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Title

Classification and compensation appeals case files

Series Number

B0547

Summary

Files contain all or most of the following: appeals application form(s); appellant's written argument for reallocation or reclassification; Executive Office recommendations; Commission staff's and Classification and Compensation Division Director's memorandums; position descriptions; documentary evidence and briefs; and correspondence. Appeals not accepted are at the end of the series.

Creator

• New York (State). Civil Service Commission

Access Restrictions

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

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

Defendant index to Chancery enrolled decrees, filed parchments and papers before 1800

Series Number

J1065

Summary

This index contains names of defendants in Chancery cases that have case documents in series J0065, Enrolled decrees, filed parchments and papers before 1800. The index consists of cards, each containing the name of defendant and a cross reference to the name of the complainant and the alphanumeric file code for the case document or documents in series J0065.

Creator

• Queens College (New York, N.Y.). Historical Documents Collection

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Court of Chancery Assistant Register's rough minutes

Series Number

JN322

Summary

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 Court of Chancery.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

Several of the volumes have severe water and mold damage; use is restricted.

Title

Papers of Aaron Burr (Project) card index to court cases in which Aaron Burr was an attorney or litigant

Series Number

JN104

Summary

Card indexes document court cases in which Aaron Burr was an attorney or a litigant. Separate card files index plaintiffs, defendants, and attorneys; cases in each court; and cases in chronological order. Courts represented are the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Chancery, and Court for the Correction of Errors; the New York City Mayor's Court (Court of Common Pleas for County and City of New York); and the United States District Court for New York and the Circuit Court for New York, Southern District. Most cards refer to a court document (filed parchment or paper, or entry in a minute book or common rule book). There are also cards for Burr legal documents in private manuscript repositories.

Creator

• Papers of Aaron Burr (Project)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Registers of the clerk of the court of appeals

Series Number

J2010

Summary

The series consists of chronological log books recording daily appeals or motions argued or submitted to the court, and appeals and motions heard, listed by caption with arguing counsel. There is a significant gap in the series for the years 1917 through 1924.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes of causes

Series Number

J0161

Summary

The Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Corrections of Errors was abolished by the Constitution of 1846. Thereafter its powers regarding corrections of errors rested in the Court of Appeals. This volume is a register of cases reviewed by or appealed to the court. Each entry gives the names of litigants and attorneys, type of case, and dates when papers were filed, arguments heard, and orders entered. The entries also indicate the final determination of the court.

Creator

• New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Orders of circuit judges on motions for new trials or for commissions

Series Number

J0175

Summary

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 of the decision, and the judges' signature. Some decisions are accompanied by affidavits of motions for a commission.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Supreme Court Appellate Division Second Department records and briefs

Series Number

J2004

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Second Department

Access Restrictions

Restricted: any volume containing a Family Court case or a Supreme Court matrimonial case is restricted; restrictions are permanent for Family Court cases; 100 years for matrimonial cases.

Title

Register's notes of cases heard by Chancellor Walworth

Series Number

J1082

Summary

This series consists of notes made, presumably, by the register of the Court of Chancery, of cases heard by Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth. Entries include the title of the case, the name of the solicitor for the petitioner, claimant, or appellant and the outcome of the case.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Petitions and affidavits for proof of wills

Series Number

J1041

Summary

This series contains documents relating to the proof of wills in the Supreme Court at Albany. Documents include the executor's petition for proof of the will in Supreme Court; affidavits of witnesses regarding competency of the testator; and notices to next-of-kin. Wills could be proved in the Supreme Court when the decedent resided out of state, when heirs resided in several different counties, or when the will had to be proved immediately because the estate was in danger of loss.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes of return of writs by sheriffs

Series Number

J3130

Summary

This volume contains minutes of the return of writs by sheriffs (or by coroners, in cases of attachments against sheriffs), with notes of motions and orders for proper execution of writs which had been returned only partially executed. The most frequent entries are for writs of capias ad respondendum (abbreviated "capias"), fieri facias ("fi.fa."), and capias ad satisfaciendum ("ca.sa.").

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) decrees

Series Number

JN312

Summary

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 in addition to decrees and final orders include bills of foreclosure, answers to charges, reports of the Masters in Chancery, and subpoenas.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Court of Appeals docket books

Series Number

J2212

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

Access to this series is restricted. Prior permission of the Court of Appeals is required as stipulated by State Judiciary Law, Section 90.10.

Title

Executive meeting and certification records

Series Number

B2360

Summary

This series consists of certification records, meeting minutes, memorandums, resolutions, and related material compiled by the executive secretaries of the State Board of Tax Commissioners, State Tax Commission, and the Commissioner of the Department of Taxation and Finance pursuant to Section 172 of the New York State Tax Law. It provides documentation of the decisions made by these entities through the meeting minutes and other executive-level records that are contained in each binder.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Commissioner's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Bonds of guardians, committees and receivers

Series Number

J6061

Summary

This series consists of bonds for the performance of duties executed by guardians, committees, and receivers. A law of 1815 required a court appointed guardian to give bond to the infant-trustee. The bond was to be filed with the court. In practice such bonds were also required from committees for lunatics and habitual drunkards, receivers of property of insolvent corporations, and administrators of estates.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Clerk's register of guardians, committees, and receivers

Series Number

J1054

Summary

This series is a listing of information on cases in which a guardian, committee, or receiver was appointed by the Vice Chancellor in the Third Circuit.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Enrolled decrees transcribed into libers

Series Number

JN307

Summary

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.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

This series is closed to researchers due to its fragile physical condition. Researchers should use the transcription of the case papers found in Series JN306, Transcriptions of Enrolled Decrees into Libers.

Title

Criminal case documents

Series Number

J2011

Summary

This series consists of documents filed in criminal cases heard and decided by the justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature in their capacity as judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Albany County. Documents include writs of venire facias juratores, commanding the sheriff to empanel a jury; bills of indictment by the grand jury; recognizances of bail for the appearance of defendants and witnesses; records of conviction; and a few other documents of uncertain origin.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

Access Restrictions

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

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.