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Title

Register's engrossed minutes

Series Number

J1059

Summary

This series contains engrossed copies of the minutes contained in Chancery Minutes providing a daily record of the proceedings of the Court of Chancery. The names of the parties and their attorneys, summaries of arguments and documents read or submitted, and actions taken by the court are recorded. Also included are the minutes of proceedings in which court officials were appointed, court rules and terms were set, and other court business not related to cases was conducted.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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

Title

Defendant index to Chancery enrolled decrees, filed parchments and papers before 1800

Series Number

J1065

Summary

This index contains names of defendants in Chancery cases that have case documents in series J0065, Enrolled decrees, filed parchments and papers before 1800. The index consists of cards, each containing the name of defendant and a cross reference to the name of the complainant and the alphanumeric file code for the case document or documents in series J0065.

Creator

• Queens College (New York, N.Y.). Historical Documents Collection

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Papers of Aaron Burr (Project) card index to court cases in which Aaron Burr was an attorney or litigant

Series Number

JN104

Summary

Card indexes document court cases in which Aaron Burr was an attorney or a litigant. Separate card files index plaintiffs, defendants, and attorneys; cases in each court; and cases in chronological order. Courts represented are the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Chancery, and Court for the Correction of Errors; the New York City Mayor's Court (Court of Common Pleas for County and City of New York); and the United States District Court for New York and the Circuit Court for New York, Southern District. Most cards refer to a court document (filed parchment or paper, or entry in a minute book or common rule book). There are also cards for Burr legal documents in private manuscript repositories.

Creator

• Papers of Aaron Burr (Project)

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

Title

Registers of the clerk of the court of appeals

Series Number

J2010

Summary

The series consists of chronological log books recording daily appeals or motions argued or submitted to the court, and appeals and motions heard, listed by caption with arguing counsel. There is a significant gap in the series for the years 1917 through 1924.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Orders of circuit judges on motions for new trials or for commissions

Series Number

J0175

Summary

This series consists mostly of orders of circuit judges granting or denying motions for new trials after hearing arguments on bills of exceptions. Also included are a few orders granting motions to take testimony from out of state material witnesses. Each order lists title of the cause, date and substance of the decision, and the judges' signature. Some decisions are accompanied by affidavits of motions for a commission.

Creator

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

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

Title

Supreme Court Appellate Division Second Department records and briefs

Series Number

J2004

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Second Department

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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

Register's notes of cases heard by Chancellor Walworth

Series Number

J1082

Summary

This series consists of notes made, presumably, by the register of the Court of Chancery, of cases heard by Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth. Entries include the title of the case, the name of the solicitor for the petitioner, claimant, or appellant and the outcome of the case.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Petitions and affidavits for proof of wills

Series Number

J1041

Summary

This series contains documents relating to the proof of wills in the Supreme Court at Albany. Documents include the executor's petition for proof of the will in Supreme Court; affidavits of witnesses regarding competency of the testator; and notices to next-of-kin. Wills could be proved in the Supreme Court when the decedent resided out of state, when heirs resided in several different counties, or when the will had to be proved immediately because the estate was in danger of loss.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes of return of writs by sheriffs

Series Number

J3130

Summary

This volume contains minutes of the return of writs by sheriffs (or by coroners, in cases of attachments against sheriffs), with notes of motions and orders for proper execution of writs which had been returned only partially executed. The most frequent entries are for writs of capias ad respondendum (abbreviated "capias"), fieri facias ("fi.fa."), and capias ad satisfaciendum ("ca.sa.").

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

Bonds of guardians, committees and receivers

Series Number

J6061

Summary

This series consists of bonds for the performance of duties executed by guardians, committees, and receivers. A law of 1815 required a court appointed guardian to give bond to the infant-trustee. The bond was to be filed with the court. In practice such bonds were also required from committees for lunatics and habitual drunkards, receivers of property of insolvent corporations, and administrators of estates.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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

Title

Clerk's register of guardians, committees, and receivers

Series Number

J1054

Summary

This series is a listing of information on cases in which a guardian, committee, or receiver was appointed by the Vice Chancellor in the Third Circuit.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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

Title

Criminal case documents

Series Number

J2011

Summary

This series consists of documents filed in criminal cases heard and decided by the justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature in their capacity as judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Albany County. Documents include writs of venire facias juratores, commanding the sheriff to empanel a jury; bills of indictment by the grand jury; recognizances of bail for the appearance of defendants and witnesses; records of conviction; and a few other documents of uncertain origin.

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 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)

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

Title

Writs of commission

Series Number

J0014

Summary

This series consists of writs of commission, issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, directed to commissioners appointed to take depositions under oath from witnesses residing in other states or countries. The return to the writ consists of the answers of the witness, transcribed by the commissioners and certified by them. Attached to the writ and the return are the interrogatories, and occasionally cross-interrogatories, submitted by attorney for parties to the action.

Creator

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

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

Title

Writs of capias ad respondendum

Series Number

J0028

Summary

This series consists of writs of capias ad respondendum (cap. ad resp.), which were orders to a sheriff to arrest and take into custody a defendant for appearance in court to answer the plaintiff's declaration. The writ states the name of defendant, the court term when he was required to appear, the name of the plaintiff, the type of action, and the names of the justice, clerk, and plaintiff's attorney.

Creator

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

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

Title

Files relating to the "Betterments" court case

Series Number

B0591

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, drafts of promotional materials, and court documents concerning Court of Claims "Betterments" case. The case centered on the State Thruway Authority's claim that it was due a credit from the state for expenditures for improvements, or "betterments," to highway, parkway, and canal systems adjacent to the Thruway Corridor.

Creator

• New York State Thruway Authority. Department of Information and Commercial Affairs

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Title

Herkimer County (N.Y.) case files of civil actions and special proceedings in Supreme Court and County Court

Series Number

A4634

Creator

• Herkimer (N.Y. : County)

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

Title

Court of Appeals log books of decisions on motions, applications, and appeals

Series Number

J2008

Summary

This series consists of chronological logbooks that record decisions by the Court of Appeals. Included is a list of cases and motions decided, with captions and entries, and the decision date. There is no log for the year 1900.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

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

Title

Registers of orders

Series Number

J0018

Summary

This series consists of final determinations of the court, as transcribed by the court clerk, for cases heard before the Third Department. Volume 32 contains special term appointment orders, 1902-1911. Information recorded for each case includes filing date, justices present, appellant and defendant, claim number, motions, and orders (including amount of award, if any).

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Third Department

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

Title

Writs of replevin

Series Number

J0030

Summary

This series consists of writs of replevin, which were obtained by a plaintiff to recover physical possession of moveable goods unlawfully taken by the defendant. The writ was addressed to the sheriff of the county where the goods lay. It states the names of the parties to the action, describes the goods taken, and commands the sheriff to deliver them over to the plaintiff and to arrest and take into custody the defendant for appearance in court.

Creator

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

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