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Displaying 351 Finding Aids
Title
- Pleas and demurrers
Series Number
- J1012
Summary
- This series contains defendants' pleas, plaintiffs' replications, defendants' rejoinders, plaintiffs' surrejoinders, and defendants' rebutters; in short, the series of allegations by the parties to an action at common law, made by them alternately, which resulted in definition of an issue to be tried. Most of the documents are simple pleas, in which the defendant's attorney objects to the facts set forth in the plaintiff's declaration.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica) declarations and motions
Series Number
- J1013
Summary
- This series consists mainly of declarations, or plaintiffs' initial pleadings; affidavits and admissions of service of these declarations; subsequent pleadings such as replications and rejoinders; demurrers; cognovits; writs of inquiry and inquisitions; and reports of damages as determined by clerks or referees. There are also some motions, including notices of motions and the affidavits stating the grounds on which the court was moved. The series also contains a few circuit rolls.
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 for commissions
Series Number
- J6026
Summary
- This series consists of motions and orders for commissions to be issued for taking of testimony from material witnesses residing out of state. The motion itself consists of a notice to the attorney for the plaintiff (or defendant) stating that application will be made for a commission and giving the name and residence of the witness; and an affidavit stating the grounds for the motion.
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 Chancery (2nd through 8th Circuits) Clerks' minutes of common orders
Series Number
- J0047
Summary
- This series consists of copies of common orders (orders to which a party was entitled without having to show special cause) issued by the Vice Chancellors of the 2nd through 8th circuits. A court rule required the clerks of the circuits to enter common orders in separate bound volumes. Included in this series are orders to appear; for subpoena; for answer; to produce witnesses; for confirmation of report; for injunction; to amend bill; and other orders of a routine nature.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register's minutes of guardians, committees, and receivers
Series Number
- J0053
Summary
- This series consists of actions taken and documents filed in cases involving the appointment of a guardian, committee, or receiver. The heading for each case recorded contains the name of dependent(s), whether a lunatic, drunkard, or infant, the name of the solicitor, and the year the case was brought before the Chancellor. The main body of entries for each case contains a chronological listing of each action taken or document filed and date.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Receipts to the Register
Series Number
- J0084
Summary
- This series consists of receipts to the Register from parties in cases (or their solicitors) for money paid to them out of the Chancery Fund. Each receipt contains the title of the case, date the money was received, amount of money received, signature of the payee, and reason the money was paid. This series is continued by Receipts and Related Records for Accounts with the Court, ca. 1830-1855.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of law student applications granted and denied
Series Number
- J5102
Summary
- This series documents applicants for the New York State bar examination. Information provided includes number of application, name of applicant, residence, judicial department, date application received, college or university of graduation, year of graduation, law school attended, duration of attendance, date of filing Regents certificate, Regents certificate number, time of clerkship served, date and location of examination, date and location of certificate issued, certificate number, and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Law Examiners
Access Restrictions
- Restricted per Judiciary Law, Section 90.10; no access without prior permission of the New York State Board of Law Examiners.
Title
- Court of Appeals register of attorneys and counselors-at-law
Series Number
- JN590
Summary
- The 6 registers in this series list attorneys and counselors-at-law throughout New York State who filed an oath or affirmation with the clerk of the New York State Court of Appeals as required by laws of 1898 and 1899.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Day book for clerk's fees
Series Number
- J0244
Summary
- This volume contains accounts of fees charged by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Geneva. The entries were made daily, and each gives the date, name of attorney charged, nature of charge, and the amount charged. The fees are for impressing seals; copying dockets; searching and copying documents; taking affidavits; and taxing costs.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Writs of scire facias
Series Number
- JN553
Summary
- This series consists of writs of scire facias. These writs were issued by the Supreme Court of Judicature to compel a judgment debtor or his heirs to satisfy the judgment against him.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Writs of certiorari
Series Number
- JN547
Summary
- This small series consists of writs of certiorari. Writs were directed to the Court of Common Pleas (Mayor's Court) in New York City and County and in several other counties in eastern New York. Most of the writs have attached to them the return of proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- List of decrees entered in Register's office
Series Number
- J0091
Summary
- This series consists of a list of cases in which decrees had been entered in the Register's office. Each entry in the list contains the names of the complainant, defendant, and solicitor; the date the decree was issued and the date the bills, answers, and other documents relevant to the case were received from the Assistant Register; and remarks. Entries before 1821 sometimes contain the date the decree was enrolled.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Clerk's minutes of petition cases
Series Number
- J0085
Summary
- This series consists of a short chronological record of actions taken and documents filed in petition cases heard by the Vice Chancellor of the 7th Circuit. Most cases concern matters of incompetency (lunatics, infants, and drunkards), the administration of estates, and petitions for special performance. Information includes the name(s) of the petitioner(s) or the subjects of the petition and of the solicitor, and a chronological listing of each action taken and their dates.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Internal accounts and administration files
Series Number
- J9076
Summary
- This series consists of receipts, bills, statements, reports, copies of orders, bank books, and correspondence originally filed with the Register relating to the internal fiscal operation and administration of the court. The series contains information on fees and other monies received by the court, court expenses and expenditures (including office expenses and salaries), the relationship between the court and banks, court investments, the work of Masters, and internal practices.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Clerk's docket of decrees
Series Number
- J0052
Summary
- This series consists of docket books recording final decrees issued by the Vice Chancellor at the request of any party involved in a case. The New York Revised Statutes of 1829 required the Clerks of various Chancery Circuits to maintain such a record and dictated its format. Information recorded includes name of the party against whom the decree was rendered; his county and place of residence; his title; trade or profession; amount of damage, debt, or cash decreed; date and time of docketing; names of all parties involved in the case; and when (if) decree was reversed, discharged, or vacated.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register's minutes of common orders
Series Number
- J0046
Summary
- This series consists of copies of common orders (orders to which a party was entitled without having to show special cause) issued by the Chancellor. Court rules required that common orders issued by the Chancellor be entered by the Register in separate books. This series continues Series J0045, New York State Court of Chancery Common Order Book, 1806-1830.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Satisfaction pieces
Series Number
- J0133
Summary
- This series consists of satisfaction pieces, which are an acknowledgment by a winning party that a judgment in his favor has been satisfied. The acknowledgment is signed by the winning party in a cause (or his attorney) and acknowledged before a judge or commissioner of deeds. The series includes a few powers of attorney and certificates of satisfaction by the clerk of the Supreme Court. The Utica satisfaction pieces for 1846-1847 are missing.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court of Appeals docket books of motions
Series Number
- J1224
Summary
- This series consist of docket books of motions filed in the New York State Court of Appeals.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to enrolled decrees before 1800
Series Number
- J0066
Summary
- This series is an index by name of complainant to the enrolled decrees in Series J0065, New York State Court of Chancery Decrees and Papers Before 1800, 1684-1800. Each entry in this volume contains the name of complainant and defendant along with a file number. The majority of the decrees indexed were issued between 1787 and 1799. The volume does not index final orders in non-adversarial cases commenced by petition. Nor does it index other filed parchments and papers found in series J0065.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register's minutes of causes
Series Number
- J0072
Summary
- This series contains a short chronological record of actions taken and documents filed in cases heard before the Chancellor. The names of the complainant and defendant, their attorneys' names, and a chronological listing of each action taken and corresponding date is recorded for every case reported in the series. In some cases, the actions taken by the attorneys of the complainant and defendant are listed in separate columns and in others they are listed together.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.