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New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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Calendar contains lists of cases and brief notes of proceedings before the Chancellor at court terms in the New York City. Calendar entries include both adversarial cases, commenced by bill of complaint, and non-adversarial cases, commenced by petition..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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These volumes index notices of pending actions (suits) in Equity Court that were filed in the office of the clerk of the city and county of New York from December 1823 to December 1855. Each index entry includes name of defendant(s), name of complainant(s), and date of notice. While individual volumes .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series consists of an index of names of parties in court cases and reference page numbers of unspecified volumes. Records cited in the indexes are unknown..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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The series consists of financial accounts which were used as exhibits in Chancery court cases, along with a variety of other unrelated, unsorted documents which are estrayed from unidentified court records..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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Volume records court-ordered payments of cash and transfer of other financial assets by parties in Chancery proceedings, and their deposit with the Manhattan Company, a bank in New York City. Volume also contains signed receipts for money disbursed by the Manhattan Company and paid by the clerk of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series contains interrogatories, cross-interrogatories, and depositions of witnesses in proceedings in the Court of Chancery, the Court of Equity (1st Circuit), and the Court of Chancery (1st Circuit). Almost all the depositions were taken by an Examiner in Chancery; a few were taken by court-appointed .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series consists of writs of fieri facias, ordering a sheriff to sell a defendant's property in order to pay money owed to a complainant; writs of attachment, ordering a sheriff to arrest a defendant who was in contempt of court; and related documents..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series consists of summary chronological records of actions taken and documents filed in cases heard by the Vice-Chancellors. Cases include both adversarial cases commenced by complaint ("causes"), and those commenced by petition ("matters")..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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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

 

12

Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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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

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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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