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New York County Clerk's Office Card Index to Supreme Court Pleadings and Other Court Documents


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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:
Card index provides access to individual documents in two large series of Supreme Court of Judicature pleadings and other civil and criminal court documents: Series JN522 and Series JN535. An index card contains for each case document the names of plaintiff and defendant, name of court, date of filing, and reference to the document code (year-letter-number). Multiple plaintiffs are indexed individually.
Creator:
Title:
New York County Clerk's Office card index to Supreme Court pleadings and other court documents
Quantity:

14.25 cubic feet

40 microfilm rolls 16mm

Inclusive Dates:
1699-1910
Series Number:
JN121

Arrangement

Alphabetical by plaintiff name, either surname and given name, or corporation name. Sub-sections of the card index contain cards for individuals mentioned in coroner's inquisitions, liquor licenses, and military commissions. Another sub-section lists court minutes, which are not name-indexed.

Scope and Content Note

Card index provides access to individual documents in two large series of Supreme Court of Judicature pleadings and other civil and criminal court documents: Series JN522 and Series JN535. An index card contains for each case document the names of plaintiff and defendant, name of court, date of filing, and reference to the document code (year-letter-number). Multiple plaintiffs are indexed individually.

Alternate Formats Available

Selected data from the index cards is part of Series JN109, Spreadsheet index to Supreme Court judgment rolls and other documents on parchment, to Court of Chancery and First Circuit filed and transcribed documents, and to New York City Court of Common Pleas and New York City Superior Court filed documents

Related Material

JN522 Pleadings and other civil and criminal court documents (1699-1837), and

JN535 Pleadings and other civil court documents (1838-1847) contain related records.

Processing Information

Card index was created by staff of the New York County Clerk's Office.

Microfilm was produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

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Contents Roll

Accretion: JN121-17
A.A. Morlet & Co. - Averill, Josiah 1
Averill, Mary J. - Beebee, Lydia + ors. 2
Beebee, Samuel J. + ors. - B'nai B'rith 3
Boah (or Boak), John - Brown, Clarissa 4
Brown, Cornelia A. - Campbell, William H. 5
Campbell, William Miller - Clapp, Issac 6
Clapp, John - Cooper, Francis 7
Cooper, G.D., Attorney. - Davie, James S. 8
Davie, John C. + ors. - Doe, Nicholas 9
Doel, George - Elliot, Henry H. 10
Elliot, James - Flandereau, William 11
Flanders, Benjamin - Gelbach, George 12
Gelberg, Maxwell - Greenwich Bank 13
Greenwich Bank - Harris, Abraham H. 14
Harris, Abraham L. + ors. - Hind, James F. 15
Hind, Jane A. - Hunt, Wilson J. 16
Hunter, Agnes A. - Jetter, Robert + ors. 17
Jewel, John - King (The) v. Bache, Theo 18
King (The) v. Backer, Jacob - Lathrop, William G. 19
Lathrop, William M. - Livingston, Edmond 20
Livingston, Edward - Manhattan Co. 21
Manhattan Electric Co. - McKinley, John S. 22
McKinley, Mary J. - Misch, Moses 23
Mishkin, Matty - Mutual Life Ms Co. 24
Mutual Trust Co. - Oljaver, Anne 25
Oljaver, Sebastien - People of the State of New York v. Clauw, Peter 26
People of the State of New York v. Clawson, Anthony - Pestky, Alice + ors. 27
Peter, Clara - Prevost, Samuel 28
Price, Addison - Riddell, Henry W. 29
Riddell, Robert + ano. - Salzmann, Henry J. + ano. 30
Sam - Sharp, Richard + ors. 31
Sharp, Robert - Smith, Samuel W. 32
Smith, Sandford S. - Stolley, Caroline 33
Stoltz, Frederick - Tenement House Dept. of the City of New York 34
Tenement House Dept. of the City of New York - Tucker, Henry 35
Tucker, Hiram A. - Van Wagenen, W.W., Atty. 36
Van Wagener, Jacob - Wehrt, Sofia 37
Weiant (or Weyant), Andrew - Williams, Samuel P. + ors. 38
Williams, Samuel P. + ors. - Zimmermann, John C., Decd., Estate of 39
Zimmerman, Jacob A. + ano. - Zwinge, Nellie 40