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Displaying 100 Finding Aids
Title
- Temporary Commission of Investigation physical evidence and bulky exhibit files
Series Number
- B2834
Summary
- This series contains documentary, photographic, and physical evidence that was acquired by the Temporary Commission of Investigation during investigations.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary Commission of Investigation
Title
- Parchment rolls
Series Number
- JN320
Summary
- 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.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- Series is closed to research. All documents are tightly rolled, and many are seriously damaged by exposure to water, mold, vermin, and dirt. Several documents are partly or wholly illegible.
Title
- Transcripts of dockets of judgments (Albany, Canandaigua, Geneva, Utica, and New York City)
Series Number
- JN526
Summary
- Transcripts of dockets of judgments were filed in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City by the other clerks of the court. Transcripts for the Albany office start 1790; Utica, 1807; Canandaigua (later Geneva), 1829. Each entry includes the name of the party against whom judgment was obtained (usually defendant); name of the party in whose favor judgment was obtained (usually plaintiff); amounts of debt, damages, and costs; date of filing judgment; name of attorney for losing party; and date of satisfaction, if any.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Index of remittiturs from Court of Appeals
Series Number
- JN123
Summary
- This series is an index of remittiturs from the New York State Court of Appeals. Register lists cases that were ultimately appealed to the Court of Appeals and returned to the Supreme Court (New York County) for execution of judgment.
Creator
- New York (Colony). Prerogative Court
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Washington County county, town, and village records
Series Number
- A4636
Creator
- Washington (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court of Chancery registers of causes
Series Number
- JN321
Summary
- The registers in this series contain summary chronological records of proceedings in the Court of Chancery (before spring 1823), in the Court of Equity (1st Circuit) (spring 1823 through 1829), and before the Vice-Chancellor (1st Circuit) (1830-1847), in cases ("causes") involving a complainant and a defendant. Not included in these registers are non-adversarial cases commenced by petition.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- State Circuit Court (1st Circuit) engrossed minute books
Series Number
- JN518
Summary
- The engrossed minute books contain the minutes, in fine handwriting, of civil trials and other proceedings in regular terms of the Circuit Court and in additional "sittings" in the city and county of New York. All actions were commenced in the Supreme Court of Judicature and an issue roll was sent to the Circuit Court if a trial was required. Trial minutes include the names of plaintiff and defendant, attorneys, jurors, and witnesses, and may list documents introduced as evidence. The minutes state the amount of money judgment awarded by jury verdict after trial, or by jury inquisition if the defendant defaulted. The minute books also contain entries of motions and orders, fines against non-appearing jurors, and naturalizations of aliens.
Creator
- New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
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.
Title
- New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) special bail pieces
Series Number
- JN508
Summary
- These special bail pieces were filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City. The bail piece states the names of the parties and the surety for satisfaction of the judgment if the plaintiff prevailed.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Common rule books
Series Number
- JN520
Summary
- Common rule books contain a record of common rules (or orders) entered by the clerk upon motion by the attorney for the plaintiff or defendant. Rules prior to July 1, 1847, were entered by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City. Starting July 1, 1847, rules were entered by the clerk of the city and county of New York. Each entry contains the case title, date of rule, and rule granted.
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) pleadings and other civil and criminal court documents
Series Number
- JN522
Summary
- This series contains documents relating to civil litigation in the Supreme Court of Judicature, filed by the court clerk whose office was in New York City, or in other locations between the years 1778-1783. Most of the documents are pleadings by plaintiffs and defendants, bonds, draft rules, and affidavits. Criminal case documents include indictments, informations, etc., almost entirely for the period 1753-1795.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- Use of fragile original documents, especially those in the group identified for conservation, is restricted. Microfilm copies are to be used for reference and reproduction.
Title
- Depositions and exhibits
Series Number
- JN324
Summary
- 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 commissioners.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- Most of the documents in this series are fragile. Use and reproduction of them may be restricted.
Title
- Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) clerk's rough minutes books
Series Number
- JN318
Summary
- 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 order or decree, in cases involving a complainant and defendant. Not included in the registers are non-adversarial cases commenced by petition.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Register's and Assistant Register's minute books
Series Number
- JN319
Summary
- 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 the court.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Rockland County sewer commissioners meeting minutes, county court records, and subdivision maps
Series Number
- A4626
Creator
- Rockland (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to Chancery decrees filed in New York City
Series Number
- JN303
Summary
- Volumes in this series index the enrolled decrees of the Court of Chancery that were filed with the Chancery clerks in New York City. The volumes do not index decrees filed in Albany, or decrees of the Vice Chancellors in the eight Chancery Circuits. The four volumes contain essentially the same data, but they were prepared at different times after 1847. Each entry states the last name of the indebted party (usually defendant) and the prevailing party (usually complainant), and the year of the decree. There are many annotations, corrections, and additions in each volume. The first three volumes are manuscript; the fourth is a typescript prepared in 1923.
Creator
- New York (Colony). Prerogative Court
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
New York State Court of Chancery Chancery Fund Journal of Payments To and From the Manhattan Company
Title
- Chancery Fund journal of payments to and from the Manhattan Company
Series Number
- JN317
Summary
- 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 1st Circuit to beneficiaries in Chancery proceedings.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of bonds of receivers and committees
Series Number
- JN539
Summary
- The register that comprises this series contains entries of filings of performance bonds by receivers and committees.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is in poor condition. Use may be restricted.
Title
- New York State Circuit Court account book of costs
Series Number
- JN511
Summary
- This volume contains accounts of court costs in circuit courts held in New York County and in other counties in eastern and southern New York. Each entry contains the name of the plaintiff's attorney, title of case, itemized court costs relating to trial or other proceeding in circuit court, and total costs assessed (computed in pounds, shillings, pence).
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) clerk's register of attorney accounts
Series Number
- JN507
Summary
- Book contains entries by the court clerk of charges to attorneys for each document issued or filed. Amounts are computed in pounds, shillings, and pence. All accounts end with the word "copied," apparently referring to a successor book that does not survive.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.