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Displaying 211 Finding Aids
Title
- Vice Chancellor's draft decrees and orders
Series Number
- J1089
Summary
- This series consists of drafts of decrees and orders entered in Series J0048, Clerk's Minutes of Decrees, 1830-1847, and Series J0047, Clerk's Minutes of Common Orders, 1830-1847. Within some court sessions common orders, special orders, and decrees are bundled separately.
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 Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Department index to Records and Briefs on Appeal
Series Number
- B1851
Summary
- This series indexes Series J2001, New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Department Records and Briefs on Appeal, for the years 1969-1983 only. The cases listed were appealed to the Appellate Division from the Special Terms of the Supreme Court. Each entry gives volume number, case numbers included in each volume, title of case, and docket number. Records are partially restricted.
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
- Index to dockets of judgments
Series Number
- J0142
Summary
- This series is an index to losing parties in judgments awarded by the Supreme Court of Judicature. Following the date are the letters 'U', 'G', or 'N', standing for judgments filed at Utica, Geneva, and New York, respectively. If there is no letter, the judgment roll was filed at Albany.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica) insolvency papers
Series Number
- J0156
Summary
- Insolvency papers include documents relating to the assignment and sale of property of insolvent debtors who petitioned for relief (voluntary assignment), or the attachment and sale of property of "absconding, concealed, or non-resident debtors" (involuntary assignment). Content of files varies depending on the type of assignment, but most files include petitions, accounts, inventories, affidavits, certificates, and orders.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Copies of pleadings furnished to circuit courts
Series Number
- J0022
Summary
- This series contains records of the pleas, issue, trial, and verdict in civil causes in Circuit Courts. Each record has the following parts: the placita, which gives names of the parties; the memorandum, which gives the name of the court, the term, the names of plaintiff and defendant, and the plaintiff's initial declaration; the subsequent pleadings by both defendant and plaintiff; the imparlance; the award of jury process in Circuit Court; and the continuances.
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 (New York County) judgment books for mortgage foreclosures
Series Number
- J0218
Summary
- This series consists of mortgage foreclosure judgments brought before the New York County Supreme Court.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Department registers of causes
Series Number
- J0026
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Third Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Vice Chancellor's opinions and decisions
Series Number
- J3061
Summary
- This series consists of the written opinions and decisions of the Vice Chancellor of the 6th Circuit. Each opinion and decision contains a review of the particulars of the case, a summary of the arguments of the parties involved, the Vice Chancellor's decision on the matter, his reasons for so deciding, and citations of statutes and reported cases to support his opinion.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Registers of returns of writs
Series Number
- J0226
Summary
- This fragmentary series consists of registers of returns of writs issued by the court and returned by sheriffs to circuit courts in various upstate counties. The returns are for writs of capias ad respondendum, by which defendants were arrested and held for appearance in court; for writs of summons, by which corporations were summoned to appear; and for the various writs of execution issued subsequent to a final judgment (the writs of fieri facias, capias ad satisfaciendum, and habere facias possessionem).
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Hague (N.Y.) records
Series Number
- A4765
Summary
- Records in this series include election records; highway records; business records; Clifton Family records; business minutes of the Lake George Regatta Association; Rosary Altar Society Register; court records; town board minutes; town account book; Hague Central School minutes; school commissioners records; town clerk ledgers; historical records; surrogate court minutes; Warren County almshouse records; and register of elected officials.
Creator
- Hague (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Indexes to notices of equity in Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) and Supreme Court (New York County)
Series Number
- JN112
Summary
- Printed volumes list notices of pending suits in equity filed in the New York County Clerk's Office. Each entry includes name of defendant, name of complainant, and date of notice. Courts with equity jurisdiction were the Court of Equity (1823-1829), Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) (1830-1847), and the Supreme Court (New York County) (starting 1847). Entries start May 1, 1823, and end December 31, 1855.
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.