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Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series is an index by name of complainant to the enrolled decrees in Series J0065, New York State Court of Chancery Decrees and Papers Before 1800, 1684-1800. Each entry in this volume contains the name of complainant and defendant along with a file number. The majority of the decrees indexed were .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
42
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of an alphabetical index by last name of complainant to Series J0087, Miscellaneous Filed Papers, 1777-1847. Each entry in the index contains the names of complainant and defendant and a file number..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
43
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains a short chronological record of actions taken and documents filed in cases heard before the Chancellor. The names of the complainant and defendant, their attorneys' names, and a chronological listing of each action taken and corresponding date is recorded for every case reported .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
44
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth's personal notes on cases in Chancery. The form of the notes and the information they contain varies among cases. Appearing for all cases are the names of the parties and their solicitors and the date the case was heard by the Chancellor. The Chancellor's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
45
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of a short chronological record of actions taken and documents filed in petition cases heard by the Vice Chancellor of the 7th Circuit. Most cases concern matters of incompetency (lunatics, infants, and drunkards), the administration of estates, and petitions for special performance. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
46
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
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This series is an outdated partial index to Enrolled Chancery Decrees After 1800. It was superseded by J0064, Index of Enrolled Decrees After 1800.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
47
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
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
48
Creator:
New York (Colony). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J0090
Dates:
1701-1702, 1705-1708, 1720-1735, 1748-1770
Abstract:
This series consists mainly of copies of orders and decrees issued by the Royal Governor or Lieutenant Governor acting in his capacity as chancellor. Also included are minutes of proceedings, copies of Master's reports, and other material relevant to the business of the court. Decrees usually contain .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
49
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains a short chronological record of proceedings in cases in which a clerk in Chancery provided a service. A court rule required the two Chancery Clerks in New York City and the two in Albany to maintain these registers..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
50
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
51
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series is an alphabetical index by last name of complainant to Chancery Papers, State Archives Series J0070. Each entry in the index contains the names of the complainant and defendant and a file number. There are also special sections in the back of the index for banks, churches, insurance companies, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
52
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of an index of names of parties in court cases and reference page numbers of unspecified volumes. Records cited in the indexes are unknown..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
53
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J2176
Dates:
1794-1825
Abstract:
This series consists of a Register's statistical report to the Chancellor of cases handled by the court. It contains lists of: the number of bills filed in the court's Albany and New York City offices; the number of decrees enrolled in Albany and in New York City and the number of bills filed with the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
54
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of mortgages. Court rules required the Master involved in the sale of mortgaged property to file a copy of the mortgage with the Register, Assistant, or clerk of the court..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
55
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of court calendars prepared by the Register for the Chancellor. Entries consist of a priority number (starting at "1"), the names of the complainant and defendant, the date the case was begun, the method by which the case reached the hearing stage (e.g., bill confessed, demurrer, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
56
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of draft reports on the Chancery Fund submitted to the state assembly. The reports were occasionally requested from the Register and Assistant Register by legislative resolution. Informational content of each report varies depending on what was requested..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
57
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains oversized enrolled decrees in bound volumes and folders. Each decree was signed by the Vice-Chancellor in the 1st Circuit or by the Chancellor. One case was commenced in 1839 and finally determined by the Supreme Court in Equity (New York County) in 1893..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
58
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN317
Dates:
1823-1832
Abstract:
Volume records court-ordered payments of cash and transfer of other financial assets by parties in Chancery proceedings, and their deposit with the Manhattan Company, a bank in New York City. Volume also contains signed receipts for money disbursed by the Manhattan Company and paid by the clerk of the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
59
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN324
Dates:
1702, 1757, 1767, 1772-1775, 1779, 1787, 1792-1848
Abstract:
This series contains interrogatories, cross-interrogatories, and depositions of witnesses in proceedings in the Court of Chancery, the Court of Equity (1st Circuit), and the Court of Chancery (1st Circuit). Almost all the depositions were taken by an Examiner in Chancery; a few were taken by court-appointed .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
60
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of writs of fieri facias, ordering a sheriff to sell a defendant's property in order to pay money owed to a complainant; writs of attachment, ordering a sheriff to arrest a defendant who was in contempt of court; and related documents..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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