Remittiturs from the Court for the Corrections of Errors J1001

Remittiturs from the Court for the Corrections of Errors

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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 remittiturs from the Court for the Correction of Errors to the Supreme Court of Judicature, for execution of judgement or other proceedings. Records include the writ of error returnable to the Court of Errors; a copy of the judgement roll; occasionally a bill of exceptions, or assignment of errors and joinder in error; and the record of proceedings in the Court of Errors.

Creator:

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

Title:

Remittiturs from the Court for the Corrections of Errors

Quantity:

0.4 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1814-1843

Series Number:

J1001

Arrangement

J1001-06:Unarranged.

Scope and Content Note

These documents are remittiturs from the Court for the Correction of Errors to the Supreme Court of Judicature, for execution of judgement or other proceedings. The documents for a case include the writ of error returnable to the Court of Errors; a copy of the judgement roll (record of proceedings and judgement in the trial court); occasionally a bill of exceptions, or assignment of errors and joinder in error; and the record of proceedings in the Court of Errors (pleas of plaintiff in error and defendant in error, judgement of affirmance or reversal, and the order remitting the record to the Supreme Court of Judicature).

Related Material

Other remittiturs from the Court of Errors are found in series J0011, Motions and Declarations (Albany)

J0012, Miscellaneous Filed Documents (Geneva)

and J0031, Writs of Error (Utica).

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

Partial item list.

Custodial History

These records were transferred to the State Archives by the Court of Appeals in 1982 but became estranged from the original accession for some unknown reason until they were identified and accessioned as part of the 11th floor renovation and relocation project.