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Title

Annual reports to State Comptroller on office expenditures

Series Number

J6076

Summary

This series consists of copies of annual reports on office expenditures submitted by the Register to the State Comptroller pursuant to Chapter 239 of the Laws of 1824. Each report lists expenditures by general purposes (i.e.,fuel, repair of court room, cleaning) and then gives the total office expenditures for the year.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assistant Register's docket of Chancery and Vice-Chancery decrees

Series Number

JN304

Summary

Volumes index those decrees in the Court of Chancery and the 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.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Indexes and abstracts of attorneys' accounts

Series Number

J0214

Summary

This series contains abstracts of attorneys' accounts with the clerk of the Supreme Court at Albany. To the left of each attorney's name is a consecutive number referring to account books which are no longer extant. In columns are entered balances due from the attorneys and occasional entries of payments. There are also notes of accounts sent to the county treasurers for collection and of notices sent to the attorneys reminding them of balances due.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Recorder's Court (New York) assignments and discharges of insolvent debtors

Series Number

JN503

Summary

An insolvent debtor could with consent of creditors assign his property to an assignee (trustee), who sold it to pay the creditors. The assignment consists of two parts: first, a summary of the insolvent debtor's petition for relief, the notice to creditors of the pending assignment, and the judge's direction that an assignment be made; second, the debtor's assignment of his real and personal property to an assignee. Accompanying the assignment is the judge's order discharging the debtor from debts contracted prior to the date of the assignment.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

Access Restrictions

Use of fragile microfilm may be restricted.

Title

Trial calendars

Series Number

JN517

Summary

The calendars in this series contain lists of civil cases commenced in the Supreme Court of Judicature and announced for trial in regular Circuit Court terms and in additional "sittings" in the city and county of New York.

Creator

• New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

Minutes of Court of Appeals decisions

Series Number

J0228

Creator

• New York (State). Law Reporting Bureau

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Commission of Appeals Clerk's calendars

Series Number

J0200

Summary

This series contains New York State Court of Appeals calendars for the period 1860-1869 and New York State Commission of Appeals calendars for the period 1870-1873. The Temporary Commission of Appeals was established to assist in disposing of the backlog of cases that had built up in the Court of Appeals prior to its reorganization under the Judiciary Article of 1869.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission of Appeals

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Motions denied

Series Number

J2013

Summary

This series consists of affidavits and notices of motions which were denied by the court. Each document bears on the dorso the letter 'D' or the word "Denied." Sometimes a clerk or justice added notes explaining why the motion should be denied. The series also contains a few declarations and other documents which were not filed because the clerk's fees were not paid.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York Colony Council general entries

Series Number

A3169

Summary

Books of general entries contain the office copies of documents issued by colonial governors Richard Nicolls, Francis Lovelace, and Sir Edmund Andros. They reveal the governors' efforts to enact the policies of the British monarchy, and provide insight into seventeenth century society, commerce, industry, agriculture, law, and land development. Documents include orders, warrants, instructions, and letters to local officials, as well as travel passes, commercial licenses, marriage licenses, and land records.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Council

Access Restrictions

Access to original records is restricted due to moderate to severe burn damage. Microfilm is considered first use copy.

Title

Recognizance rolls

Series Number

J0002

Summary

The recognizance roll is a record of the undertaking of bail, made before a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The roll contains the same information as is found in the plaintiff's declaration, followed by a statement of the obligation of the bail. The recognizance roll was the formal record upon which a plaintiff could bring an action against the defendant's bail.

Creator

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

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

Title

New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) common rule books for judgments on default

Series Number

J2167

Summary

This series contains common rules for interlocutory or final judgments when a defendant failed to enter a plea to the plaintiff's declaration and therefore was in default. The rules (or orders) were made on motion of the plaintiff's attorney. Most grant the plaintiff an interlocutory judgment and direct a county clerk to assess and report the damages due. Each entry gives the title of the cause, the rule granting the plaintiff interlocutory or final judgment, and the amount of award.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Miscellaneous unfiled documents

Series Number

J9813

Summary

This series consists of judgment rolls, declarations, and other documents which were never filed because the attorneys were delinquent in paying their accounts. Most of the papers are still enclosed in the original wrappers bearing notes in red ink as to the contents and the accounts not paid.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Orders for appointment of guardian or next friend

Series Number

J5026

Summary

This series consists of petitions to a Supreme Court justice, commissioner, or judge of a court of common pleas for appointment of a guardian for an infant-defendant, or a next friend (prochein ami) for an infant-plaintiff (a minor could not appear in court).

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Court of Appeals engrossed minutes

Series Number

J1108

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Supreme Court (Third District) special term minute book

Series Number

J0216

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court (Third District)

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

Title

Registers of returns of writs of execution

Series Number

J1153

Summary

These registers contain entries of returns of writs of execution by sheriffs in counties served by the Albany office of the Supreme Court. The returns are mostly writs of fieri facias (fi. fa.) and capias ad satisfaciendum (ca. sa.), but there are a few for writs of habere facere possessionem and scire facias.

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 Probates administration papers

Series Number

J0033

Summary

This series consists of documents relating to the administration of estates that were filed with or issued by the provincial Prerogative Court or the State Court of Probates. Each file may contain letters of administration; performance bonds of administrators and executors; renunciations of executorships; accounts of administrators and executors; caveats preventing the probating of a will or appointment of an administrator; wills; property inventories; testimony; affidavits; depositions; appeals from county Surrogate's Courts; petitions; quietuses removing executors; and other court orders.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Probates

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Court of Appeals attorney admission affidavits

Series Number

J3102

Summary

This series consists of attorney admission affidavits filed with the State Court of Appeals. Each affidavit includes the following data: attorney name, residence, date of filing, date of admission, court where admitted, and whether the individual is native-born or a naturalized citizen (which sometimes includes date and place of naturalization).

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

Restricted: No access without prior permission of Court of Appeals; Judiciary Law, Section 90.10.

Title

Maps, charts, and illustrations prepared by Historical Records Survey staff

Series Number

A4192

Summary

This series consists of printed half tones charts and maps, and negative photostats of maps prepared by the Historical Records Survey for publications. Included are half-tones of colonial and revolutionary era buildings; organization charts of the colonial and state court system and county government; Revolutionary era county boundaries maps; floor plans of the Onondaga County Court House; and maps showing town, village, and city boundaries in Allegany, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Lewis, Monroe, Montgomery, Oneida, and St. Lawrence counties.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Affidavits of justification of special bail

Series Number

J1098

Summary

This series consists of affidavits of special bail for defendants. Each affidavit states that the special bail is worth double the amount demanded by the plaintiff in the writ of capias ad respondendum, after payment of all his debts, and that he is a freeholder or housekeeper in the county where the defendant resides.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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