Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
This series consists of copies of orders and decrees issued by the Chancellor in cases of disputes between the Utica and Schenectady
Railroad and owners of property it wished to appropriate. A law of 1833 incorporated the railroad and established the procedures
for resolving such conflicts in the Court of Chancery. Records include orders directing both parties interested in the property
to attend an initial hearing; orders appointing commissions of three competent and disinterested freeholders of the county
in which the property is located to appraise that property; and Chancellor's final decrees.
Creator:
Title:
Orders and decrees issued in the matters of the Utica and Schenectady Railroad Company
Quantity:
1 cubic foot
1 volume
Inclusive Dates:
1835-1839
Series Number:
J0092
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