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Title

Court of Appeals building plans and drawings

Series Number

B1659

Summary

This series consists of architectural and mechanical drawings of the 1915 renovation of the "State House" building, located on Eagle Street in Albany, New York, for use by the New York State Court of Appeals. The plans show structural alterations; additions; and heating, sanitary, and electrical modifications.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services. Design and Construction

Access Restrictions

Documents relating to existing facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").

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 Historical Documents Collection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 index to Chancery papers

Series Number

J1071

Summary

This series is an alphabetical index by last name of complainant to Chancery Papers, State Archives Series J0070. Each entry in the index contains the names of the complainant and defendant and a file number. There are also special sections in the back of the index for banks, churches, insurance companies, and miscellaneous corporations.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

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

Spreadsheet index to Supreme Court pleadings and other documents

Series Number

JN110

Summary

This series is an electronic index (Historical Court Records Index II) for filed documents of the Supreme Court of Judicature (New York). It contains selected data from Series JN121, Card Index to Supreme Court Pleadings and Other Court Documents. It also serves as an index for filed documents of the reorganized Supreme Court (New York County) held by the New York County Clerk's Office. Few documents in the index predate 1751. Most index entries post date 1847. No post-1910 documents are indexed. Index data fields include plaintiff name, defendant name, date of filing document, 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 the material. Email ARCHREF@nysed.gov to obtain a copy of the spreadsheet index and instructions for navigating the file.

Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica) notices of appointment of agents

Series Number

J0149

Summary

The documents in this series are brief notices of appointment of local agents by attorneys to act for them in all matters in the Supreme Court of Judicature. On the dorso of each one are found the names of the attorney and his local agent and the filing date. Appointment of legal agents was authorized by rules of the court first adopted in January Term 1799, and August Term 1809.

Creator

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

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

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

Court of Chancery transcriptions of enrolled decrees into libers

Series Number

JN306

Summary

This series contains transcriptions of enrolled decrees, the final determinations in equity cases involving a complainant and defendant. The decrees were issued by the Chancellor, the Circuit Judge in the 1st Circuit (1823-1829), the Vice-Chancellor in the 1st Circuit (1830-1847), or (after July 1, 1847) a Justice of the Supreme Court. The most numerous case category is mortgage foreclosures. Less numerous case categories include matrimonial proceedings (divorce, separation, annulment), commercial disputes, wills, trusts, injunctions, and receiverships.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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

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

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

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.