New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) Judgment Rolls
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Summary:
This series consists of judgment rolls which have been signed, filed, and docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court. The
judgment roll contains the record of pleadings and proceedings in a cause, prepared by the attorney for the party to whom
the judgment has been awarded. Accompanying the judgment roll proper are copies of other documents filed in the cause, in
what may be termed the judgment record.
Creator:
Title:
Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) judgment rolls
Quantity:
111.8 cubic feet
257 boxes
Inclusive Dates:
1827-1847
Series Number:
J0137
Arrangement
Chronological by year, then alphabetical by first letter of last name of losing party, then chronological by filing date.
Scope and Content Note
Judgment rolls contain names of the court, the term, justices, clerks, parties to the action, and attorneys; summary of proceedings;
pleas of plaintiff and defendant; verdict; and award of judgment. Copies of related documents, such as plaintiffs' declarations
and satisfaction pieces, accompany the judgment rolls.
This series consists of judgment rolls which have been signed, filed, and docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court. The
judgment roll contains the record of pleadings and proceedings in a cause, prepared by the attorney for the party to whom
the judgment has been awarded. The judgment roll proper consists of the following parts: caption (name of the court, the term,
names of justices and clerks); warrants of attorney (names of parties to the action and their attorneys); memorandum (summary
of proceedings on the bill of complaint, i.e. writ of capias); plaintiff's plea (the substance of his declaration); defendant's
plea (replication); any subsequent pleadings (such as rejoinders and surrejoinders); joinder of issue; award of jury process
(the writ of venire facias juratores) or, after 1829, an order that the issue be tried at a Circuit Court; imparlances, or
postponements, of trial, if any; summary of trial proceedings and verdict, copied from the nisi prius record or, after 1829,
the circuit roll; and the award of judgment, signed in the margin by a Supreme Court clerk, Supreme Court Commissioner, or
in rare instances, by one of the justices.
When the defendant admitted the debt or damages, his cognovit was entered on the roll. When the defendant defaulted through
failure to plead or rejoin, an interlocutory judgment might be granted along with an order for a writ of inquiry to issue
to a sheriff to make an inquisition of the damages due (this might also occur on a demurrer). Reports of referees or court
clerks on the amount of judgment to be awarded are entered upon the roll in similar fashion. The plaintiff's judgment award
was damages and costs, in cases of assumpsit, covenant, trespass, and case; debt, damages, and costs, in cases of debt; possession
of moveable property plus costs, in cases of replevin; and possession of and title to real property plus costs in actions
of ejectment. The defendant's judgment award, in the few cases which went against the plaintiff, either by verdict or non-suit,
was costs only. On the dorso of the judgment record are written the name of the court, the title of the cause, name of winning
party's attorney, amount of judgment award, and date of filing.
Accompanying the judgment roll proper are copies of other documents filed in the cause, in what may be termed the judgment
record. These are the plaintiff's declaration (statement of cause of action with his plea and counts); oyer (copy of the bond
or other obligation sued upon); bail piece (either common bail, in which the sureties are fictitious, or special bail, in
which one or both of the bail are real persons who have undertaken for the defendant's appearance and satisfaction of the
judgment); defendant's plea or a cognovit; warrant of attorney (by which a defendant appoints an attorney to receive a declaration
and confess liability for judgment); and the satisfaction piece (acknowledgment of satisfaction of judgment by both parties
to the action). By the 1820's all these documents (except the satisfaction piece and warrant of attorney), are usually on
one printed form, along with the judgment itself.
Until February 5, 1798, all judgments were required to be enrolled on parchment. A law of 1798 permitted use of paper after
that date. (Parchment judgment rolls appear occasionally for a few years thereafter.)
Related Material
J0138 Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) Transcripts of Docket of Judgments (Geneva) and
J0142 Supreme Court of Judicature Index to Dockets of Judgments (Albany, Utica, Geneva, New York, 1829-1835 only) facilitate access
to Series J0137.
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Custodial History
Series J0134, New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica) Judgment Rolls, contains most Utica judgment rolls; Series
J0137 contains records estrayed from Series J0134.
The Court of Appeals placed these records on deposit at the Historical Documents Collection, Queens College, from 1973-1982.
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Detailed Description
Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Accretion: J0137-82 |
1827 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
1 |
1827 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B-C |
2 |
1827 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C |
3 |
1828 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-D (Box 1) |
4 |
1828 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-D (Box 2) |
5 |
1828 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters W1 |
6 |
1829 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B2 |
7 |
1829 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters E-F-G-H |
8 |
1829 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters I-J-K-L-M |
9 |
1829 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters N-O-P-R-S |
10 |
1829 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T-Z |
11 |
1830 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B |
12 |
1830 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
13 |
1830 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C |
14 |
1830 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters D-E |
15 |
1830 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters F-G |
16 |
1830 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H-J |
17 |
1830 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters K-M |
18 |
1830 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M-Q |
19 |
1830 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters R |
20 |
1830 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T |
21 |
1830 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters U-Z |
22 |
1831 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B |
23 |
1831 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C-D |
24 |
1831 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters E-F-G |
25 |
1831 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H-I-J |
26 |
1831 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters K-L-M |
27 |
1831 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters N-O-P-Q |
28 |
1831 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters R-S |
29 |
1831 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S-T |
30 |
1831 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters U-Z |
31 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A |
32 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
33 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C1 |
34 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C2 |
35 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters D |
36 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters E-F |
37 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters G |
38 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H |
39 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H-J-K-L |
40 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M-N-O |
41 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P-Q |
42 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters R |
43 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S |
44 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T |
45 |
1832 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters U-Z |
46 |
1833 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B1 |
47 |
1833 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B2 |
48 |
1833 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C |
49 |
1833 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters D |
50 |
1833 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters E-F |
51 |
1833 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters G-H |
52 |
1833 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H-I-J |
53 |
1833 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters K-L |
54 |
1833 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M-N-O |
55 |
1833 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P-Q-R |
56 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B |
57 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B2 |
58 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C1 |
59 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C2-D |
60 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters E-F |
61 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters G |
62 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H1 |
63 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H2-K |
64 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters L-M1 |
65 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters N-O-P-Q |
66 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters R |
67 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S |
68 |
1834 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters U-Z |
69 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A |
70 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
71 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C |
72 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C2 |
73 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters D-E |
74 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters F-G |
75 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H |
76 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters I-J-K |
77 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M-N-O |
78 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P-Q-R |
79 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S |
80 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T-U-V |
81 |
1835 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters W |
82 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A |
83 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
84 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C |
85 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C |
86 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C1 |
87 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C2 |
88 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters D |
89 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters E-F |
90 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters G |
91 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H |
92 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H-I |
93 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters J-K-L |
94 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M |
95 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters N-O-P |
96 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P-R |
97 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S (Box 1) |
98 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S (Box 2) |
99 |
1836 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T-Z |
100 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A |
101 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B |
102 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
103 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
104 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
105 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C1 |
106 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C1 |
107 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C2 |
108 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C3 |
109 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters D |
110 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters D2 |
111 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters E |
112 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters F |
113 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters G |
114 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H2 |
115 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H1 (Box 1) |
116 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H1 (Box 2) |
117 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters I-K |
118 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters L |
119 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M |
120 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters N2, P1 |
121 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P2, R |
122 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S1 |
123 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S |
124 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T-U-V |
125 |
1837 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters W |
126 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B |
127 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
128 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
129 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
130 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C |
131 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C |
132 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C1 |
133 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C2 |
134 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S |
135 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters E |
136 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters F |
137 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters G |
138 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H1 |
139 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H2 |
140 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters I-K |
141 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters L |
142 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P-Q |
143 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P-R |
144 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters R-S |
145 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S |
146 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T-U-V-Z |
147 |
1838 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters W-X |
148 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A |
149 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B1 |
150 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B2 |
151 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B3 |
152 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C |
153 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C1 |
154 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters D-E |
155 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters F |
156 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters G |
157 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H |
158 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H-J |
159 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters K-L |
160 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M |
161 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M2-O |
162 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P-Q |
163 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters R |
164 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S |
165 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S |
166 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T |
167 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters W |
168 |
1839 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters U-Z |
169 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A |
170 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B1 (Box 1) |
171 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B1 (Box 2) |
172 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B2 (Box 1) |
173 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B2 (Box 2) |
174 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B3 |
175 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C1 (Box 1) |
176 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C1 (Box 2) |
177 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C2 (Box 1) |
178 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C2 (Box 2) |
179 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters E |
180 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters F |
181 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters G |
182 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H |
183 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H-I |
184 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters K |
185 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters L |
186 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M1 |
187 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M2-O |
188 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P-Q |
189 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters R |
190 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T |
191 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters W |
192 |
1840 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters U-Z |
193 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B |
194 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
195 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B-C |
196 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C1 |
197 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C2-E |
198 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters F-G |
199 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H-I |
200 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters K |
201 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M-O |
202 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P-R |
203 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S |
204 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T |
205 |
1841 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters U-Z |
206 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B |
207 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
208 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B |
209 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C |
210 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C-D |
211 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters E-F |
212 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H |
213 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters I-L |
214 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M |
215 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters N-Q |
216 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters R, U-Z |
217 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S |
218 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T |
219 |
1842 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters W |
220 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B |
221 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B-C |
222 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C |
223 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters D-F |
224 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters F-G |
225 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters G |
226 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H |
227 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters I-L |
228 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M |
229 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters N-Q |
230 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters R-S |
231 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S-V |
232 |
1843 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters W |
233 |
1844 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B |
234 |
1844 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C-F |
235 |
1844 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters G-I |
236 |
1844 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters K-O |
237 |
1844 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P-S |
238 |
1844 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters T-Z |
239 |
1845 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B |
240 |
1845 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters C-D |
241 |
1845 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters E-G |
242 |
1845 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters H-K |
243 |
1845 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters L,S & T Only |
244 |
1845 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters M-R |
245 |
1845 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters W-Z |
246 |
1846 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-B |
247 |
1846 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters B-C |
248 |
1846 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters D-F |
249 |
1846 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters G-J |
250 |
1846 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters K-N |
251 |
1846 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters O-P-R |
252 |
1846 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S-Z |
253 |
1847 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters A-E |
254 |
1847 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters F-O |
255 |
1847 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters P-R |
256 |
1847 |
Judgment Rolls - Letters S-T |
257 |