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101
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists of calendars of enumerated motions argued before the Supreme Court of Judicature. Enumerated motions were those made to arrest judgment; those arising on a "case" in Circuit Court or agreed upon without trial; those arising on a special verdict, a demurrer, a writ of error, a bill .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
102
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Abstract:
These volumes contain accounts with attorneys practicing in the Supreme Court of Judicature in Albany, Utica, and Geneva. Accounts include name of attorney and debits for filing documents, sealing writs, certifying copies, searching for judgments unsatisfied, and other fees..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
103
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
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
104
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
105
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
106
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of assignments of errors made by plaintiffs in error in Supreme Court. The assignment of errors corresponds to the declaration in an original action. In it the plaintiff in error states the "manifest error" found in the record, proceedings, and judgment in a case heard and decided .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
107
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series contains documents relating to clerkships served by persons who eventually would seek admission to practice as attorneys in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Records concerning law clerkships include certificates stating that a student began a clerkship and setting the term of the clerkship, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
108
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This volume is a partial index to General and Special Term Minute Books of the Supreme Court of Judicature in its terms at Albany. Only selected cases are included, and the exact criteria for selection are unknown..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
109
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
110
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
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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
111
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
These volumes are dockets of undertaking of bail. Each entry gives the names of defendant and plaintiff, names of the bail (sometimes with their residences and occupations or ranks), name of defendant's attorney, and date of filing. Usually one of the bail is a fictitious person, i.e., "John Doe" or .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
112
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of calendars of enumerated motions argued before the Supreme Court of Judicature in special terms held at Rochester. Enumerated motions were those made to arrest judgment; those arising on a "case" reserved at trial in Circuit Court or agreed upon without trial; those arising on .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
113
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
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Series:
J3011
Dates:
1823-1828
Abstract:
This fragmentary series consists of summaries of testimony and proceedings in the Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer. At the head of each document are the names of the courts, the venue, the date, and the names of the presiding justices. Following are entries for each case (civil or criminal) .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
114
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series contains issue rolls, which contain all the same parts and information as judgment rolls up to and including the award of writ of venire facias juratores. (See finding aids for Series J0134, J0137, and J0140.) The issue roll was prepared only for important cases tried at the bar of the Supreme .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
115
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of affidavits of defendants' bail. Each affidavit states that the bail is worth a specified sum of money after payment of the defendant's outstanding debts (the amount was required to be double the amount of debt or damages claimed by the plaintiff in the writ of capias ad respo.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
116
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
117
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
These volumes are dockets of undertakings of bail. Each entry gives the names of defendant and plaintiff, names of the bail (sometimes with their residences and occupations or ranks), name of defendant's attorney, and date of filing. Usually one of the bail is a fictitious person, i.e., "John Doe" or .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
118
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This fragmentary series consists of lists of freeholders qualified to serve as jurors in the trial of issues in the Supreme Court of Judicature, as returned by sheriffs or county clerks. Each list gives the names of freeholders, their places of abode, and their "additions" (occupations or ranks). Most .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
119
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Abstract:
This series consists of writs of mandamus, issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, commanding a public officer or public corporation to show cause why he or it should not perform a duty (alternative mandamus), or to perform it (peremptory mandamus). Most writs served on courts of common .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
120
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of writs of possession (habere facias possessionem), issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, commanding a sheriff to give possession of a parcel of land to the person who was entitled to it after having won an action of ejectment in the Supreme Court of Judicature..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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