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Title
- Register's engrossed minutes
Series Number
- J1059
Summary
- This series contains engrossed copies of the minutes contained in Chancery Minutes providing a daily record of the proceedings of the Court of Chancery. The names of the parties and their attorneys, summaries of arguments and documents read or submitted, and actions taken by the court are recorded. Also included are the minutes of proceedings in which court officials were appointed, court rules and terms were set, and other court business not related to cases was conducted.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Indexes to Vice-Chancery decrees filed in New York City
Series Number
- JN313
Summary
- These volumes index enrolled decrees and transcribed enrolled decrees of the Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) filed by the court clerk. The indexes include adversarial cases, commenced by complaint, but not non-adversarial cases commenced by petition. The three volumes index the Vice-Chancellor's enrolled decrees that were filed by the Clerk of the Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) in New York City. The volumes contain essentially the same kinds of data, but the third volume is the most complete.
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York consolidated index of court judgments docketed in New York County and City
Series Number
- JN111
Summary
- This series consists of printed volumes containing summary information on money judgments in the superior civil courts in New York County and City, and occasionally other courts in New York City and State.
Creator
- Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Card index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery documents on parchment
Series Number
- JN120
Summary
- This card index provides access to documents (mostly on parchment, some on paper) filed by clerks of the Supreme Court of Judicature and Court of Chancery.
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office. Division of Old Records
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Spreadsheet index to Supreme Court judgement rolls and other documents on parchment, Court of Chancery First Circuit filed and transcribed documents, and New York City Court of Common Pleas and New York City Superior Court filed documents
Series Number
- JN109
Summary
- This series is an electronic index of selected data from Series JN103, Card Index to Court of Chancery Enrolled Decrees and Filed Papers and Series JN120, Card Index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery Documents on Parchment. This spreadsheet serves as an index for documents of the Supreme Court of Judicature (New York), Supreme Court (New York County), and Court of Chancery. Index data fields include plaintiff name, defendant name, year of filing document, alphanumeric file reference code, and entry or line number.
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office. Division of Old Records
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Supreme Court (New York County) certificates of clerkships and other attorney admission documents
Series Number
- JN504
Summary
- Most documents in this series are certificates of clerkships of applicants for admission as attorney or counsellor in the Supreme Court of Judicature and (after July 1, 1847) the Supreme Court. Other documents include reports of examiners of candidates for admission; copies of orders admitting attorneys to practice; attorney licenses (most on parchment); certificates of education in a college or academy; and affidavits of age, citizenship, residence, and good character of candidates for admission. A few documents relate to admission to practice in the Court of Chancery and in county-level courts.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Partial index to transcriptions of Chancery and Vice-Chancery decrees filed in New York City
Series Number
- JN395
Summary
- This volume partially indexes transcriptions of enrolled decrees of the Court of Chancery and Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) filed in New York City. Also indexed are a small number of judgments of the Supreme Court in Equity (New York County) after July 1, 1847, when the Court of Chancery was abolished.
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Record of funds and cases transferred to the Court of Chancery
Series Number
- J0302
Summary
- Chapter 70 of the Laws of 1822 abolished the Court of Probates and transferred all appeals, suits, judgments, and decrees pending in that court to the Court of Chancery. This series consists of records that document such transfers. The three items included in this series are the receipt of Gerrit W. Lansing (last judge of the Court of Probates) for funds and records transferred, Lansing's accounts with the Court of Probates, and a listing of cases transferred.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of Chancery and Vice-Chancery decrees docketed in New York City
Series Number
- JN399
Summary
- Volume contains summary information about decrees in the Court of 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. The register was compiled after abolition of the Court of Chancery effective July 1, 1847.
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Transcripts of Chancery decrees
Series Number
- J0074
Summary
- 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 to the suit; and date when the decree was discharged, reversed, or vacated. Documents filed with the clerks at Albany, Utica, and Geneva are found in this series.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany, Utica, and Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) pleadings and other civil court documents
Series Number
- JN535
Summary
- Series contains documents relating to litigation in the Supreme Court of Judicature, filed by the court clerk in New York City, and in that court's successor the Supreme Court (New York County), filed by the New York County Clerk. Most of the documents are pleadings by plaintiffs and defendants. There are also numerous affidavits of service, bonds for court costs, clerk's reports of damages, writs of inquiry and inquisitions, and circuit rolls (including minutes of trials). There are many declarations by the district attorney of New York County seeking recovery of debt and damages from individuals who had been arrested and gave bond for appearance in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace and failed to appear. Some documents are missing (particularly for codes 1842 M and 1844 H), and there are very few documents for 1845 and 1846.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Superseded court index books
Series Number
- J2024
Summary
- This series consists of index books pertaining to unspecified Court of Chancery records. The index books were probably created by New York State Court of Appeals staff to help them access records transferred by the Court of Chancery. Information includes a name and number, possibly a court case number or a file number. Also included is an index to lunatics, infants, etc. along with a number.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Post-1847 documents relating to cases in the Supreme Court of Judicature and Court of Chancery
Series Number
- J1002
Summary
- This series consists mostly of writs of fieri facias (executions) issued out of the Supreme Court of Judicature and returned to the Court of Appeals. Also include are satisfaction pieces; orders to transfer Chancery case papers to the Supreme Court clerk in a particular county, a few orders and miscellaneous documents.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Notebook on New York court records and judicial history
Series Number
- J0999
Summary
- This series consists of a photocopy of a handwritten notebook containing remarks about records of the Court of Chancery, Supreme Court of Judicature, and other early courts that were transferred to the Court of Appeals in 1847. Also in the notebook are notes and tipped-in newspaper clippings relating to topics in New York judicial history. Entries are undated, but scattered references indicate that the notebook was compiled circa 1891-1948.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals. Clerk's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Miscellaneous papers
Series Number
- JN532
Summary
- This series includes examples of documents created after final judgments had been rendered by the Supreme Court of Judicature. Document types include accountings of court costs, assignments of judgments, satisfaction pieces, reports of sheriff's sales of judgment debtor's property, and transcripts of Chancery decrees ordering money payments. There are also a few attorney clerkship papers, single examples of other document types, and several fragmentary documents.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Card index to depositions and exhibits in Chancery cases
Series Number
- JN394
Summary
- Cards index most files in Series JN324, Depositions and Exhibits in Chancery Cases. Each card states the names of complainant and defendant, name of court (Chancery), "nature of paper" (interrogatories, deposition, etc.), and document file code.
Creator
- Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.