New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) Transcripts of Docket of Judgments

Alphabetic by first letter of last name of person against whom the judgment was obtained, then chronological by date and hour of filing.

This series consists of transcripts of judgments docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Geneva. Each entry gives the following information: 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 judgment roll, name of attorney for losing party, and date of satisfaction, if any. The transcripts were compiled every two weeks by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Geneva and forwarded by him to the other clerks. The fascicles were bound together by the clerk of the court at Albany. The transcripts were made and their contents certified as to accuracy by the clerk of the court pursuant to a law of 1798.

Microfilm is available for use at at the New York State Archives or through interlibrary loan.

Additional satisfactions are located in Series J0136, Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) Satisfaction Pieces.

This series was used in part to compile Series J0142, Supreme Court of JUdicature Index to Dockets of Judgments.

The Court of Appeals placed these records on deposit at the Historic Documents Collection, Queens College, from 1973-1982.

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