New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) Docket of Judgments

Alphabetical by first letter of last name of party against whom judgment was obtained, then chronological by date and hour of filing the judgment roll.

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 has been obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date of signing judgment (omitted in later volumes), date of filing judgment roll (later volumes also give the hour of filing), name of attorney for losing party, and date of satisfaction if any. There are separate dockets for each court term, several bound in each volume. The dockets were kept pursuant to a law of 1798 requiring that the dockets be compiled from April 22, 1797 and that transcripts be sent to the other court clerks.

Microform is available at the New York State Archives through interlibrary loan.

J0139Series J0139, New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) Satisfaction Pieces contains additional satisfactions. This series was used in part to compile Series J0142, Index to Dockets of Judgments.

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