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Title

New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica) judgment rolls

Series Number

J0134

Summary

This series consists of judgment rolls which have been signed, filed, and docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court. The judgment roll contains the record of pleadings and proceedings in a cause, prepared by the attorney for the party to whom the judgment has been awarded. Accompanying the judgment roll proper are copies of other documents filed in the cause, in what may be termed the judgment record.

Creator

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

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Title

Court of Chancery Chancellor's minutes

Series Number

J0082

Summary

This series consists of Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth's personal notes on cases in Chancery. The form of the notes and the information they contain varies among cases. Appearing for all cases are the names of the parties and their solicitors and the date the case was heard by the Chancellor. The Chancellor's personal comments on a case sometimes also appear.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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

Title

Supreme Court of Judicature summaries of testimony given in circuit courts and courts of oyer and terminer

Series Number

J3011

Summary

This fragmentary series consists of summaries of testimony and proceedings in the Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer. At the head of each document are the names of the courts, the venue, the date, and the names of the presiding justices. Following are entries for each case (civil or criminal) heard by the justices.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

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

Title

Precepts for circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County

Series Number

B0318

Summary

This series consists of warrants related to circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County. The warrants command the sheriff to summon freeholders to jury duty; to deliver prisoners to jail; and to notify various officers to appear at court. These documents were burned in the 1911 fire but are legible.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

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

Title

Index to mortgages filed in Register's Office

Series Number

J0083

Summary

This series consists of an alphabetical listing of mortgages filed with the Register and serves as a partial index to Series J4061, New York State Court of Chancery Mortgages Filed in Register's Office. The rules of the court required the Master involved in a mortgage foreclosure case to file the mortgages on all properties sold under a decree or order of the Chancellor with the Register or Assistant Register. Each entry in this series contains the names of mortgagor and mortgagee and the date of filing.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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

Title

Reports of commissioners appointed to appraise lands taken for street openings in New York City and Brooklyn

Series Number

J1014

Summary

This fragmentary series consists of petitions for appointment of commissioners to appraise lands taken for street openings in the incorporated cities of New York and Brooklyn. There are also reports of the Commissioners, returned to the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Creator

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

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

Title

Listing of receivers, committees, and guardians

Series Number

J0055

Summary

The power of the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor to appoint committees or guardians for idiots, lunatics, or insolvent corporations is derived from English precedent. This power was extended to the appointment of guardians for infants by Chapter 106 of the Laws of 1815 and to the appointment of committees for habitual drunkards by Chapter 109 of the Laws of 1821. This series is an alphabetical listing of receivers, committees, and guardians appointed by the Vice Chancellor.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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

Title

Partial index to minute books

Series Number

J2130

Summary

This volume is a partial index to General and Special Term Minute Books of the Supreme Court of Judicature in its terms at Albany. Only selected cases are included, and the exact criteria for selection are unknown.

Creator

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

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Title

Register's rough minutes

Series Number

J0069

Summary

This series contains a brief daily record of actions taken in cases heard by the Chancellor of the State Court of Chancery. The date of the hearing, the names of the parties and their attorneys, and a statement of actions taken are recorded for each case.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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

Title

Special bail pieces

Series Number

J0096

Summary

The special bail piece is a memorandum filed with the court stating that the defendant has been delivered to bail. It gives the names of the defendant and plaintiff; name, occupation or rank, and residence of the bail (two persons are named, but generally one is fictitious--"John Doe" or "Richard Roe"); and type of common law action. There are relatively few bail pieces for the period 1831-1847 because of the liberalization of bail requirements by the Revised Statutes of 1829 and because bail pieces were then customarily included in the judgment rolls.

Creator

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

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Title

Supreme Court of Judicature transcripts of docket of judgments (Utica)

Series Number

J0135

Summary

This series consists of transcripts of judgments docketed by the Clerk of the Supreme Court at Utica. Information includes name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date and hour of filing judgment roll, name of attorney for losing party, and date of satisfaction, if any.

Creator

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

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Title

Index to Regents' certificates of law students' qualifying education

Series Number

J0109

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

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Title

Writs of fieri facias and writs of attachment

Series Number

JN391

Summary

This series consists of writs of fieri facias, ordering a sheriff to sell a defendant's property in order to pay money owed to a complainant; writs of attachment, ordering a sheriff to arrest a defendant who was in contempt of court; and related documents.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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

Title

Minute book

Series Number

JN596

Summary

This transcription contains minutes of jury trials and related proceedings in Circuit Court in each county outside of New York City and County. Most cases concerned complex real property disputes. At the end of the transcription is a "Catalogue of Books," a list of short titles of published English law reports, digests, treatises, and statutes, as well as a few American titles. Date of the catalog appears to be circa 1790s.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Circuit Court

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Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) judgment rolls

Series Number

J0137

Summary

This series consists of judgment rolls which have been signed, filed, and docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court. The judgment roll contains the record of pleadings and proceedings in a cause, prepared by the attorney for the party to whom the judgment has been awarded. Accompanying the judgment roll proper are copies of other documents filed in the cause, in what may be termed the judgment record.

Creator

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

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Title

Motions

Series Number

J0126

Summary

This series consists mostly of affidavits stating the grounds for a motion and sometimes summarizing proceedings in the cause, and attached notices informing the opposing party of the motion for a court rule. The series also includes other motions, petitions, draft rules, demurrers, notices of joinder in demurrer, and other documents.

Creator

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

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Title

Transcripts of docket of judgments (New York)

Series Number

J0132

Summary

This series consists of transcripts of judgments docketed by the Clerk of the Supreme Court at New York City. Information includes name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date and hour of filing judgment roll, name of attorney for losing party, and date of satisfaction, if any.

Creator

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

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

Title

Receipts and related documents for accounts with the Court

Series Number

J5076

Summary

This series consists of receipts, copies of orders and decrees, certificates of appointment of guardian, powers of attorney, and correspondence relating to money deposited with the court. Most of these funds were deposited with the court in cases involving guardianships and incompetencies (i.e., lunacy, habitual drunkeness), trusteeships, and disputes over estates. The receipts make up the bulk of the series.

Creator

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

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Title

Clerk's calendars and case notes

Series Number

JN397

Summary

Calendars contain lists of cases and brief notes of proceedings before the Vice-Chancellor or Assistant Vice-Chancellor in the First Circuit (New York City). Some entries include lists of papers read or submitted. Calendars include both adversarial cases, commenced by bill of complaint, and non-adversarial cases, commenced by petition.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

Calendars of enumerated motions

Series Number

J2241

Summary

This series consists of calendars of enumerated motions argued before the Supreme Court of Judicature in special terms held at Rochester. Enumerated motions were those made to arrest judgment; those arising on a "case" reserved at trial in Circuit Court or agreed upon without trial; those arising on a special verdict; those arising on a demurrer, writ of error, or bill of exceptions; and those made to set aside a verdict, an inquisition or report of damages, or a non-suit.

Creator

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

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