court of chancery

[babzi]

I wonder if anyone has any experience in understanding or accessing court of chancery decisions from around 1867 to 1870?
I have found records of decisions regarding my ancestors printed in the Freemans Journel during this period and am wondering if the records would be still available to access somewhere in Dublin?

My ancestor John McAulay Carrick died in Jan 1861 but their appeared to be a battle between his widow and some of his children and business partners. I am not sure how to decipher what is written in the listings/decisions in the newspaper and would like to find out more of the people listed as respondants some of which are family I know nothing about.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Babzi

[shanew147]

It think most of these court records were destroyed in the public records office during the Civil war.


Shane

[babzi]

Hi Shane,

Really? Who could I contact to try and find out?
Or if I posted the newspaper adverts would anyone be able to decipher them?
Babzi

[shanew147]

the National Archives should have any of the surviving records - see : http://www.nationalarchives.ie/research/archives.html   


Shane

[Quaxer]

Babzi

May I suggest that you do the following i.e. use the process of elimination
1) Check the Irish Law Reports for the period as the case(s) may have been of legal interest
2) Check the Irish Law Times Magazine as the case/Decision may have been of interest to practitioners
3) Using the dates from the FJ check the other newspapers(Dublin or provincial if the issue related to property outside Dublin) to see how they reported the case(s). Often the reporting was quite dissimilar.
Revert if you wish to decipher something.

Regards    Quaxer

[babzi]

Hi Quaxer,

are items 1 and 2 avail in the National Archives?
As I am in Australia I don't suppose this is avail online?
I have quite a few listing of the case from the Dublin freemans Journel dating from 1867 to 1869. He died in Jan 1861.
I haven't looked in the Irish Times yet.
regards
Babzi

[Quaxer]

Babzi

Items 1 and 2 should be available in the Law Library of major Australian Universities and could also be available in the libraries of your principal Courts.These libraries are for law practitioners and students so the right of access by members of the public may vary from place to place.
I cannot see any reference to the case in the Irish Times upon a brief search but you could put up further details or send an extract from the FJ to me by PM which might give me more ideas.

Regards   Quaxer