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Title

Recognizance rolls

Series Number

J0002

Summary

The recognizance roll is a record of the undertaking of bail, made before a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The roll contains the same information as is found in the plaintiff's declaration, followed by a statement of the obligation of the bail. The recognizance roll was the formal record upon which a plaintiff could bring an action against the defendant's bail.

Creator

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

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Title

Records on appeal remitted from the Supreme Court, General Term, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, and Court of Appeals

Series Number

J0016

Summary

This series consists of criminal cases, most of which were appealed to the Appellate Division (First Department), and several of which went to the Court of Appeals. The earlier volumes contain many records on appeal from the Supreme Court General term. In addition, there are original court papers such as notices of argument on appeal, signed and sealed appellate court orders affirming or reversing the decision of the lower court, and a few bills of exceptions and decisions.

Creator

• New York County (N.Y.). Court of General Sessions of the Peace

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

Title

New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) common rule books for judgments on default

Series Number

J2167

Summary

This series contains common rules for interlocutory or final judgments when a defendant failed to enter a plea to the plaintiff's declaration and therefore was in default. The rules (or orders) were made on motion of the plaintiff's attorney. Most grant the plaintiff an interlocutory judgment and direct a county clerk to assess and report the damages due. Each entry gives the title of the cause, the rule granting the plaintiff interlocutory or final judgment, and the amount of award.

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

Miscellaneous unfiled documents

Series Number

J9813

Summary

This series consists of judgment rolls, declarations, and other documents which were never filed because the attorneys were delinquent in paying their accounts. Most of the papers are still enclosed in the original wrappers bearing notes in red ink as to the contents and the accounts not paid.

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

Orders for appointment of guardian or next friend

Series Number

J5026

Summary

This series consists of petitions to a Supreme Court justice, commissioner, or judge of a court of common pleas for appointment of a guardian for an infant-defendant, or a next friend (prochein ami) for an infant-plaintiff (a minor could not appear in court).

Creator

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

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Title

Court of Appeals engrossed minutes

Series Number

J1108

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 returns of writs of execution

Series Number

J1153

Summary

These registers contain entries of returns of writs of execution by sheriffs in counties served by the Albany office of the Supreme Court. The returns are mostly writs of fieri facias (fi. fa.) and capias ad satisfaciendum (ca. sa.), but there are a few for writs of habere facere possessionem and scire facias.

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

New York State Court of Appeals attorney admission affidavits

Series Number

J3102

Summary

This series consists of attorney admission affidavits filed with the State Court of Appeals. Each affidavit includes the following data: attorney name, residence, date of filing, date of admission, court where admitted, and whether the individual is native-born or a naturalized citizen (which sometimes includes date and place of naturalization).

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

Restricted: No access without prior permission of Court of Appeals; Judiciary Law, Section 90.10.

Title

Writs of inquiry and inquisitions

Series Number

J0027

Summary

This series consists of writs of inquiry, which were orders of the Supreme Court of Judicature under seal, commanding a sheriff to empanel a jury to determine the exact damages sustained by the plaintiff who had obtained an interlocutory judgment.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany, Utica, and Geneva)

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

Title

Miscellaneous papers

Series Number

JN532

Summary

This series includes examples of documents created after final judgments had been rendered by the Supreme Court of Judicature. Document types include accountings of court costs, assignments of judgments, satisfaction pieces, reports of sheriff's sales of judgment debtor's property, and transcripts of Chancery decrees ordering money payments. There are also a few attorney clerkship papers, single examples of other document types, and several fragmentary documents.

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

Register's and clerks' reports of delinquent guardians, committees and receivers

Series Number

J3076

Summary

This series consists of reports listing court-appointed guardians, committees, and receivers who failed to file inventories and accounts with the court three months after the filing deadline. Entries include the title of the cause or matter (including the name(s) of the infant, idiot, lunatic, or habitual drunkard); the name of the delinquent; whether s/he is a guardian, committee, or receiver; and appointment date. Included are only reports filed by the Register and Clerks of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th circuits.

Creator

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

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Title

Notes of issue

Series Number

J3089

Summary

This series consists of notes of issue filed with the Register or Assistant Register of the Court of Chancery. The court rules required a solicitor to file a note of issue at least four days before the beginning of a court term or his case would not be scheduled for a hearing.

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 (Geneva) copies of pleadings furnished to circuit courts

Series Number

J0146

Summary

This series contains records of the pleas, issue, trial, and verdict in civil causes in Circuit Courts. Records documenting civil causes provide name of court; term; names of plaintiff and defendant; names of the judge, attorneys, jurors, and witnesses; and the jury's verdict and its award of damages and costs.

Creator

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

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Title

Washington County county, town, and village records

Series Number

A4636

Creator

• Washington (N.Y. : County)

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Title

Writs of error

Series Number

J0031

Summary

Files in this series usually include the writ of error ordering the lower court to return records of the case to the Supreme Court; the lower court's return or answer; and the defendant's bill of exceptions stating the objections to the lower court proceedings. Defendants obtained writs of error to have a cause, previously judged in an inferior court, removed to the Supreme Court for review.

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

Registers of returns of writs

Series Number

J0153

Summary

These registers contain entries of writs issued by the court and returned by sheriffs. The returns are for writs of capias ad respondendum, by which defendants were arrested and held for appearance in court; writs of habeas corpus, by which defendants, witnesses, or other persons were arrested for the same purpose; and the various writs of execution issued subsequent to a final judgment.

Creator

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

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Title

Ledger of fees paid by solicitors and counsellors

Series Number

J0078

Summary

This series is a record of fees paid by solicitors and counsellors to the Register. Each account contains the name and residence of a solicitor, counsellor, or law partnership and a listing of fees. Each entry in an account gives the date the fee was charged, the title of the case, the service provided (e.g., "filed bill," "entered in Rough Minutes"), and the fee. At the end of the account is the total amount of fees.

Creator

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

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

Title

Clerk's minutes of foreclosure decrees

Series Number

J0050

Summary

This series contains copies of decrees issued by the Vice Chancellors of the 4th, 7th, and 8th Circuits authorizing the sale of land in mortgage foreclosure cases. Each decree contains the following information: date and location of the hearing during which the decree was issued; names of the complainant, defendant, and Master investigating the case; date the Master's report was filed; amount of the mortgage and, if partially paid, amount outstanding; and description of the land to be sold.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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

Title

Writs of dower

Series Number

J5013

Summary

This series consists of writs of dower, issued under seal of the Supreme Court, which ordered a sheriff to command the tenant of real estate to render unto the widow of its previous owner the one third dower right due to her, and to summon him to appear before the court if he refused to do so.

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

Assignments of errors

Series Number

J2026

Summary

This series consists of assignments of errors made by plaintiffs in error in Supreme Court. The assignment of errors corresponds to the declaration in an original action. In it the plaintiff in error states the "manifest error" found in the record, proceedings, and judgment in a case heard and decided by a lower court, and asks that the higher court reverse and annul the judgment.

Creator

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

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