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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Abstract:
This series consists mostly of writs of capias ad respondendum ordering a sheriff to arrest a defendant for appearance in court. Other writs ordering a sheriff to take action also appear..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Title:
Series:
J0007
Dates:
1797-1836
Abstract:
The volumes in this series are clerks' registers of writs issued and returned, declarations and other documents received and filed, and other business transacted in the Supreme Court of Judicature and in the Courts of Common Pleas in some of the counties of upstate New York. Each case is identified .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany, Utica, and Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of transcripts of decrees docketed by the Court of Chancery and its circuits. Each entry gives the name of the person against whom the decree was rendered; residence; amount of debt, damages, costs, or other sums decreed; date and hour of the docketing decree; names of the parties .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
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Series:
J0138
Dates:
1829-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of transcripts of judgments docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Geneva. Information includes name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date and hour of filing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Title:
Series:
J0141
Dates:
1797-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of the dockets of judgments filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Albany. Each entry in the docket book gives the following information: name of party against whom judgment was obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment was obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Abstract:
This series is an index to losing parties in judgments awarded by the Supreme Court of Judicature. Following the date are the letters 'U', 'G', or 'N', standing for judgments filed at Utica, Geneva, and New York, respectively. If there is no letter, the judgment roll was filed at Albany..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series consists of obligations binding a plaintiff (in cases heard by the Supreme Court of Judicature) or an appellant (in appealed cases heard by the Supreme Court or the Court of Errors) and his surety for payment of costs and damages if the decision of the court goes against him. An appellant .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
These two volumes contain the rough version of the engrossed minutes of the Supreme Court in its terms at Albany. These rough minutes sometimes contain less information than the engrossed minutes, especially in April term, 1797..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Title:
Series:
B0318
Dates:
1788-1794
Abstract:
This series consists of warrants related to circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County. The warrants command the sheriff to summon freeholders to jury duty; to deliver prisoners to jail; and to notify various officers to appear at court. These documents were burned in the 1911 fire .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This fragmentary series contains declarations, writs of inquiry and inquisitions, motion papers of all kinds, cognovits, stipulations, exceptions, demurrers, and other miscellaneous documents..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
The special bail piece is a memorandum filed with the court stating that the defendant has been delivered to bail. It gives the names of the defendant and plaintiff; the name, occupation or rank, and residence of the bail (two persons are named, but generally one is fictitious--"John Doe" or "Richard .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
The special bail piece is a memorandum filed with the court stating that the defendant has been delivered to bail. It gives the names of the defendant and plaintiff; the name, occupation or rank, and residence of the bail (two persons are named, but generally one is fictitious--"John Doe" or "Richard .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
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Series:
J0134
Dates:
1807-1847
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series consists of judgment rolls which have been signed, filed, and docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court. Accompanying the judgment roll proper are copies of other documents filed in the cause, in what may be termed the judgment record..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series contains common rule books, which the clerks of the Supreme Court of Judicature were directed to keep. The books contain a record of common rules or orders of the court, entered by the clerk on motion made by an attorney for one of the parties to a cause. Each entry in the common rulebooks .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Title:
Series:
J0175
Dates:
1834-1847
Abstract:
This series consists mostly of orders of circuit judges granting or denying motions for new trials after hearing arguments on bills of exceptions. Also included are a few orders granting motions to take testimony from out of state material witnesses. Each order lists title of the cause, date and substance .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists mainly of declarations, or plaintiffs' initial pleadings; affidavits and admissions of service of these declarations; subsequent pleadings such as replications and rejoinders; demurrers; cognovits; writs of inquiry and inquisitions; and reports of damages as determined by clerks .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists of affidavits of special bail for defendants. Each affidavit states that the special bail is worth double the amount demanded by the plaintiff in the writ of capias ad respondendum, after payment of all his debts, and that he is a freeholder or housekeeper in the county where the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of assignments of errors made by plaintiffs in error in Supreme Court. The assignment of errors corresponds to the declaration in an original action. In it the plaintiff in error states the "manifest error" found in the record, proceedings, and judgment in a case heard and decided .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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