorso the letter 'D' or the word "Denied." Sometimes a clerk or justice added notes explaining why the motion should be denied. The series also contains a few declarations and other documents .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
108
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
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Series:
J2165
Dates:
1807-1849
Abstract:
Common rule books contain a record of common rules or orders of the court, entered by the clerk on motion made by an attorney for one of the parties to a cause. Motions for common rules were granted as a matter of course during a court term or in vacation between terms..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
109
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This volume contains minutes of the return of writs by sheriffs (or by coroners, in cases of attachments against sheriffs), with notes of motions and orders for proper execution of writs which had been returned only partially executed. The most frequent entries are for writs of capias ad respondendum .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
110
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
Most of the documents in this series are notices of joinder in demurrer, in which the plaintiff states that the demurrer will be opposed and the court moved for judgment on the ground that the defendant's demurrer is frivolous. There are also a few special motions for appointment of commissioners to .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
111
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of minutes of special rules entered during the special terms of the Supreme Court held at Rochester each October between 1841 and 1846. Information includes names of the parties and of the attorney making the motion for the rule, and the ruling of the court on the motion. The minute .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
112
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of petitions to a Supreme Court justice, commissioner, or judge of a court of common pleas for appointment of a guardian for an infant-defendant, or a next friend (prochein ami) for an infant-plaintiff (a minor could not appear in court)..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
113
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Title:
Series:
J1165
Dates:
1797-1849
Abstract:
This series consists of common rule books, which contain a record of common rules or orders of the court, entered by the clerk on motion made by an attorney for one of the parties to a cause. The rules include orders to plead, orders for judgment favoring the defendant or plaintiff, orders regarding .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
114
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series consists of documents filed in criminal cases heard and decided by the justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature in their capacity as judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Albany County. Documents include writs of venire facias juratores, commanding the sheriff to empanel a jury; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
115
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists mostly of affidavits stating the grounds for a motion and sometimes summarizing proceedings in the cause, and attached notices informing the opposing party of the motion for a court rule. The series also includes other motions, petitions, draft rules, demurrers, notices of joinder .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
116
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists of minute books, which contain special rules or orders granted upon special motions, orders issued in real property proceedings, appointments of commissioners to screen candidates for attorney or counsellor in the Supreme Court, and general procedural rules..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
117
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
Minute books for 1797-1800 contain grand jury proceedings and minutes of trials and sentencing. The series also contains special rules or orders granted upon special motions, orders issued in real property proceedings, appointments of commissioners to screen candidates for attorney or counsellor in .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
118
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Title:
Series:
J7011
Dates:
1812-1827
Abstract:
This series consists of briefs, draft rules, affidavits and notices of motions, certificates of clerkships, and other documents bundled together by court term. Included are a few rules for attachment of property of sheriffs who had failed to put in bail for defendants; orders for holding circuit courts; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
119
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
Files in this series usually include the writ of error ordering the lower court to return records of the case to the Supreme Court; the lower court's return or answer; and the defendant's bill of exceptions stating the objections to the lower court proceedings. Defendants obtained writs of error to .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
120
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of miscellaneous documents which did not fall into any other series and were filed together by the court clerk. They include draft rules, orders for exoneration of bail and surrender of defendants, recognizances of bail, consents to change attorneys, petitions and orders for appointment .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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