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Displaying 36 Finding Aids
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.
Title
- New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica) common rule books
Series Number
- J2165
Summary
- Common rule books contain a record of common rules or orders of the court, entered by the clerk on motion made by an attorney for one of the parties to a cause. Motions for common rules were granted as a matter of course during a court term or in vacation between terms.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Writs of arrest and execution
Series Number
- J0024
Summary
- This series consists of writs of execution issued by the Supreme Court of Judicature, the majority of which conform to two types: the writ of fieri facias is a writ of execution commanding a sheriff to levy the amount of judgment from the moveable or real property of a judgment debtor; the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum is a writ of execution commanding a sheriff to take custody of a losing party and hold him for appearance in court to satisfy a judgment.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Writs of execution
Series Number
- J0025
Summary
- This series consists mostly of two types of writs of execution: writs of fieri facias command a sheriff to levy the amount of judgment from 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 (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Spreadsheet index to Supreme Court judgement rolls and other documents on parchment, Court of Chancery First Circuit filed and transcribed documents, and New York City Court of Common Pleas and New York City Superior Court filed documents
Series Number
- JN109
Summary
- This series is an electronic index of selected data from Series JN103, Card Index to Court of Chancery Enrolled Decrees and Filed Papers and Series JN120, Card Index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery Documents on Parchment. This spreadsheet serves as an index for documents of the Supreme Court of Judicature (New York), Supreme Court (New York County), and Court of Chancery. Index data fields include plaintiff name, defendant name, year of filing document, alphanumeric 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 this material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) judgment rolls
Series Number
- JN529
Summary
- This series consists mostly of judgment rolls filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City, prior to July 1, 1847. It also includes judgment rolls of the reorganized Supreme Court, July 1-December 31, 1847, filed by the New York County Clerk. A judgment roll (also called a judgment record) contains a summary of the pleadings and other proceedings in a common-law action, including the trial if there was one. At the conclusion of the judgment roll is the final determination by the court and the amount of the money judgment (debt and/or damages, court costs). The file may contain additional documents relating to defendant's attorney and bail, and satisfaction (payment) of the judgment debt.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) common rule books
Series Number
- J1165
Summary
- This series consists of common rule books, which contain a record of common rules or orders of the court, entered by the clerk on motion made by an attorney for one of the parties to a cause. The rules include orders to plead, orders for judgment favoring the defendant or plaintiff, orders regarding a defendant's appearance in court, orders to a sheriff to arrest a defendant, and other orders.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Docket of judgments
Series Number
- J0131
Summary
- This series consists of the dockets of judgments filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City. Each entry in the docket books gives the following information: name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date judgment was signed, date filed, name of attorney for losing party, and date of satisfaction, if any.
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
- Transcripts of docket of judgments
Series Number
- J1141
Summary
- This is a fragmentary series of transcripts of judgments docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Albany. Each entry gives the following information: 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 of filing judgment roll, name of attorney for plaintiff, and date of satisfaction (usually blank).
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Writs of attachment
Series Number
- J8013
Summary
- This series consists of writs of attachment, issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, ordering a sheriff or coroner to attach a person disobeying a court rule and to make him appear to answer for his contempt. Persons subject to attachment included judges, court clerks, attorneys, sheriffs, witnesses, jurors, and other public officers. The writ was most frequently issued after an incumbent or a former sheriff had failed to execute and return a writ of fieri facias.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Transcripts of docket of judgments in U.S. District and Circuit Courts
Series Number
- J0222
Summary
- This volume contains entries of judgments against parties to actions in the U.S. District and Circuit Courts in New York State. Each entry gives names of judgment debtor and creditor; how the judgment was obtained; amounts of debt, damages, and costs; time of filing and docketing judgment; name of filing attorney; name of court in which judgment was obtained (U.S. District Court, Northern or Southern District of New York; or U.S. Circuit Court); and date of satisfaction, if any.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Judgment rolls
Series Number
- J0140
Summary
- This series consists of judgment rolls which have been signed, filed, and docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court. 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 (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Declarations
Series Number
- J0009
Summary
- These records documenting pleadings of plaintiffs and defendants in common law actions include declarations of plaintiffs, defendant's pleas, replications, rejoinders, surrejoinders, cognovits, demurrers, reports of referees, reports of damages awarded, and writs of inquiry. The series contains plaintiffs' declarations, which were the initial pleadings in common law actions. The declaration was made out by the plaintiff's attorney after the defendant had been arrested by a writ of capias ad respondendum.
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 State Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) docket of judgments
Series Number
- J0141
Summary
- This series consists of the dockets of judgments filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Albany. Each entry in the docket book gives the following information: name of party against whom judgment was obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment was obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date of signing judgment (omitted in later volumes), date 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)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) Satisfaction pieces
Series Number
- J0136
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.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Transcripts of judgments in U.S. District and Circuit Courts
Series Number
- J6013
Summary
- This series consists of transcripts of dockets of judgments in the U.S. Circuit Court and District Courts for the Southern District of New York. The transcripts vary in format, but all entries give the names of the losing and winning parties, the amount of judgment and costs, the date of docketing judgment, and the attorney's name.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.