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Clerk's Registers of Cases in Supreme Court of Judicature and Courts of Common Pleas, 1797-1836. 4 vols.
These volumes are registers of writs issued and returned, declarations and other documents received and filed, and other business transacted by clerks of the Supreme Court and courts of common pleas in several upstate New York counties. Cases for each attorney's account are identified by the names of the parties, the name of the court, the type of action or matter, and the amount of damages sought and awarded. The entries or memoranda for each case are usually dated and are heavily abbreviated The cases are entered in roughly chronological order by date of first entry thereunder. These registers are not really account books, but they contain notes of fees charged by the clerks. Some of the cases are marked "Settled." The common pleas registers marked on the paper covers "No. 1" and "No. 2" list cases heard in the courts of common pleas in Oneida, Herkimer, and Chenango counties. The bound register lists cases heard in the Supreme Court of Judicature and in the courts of common pleas in Monroe, Genesee, Ontario, and Niagara counties. Each register has an alphabetical index to cases.
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| J1244 |
Ledgers of Accounts with Attorneys (Albany, Utica, Geneva), ca. 1813-17, 1842-1844. 2 vols.
These volumes contain accounts with attorneys practicing in the Supreme Court. The heading of each account is the name of the attorney. Though the volumes are termed "ledger," only debits (no credits) are entered. The debits are for filing documents, sealing writs, certifying copies, searching for unsatisfied judgments, and so on. The date and fees charged are stated for each entry. The early accounts in the first ledger (ca. 1812-17) are in roughly chronological order by date of first entry, but later accounts are inserted wherever there is room, The volume includes an attorney index. The accounts in the second ledger (1842-44) are roughly alphabetical by attorney, and include the letters "M" through "W" only. There is no index. The office where these ledgers were kept is uncertain.
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| J0214 |
Indexes and Abstracts of Attorneys' Accounts (Albany), 1839-47. 5 vols.
This series contains abstracts of attorneys' accounts with the clerk of the Supreme Court at Albany. The entries are alphabetical by initial letter of the attorney's last name. To the left of each name is a consecutive number referring to account books that are no longer extant, in columns to the right are entered balances due from the attorneys and occasionally entries of payments. There are also notes of accounts sent to the county treasurers for collection, pursuant to Revised Statutes of 1829, Part I, Chap. 12, Title 2, Art. 2, Section 20.
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| J0230 |
Cash Book for Clerk's Fees (Albany), 1846-47. 1 vol.
This account book contains a record of fees charged for filing declarations, judgments, satisfactions, motions, and other documents, and for performing searches for documents on file. Each entry gives the date of the fee, attorney's name, nature of fee charged, and amount of fee. The entries are alphabetical by first letter of attorney's last name, then chronological by date.
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| J0244 |
Day Book for Clerk's Fees (Geneva), 1839-47. 1 vol.
This volume contains accounts of fees charged by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Geneva. Each entry gives the date, name of attorney charged, nature of charge, and amount charged. The fees are for impressing seals, copying dockets, searching and copying documents, taking affidavits, and taxing costs. Occasionally residences of attorneys are indicated. This record was compiled pursuant to Laws of 1839, Chap. 388, which contained a new list of fees to be charged by clerks of the Supreme Court.
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| J7013 |
County Treasurer's Receipts for Fees, 1841-44. .2 cu. ft.
This small series consists of receipts from county treasurers for money collected from attorneys for fees due to the clerks of the Supreme Court. The county treasurers transmitted these monies pursuant to the Revised Statutes of 1829, Part I, Chap. 12, Title 2, Art. 2, Section 20, which required them to receive and pay over all monies belonging to the state.
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Bill of Costs, 1812. This bill of costs (iincludingcourt fees) for plaintiff and defendant. Most of the charges are for copying and filing papers. The plaintiff also had to pay "cryer and bellringers fees." (Series J1152 Bills of Costs [Albany].) |
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| J1152 |
Bills of Costs (Albany), 1801-12. .2 cu. ft.
This series contains bills of court costs awarded to winning parties. Each bill contains a list of costs incurred in the progress of a civil action, from the initial retaining fee to filing of the writ of execution. The bill of the plaintiff's costs is totaled and signed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Albany or by the Albany city recorder. The bill of the defendant's costs is likewise certified and signed by the clerk or recorder. The title of the action and the total amount of costs taxed are found on the dorso. The series is fragmentary and is unarranged and unindexed. Statute law specified the costs to be allowed in actions in Supreme Court.
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