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Displaying 351 Finding Aids
Title
- Financial records
Series Number
- J2028
Summary
- This series consists of cashbooks created by the treasurer of the Board to record amounts of cash received and cash expended. Entries include dates, names and addresses, and amounts of cash received and dates, notations, and amounts of cash expended. Most entries for cash received appear to be fees for bar examinations. Balances and final statements are sometimes given at ends of fiscal years.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Law Examiners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) insolvency papers
Series Number
- J2000
Summary
- This series includes documents relating to the assignment and sale of property of insolvent debtors who petitioned for relief, or the attachment and sale of property of "absconding, concealed, or non-resident debtors" in response to the petition of creditors. Most of the petitions were directed to the Recorder of the City of New York. Other petitions were directed to a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Documents include petitions of debtors and their creditors requesting sale of property; affidavits of creditors; accounts of debts owed to creditors; orders for assignment of property to trustees for sale; and documents discharging the debtors from further liability. Most of the files related to debtors residing in New York City. Some files relate to debtors elsewhere in the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- Most of the documents are fragile; use and copying may be restricted.
Title
- Miscellaneous filed documents
Series Number
- J0012
Summary
- This series consists of miscellaneous documents which did not fall into any other series and were filed together by the court clerk. They include draft rules, orders for exoneration of bail and surrender of defendants, recognizances of bail, consents to change attorneys, petitions and orders for appointment of guardians, testimony taken conditionally, oyers of bonds sued upon, a few records of cases remitted, appointments of clerks, replications and rejoinders, and other miscellaneous documents.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Reports of referees
Series Number
- J0006
Summary
- This series consists of reports of referees who were appointed by rule of the court to report the amount of damages (if any) due to a plaintiff in an action which involved complex money accounts. Each report gives the title of the cause, the amount of damages awarded, the signatures of the three referees, and the date of the 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
- Trial calendars, rough minutes, pleadings, and other papers
Series Number
- JN513
Summary
- This series includes trial calendars, rough minutes of trials and inquests, pleadings, and other documents relating to civil cases commenced in the Supreme Court of Judicature and noticed for trial in the Circuit Court for New York City and County (1st Circuit).
Creator
- New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Probated wills
Series Number
- J0038
Summary
- This series consists of wills probated with the provincial secretary, the Prerogative Court, or the State Court of Probates. Some wills include a letter of administration or a property inventory. Wills typically include the dates the will was executed, proved, and probated; names of the testator, witnesses to the will, heirs, and executor; testator's occupation; how the estate was to be divided; and proceedings for how the will was proved.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Records and briefs on appeal
Series Number
- J2001
Summary
- This series consists of records and briefs filed in the Third Department of the Supreme Court's Appellate Division.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Third 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
- Exemplifications of wills, letters testamentary, and letters of administration
Series Number
- J0039
Summary
- This volume contains exemplifications, or official transcripts admissible as evidence, of wills, codicils to wills, letters testamentary granted to the executor of a will, and letters of administration granted to the administrator of an estate (in the event there was no will). A few of the wills registered by the Court of Probates were dated during or before the Revolutionary War.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Stipulations
Series Number
- J0005
Summary
- The small number of documents in this series relate to a judgment by a town of Romulus justice of the peace in Seneca County. The judgment was removed to the Seneca County Court of Common Pleas by a writ of certiorari, and thence submitted without writ of error to the Supreme Court by stipulation of the attorneys. The documents are the return to writ of certiorari, with stipulation, plaintiff's brief, and a letter to the clerk of the Supreme Court at Utica.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Clerk's registers of cases in Supreme Court of Judicature and Courts of Common Pleas
Series Number
- J0007
Summary
- The volumes in this series are clerks' registers of writs issued and returned, declarations and other documents received and filed, and other business transacted in the Supreme Court of Judicature and in the Courts of Common Pleas in some of the counties of upstate New York. Each case is identified by the names of the parties, the name of the court, the type of action or matter, and the amount of damages sought and awarded.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register's statement of cases handled by the Court of Chancery
Series Number
- J2176
Summary
- This series consists of a Register's statistical report to the Chancellor of cases handled by the court. It contains lists of: the number of bills filed in the court's Albany and New York City offices; the number of decrees enrolled in Albany and in New York City and the number of bills filed with the Register each month.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Writs of arrest and execution
Series Number
- J0013
Summary
- This series consists mostly of two types of writs of execution: writs of fieri facias command a sheriff to levy the amount of a judgment from the moveable or real property of the judgment debtor; writs of capias ad satisfaciendum command a sheriff to arrest a losing party for a court appearance. The series also includes various other writs.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Precepts and precipes
Series Number
- J7026
Summary
- This series contains precepts and precipes from the Supreme Court of Judicature. The precept is a writ commanding a sheriff to arrest a judgment debtor and imprison him until he pays the costs of an action for which he has been taxed and has refused to pay. Precipes are instructions to a court clerk to make out a writ. These are short statements of the title of a cause, kind of writ required, and the form of action.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Ledgers of accounts with attorneys
Series Number
- J1244
Summary
- These volumes contain accounts with attorneys practicing in the Supreme Court of Judicature in Albany, Utica, and Geneva. Accounts include name of attorney and debits for filing documents, sealing writs, certifying copies, searching for judgments unsatisfied, and other fees.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Card index to Court of Chancery enrolled decrees and filed papers
Series Number
- JN103
Summary
- This card index provides access to documents filed or recorded in New York City by the Register and Assistant Register of the Court of Chancery, Clerk of the Court of Chancery (1st Circuit), and Clerk of the Supreme Court in Equity (New York County). Most of the indexed documents are enrolled or transcribed decrees. Other document types include bills, petitions, orders, etc.
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
- Card index to judgment rolls
Series Number
- JN117
Summary
- Card index documents judgments of the Supreme Court of Judicature filed in the court clerk's office in New York City between 1781 and June 30, 1847, and of the Supreme Court (New York County) filed in the New York County Clerk's Office from July 1, 1847 to the end of 1910. Judgment rolls filed prior to 1848 are in series JN529. Judgment rolls filed after 1847 are retained in the New York County Clerk's Office. Each card contains data fields for plaintiff, defendant, court, filing date, and file reference code.
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Court of Chancery register of bonds
Series Number
- JN301
Summary
- This register lists bonds filed with the Court of Chancery by guardians and other agents of the court. Register also contains a list of title deeds filed by order of the Court of Chancery, 1760-1804.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register's and assistant register's reports to state assembly
Series Number
- J8076
Summary
- This series consists of draft reports on the Chancery Fund submitted to the state assembly. The reports were occasionally requested from the Register and Assistant Register by legislative resolution. Informational content of each report varies depending on what was requested.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court of Chancery filed papers and mortgage foreclosure decrees
Series Number
- JN315
Summary
- The first sub-series contains filed documents in cases that generally did not result in an enrolled decree, the final determination in a Chancery case involving a complainant and defendant. The second sub-series, including corporation cases, includes some decrees or draft decrees, mostly in mortgage foreclosure cases, as well as papers in cases that did not result in decrees. Most of the case papers in this series were filed by the Register (before 1802), Assistant Register (starting 1802), and Clerk of the First Circuit in New York City (1823-1847). Some of the cases were commenced in the Supreme Court, in Equity (New York County), and the papers were filed by the New York County Clerk (1847-1899).
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Court of Appeals index of attorney admission affidavits
Series Number
- J4102
Summary
- This series consists of a partial index to series J3102, Attorney admission affidavits. There are several gaps in the index where folders spanning several years of names are missing. Entries include the following data: attorney name, residence, date of filing, date of admission, court where admitted, and name of sponsoring attorney.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- Restricted: No access without prior permission of Court of Appeals; Judiciary Law, Section 90.10.