Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)

 

 

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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

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

 

 

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This series contains documents relating to the proof of wills in the Supreme Court at Albany. Documents include the executor's petition for proof of the will in Supreme Court; affidavits of witnesses regarding competency of the testator; and notices to next-of-kin. Wills could be proved in the Supreme .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)

 

 

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Petitions were submitted by creditors for the issuance of a warrant of attachment, ordering a sheriff to seize the real and personal property of a debtor for payment of his debts. The proceeding was available when a debtor could not be arrested, either because he had absconded or concealed himself, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

 

 

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This series includes documents relating to the assignment and sale of property of insolvent debtors who petitioned for relief, or the attachment and sale of property of "absconding, concealed, or non-resident debtors" in response to the petition of creditors. Most of the petitions were directed to the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)

 

 

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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