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1
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series is a chronological record of court proceedings maintained by the Clerk of the Court of Equity (1st Circuit) during the period 1823-1829 and the Clerk of the Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) during the period 1830-1847. The minutes contain summaries or texts of motions, orders, and final decrees. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN502
Dates:
1843-1852
Abstract:
Volume contains summary information about decrees in the Court of Chancery and Court of Vice-Chancery (1st Circuit) that were docketed in the office of the Assistant Register in New York City, if the decree required a money payment by the losing part..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains oversized enrolled decrees in bound volumes and folders. Each decree was signed by the Vice-Chancellor in the 1st Circuit or by the Chancellor. One case was commenced in 1839 and finally determined by the Supreme Court in Equity (New York County) in 1893..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN314
Dates:
1831-1840
Abstract:
This register (or "docket") contains summary information on judicial trustees appointed by the Court of Chancery, First Circuit, to administer the property of persons not competent to do so themselves. Each entry states the case title (naming the petitioner or the parties to litigation), name of the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This register lists bonds filed with the Court of Chancery by guardians and other agents of the court. Register also contains a list of title deeds filed by order of the Court of Chancery, 1760-1804..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN304
Dates:
1830-1846
Abstract:
Volumes index those decrees in the Court of Chancery and the Chancery Circuits throughout the state that were docketed in the office of the Assistant Register in New York City, if the decree required a money payment by the losing party..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of business account books and other documents submitted as evidence in Court of Chancery cases, mostly involving book accounts. Most of the records concern businesses in New York City..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN315
Dates:
1704-1847
Abstract:
The first sub-series contains filed documents in cases that generally did not result in an enrolled decree, the final determination in a Chancery case involving a complainant and defendant. The second sub-series, including corporation cases, includes some decrees or draft decrees, mostly in mortgage .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
These volumes contain a chronological record of proceedings before the Vice-Chancellor and Assistant Vice-Chancellor in the Court of Chancery, 1st Circuit, in New York City. The rough minutes contain brief notes of proceedings, such as filing of papers and issuance of preliminary orders and a final .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN319
Dates:
1712-1748, 1770-1776, 1785-1847
Abstract:
The minute books in this series are a chronological record of proceedings in the Court of Chancery, including cases initiated by complaint or by petition. The minutes contain summaries or full texts of motions, preliminary and final orders, and final decrees, as well as entries for other actions by .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
Series contains oversized parchment rolls that were filed in twenty-one Chancery cases. Document types include bill of complaint, answer, replication, Master's report, return of inquest, order, and decree. There are no complete case files..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN322
Dates:
1804-1807, 1815-1817, 1820-1840, 1843-1847
Abstract:
Rough minute books contain brief entries of proceedings before the Chancellor. Entries include notes of motions made, documents filed, and preliminary and final orders in cases involving a complainant and defendant. The minutes also record the admissions of solicitors and counselors to practice in the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
Calendars contain lists of cases and brief notes of proceedings before the Vice-Chancellor or Assistant Vice-Chancellor in the First Circuit (New York City). Some entries include lists of papers read or submitted. Calendars include both adversarial cases, commenced by bill of complaint, and non-adversarial .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN306
Dates:
1799-1890
Abstract:
This series contains transcriptions of enrolled decrees, the final determinations in equity cases involving a complainant and defendant. The decrees were issued by the Chancellor, the Circuit Judge in the 1st Circuit (1823-1829), the Vice-Chancellor in the 1st Circuit (1830-1847), or (after July 1, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains original enrolled decrees that were transcribed into the bound volumes that comprise Series JN306, Transcriptions of Enrolled Decrees into Libers. The enrolled decree was the final determination in an equity case involving a complainant and defendant..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series constitutes a full record of the judicial proceedings in such equity matters as foreclosure (the majority of cases), divorce, marital separation, dower rights, partitions of real property, injunctions against the performance of certain acts, and the settlement of legacies. Typical documents .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
The registers in this series contain summary chronological records of proceedings in the Court of Chancery (before spring 1823), in the Court of Equity (1st Circuit) (spring 1823 through 1829), and before the Vice-Chancellor (1st Circuit) (1830-1847), in cases ("causes") involving a complainant and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN396
Dates:
1823-1825, 1828-1847
Abstract:
Notices of pending equity suits ("lis pendens") affecting title to real property were filed in the New York County Clerk's Office. Suits were brought in the Court of Chancery, Court of Equity (1st Circuit) (1823-1829), and Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) (1830-1847). Most notices concern foreclosure .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
The register that comprises this series contains entries of filings of performance bonds by receivers and committees..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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