Early New York Legal Proceedings Transcripts

[Bowman6]

Hello All,

I am wondering if there is a source out there that has written transcripts of New York legal proceedings testimony.  I came across the will of one of my ancestors where an executor battle broke out.  It included many pages of testimony where other relations were revealed.  I know for a fact these same relations were involved in other cases in 1830's to 1850's New York as I have read the case summaries.  I'd like to be able to read transcripts of the testimony to see what else is revealed but I can't find any online.  Perhaps it is the way I am searching on Google.  Does anyone know where to obtain such docs?

FYI, my relatives were McSorleys/Wilsons from pre 1850 New York City.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Erato]

You could try here:

http://www.archives.nysed.gov/research/res_tools_nysa_path_probate

It looks like it's not free, though, if you want them to dig up and copy records.

[Bowman6]

Thanks Erato.  The link looks like it is specific to probate records.  I was wondering if there is an archive on general torts.  The other suits I have seen the McSorleys in were not specific to wills.

[*Sandra*]

Can't see anything for free at moment.

Perhaps if you give a name/date we can have a look in the newspapers. There are things like this  i.e

New-York Tribune New York, New York
26 Mar 1844, Tue   Page 1

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81515672/patrick-mcsorley-26-march-1844/



Sandra

[Erato]

Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

https://bklyn.newspapers.com/

[Bowman6]

That's funny, I am actually researching those 3 as I suspect they are relations!

But the case I was particularly interested in was McSorley v Johnson (from the New York Legal Observer) which seems to have been argues April 15th 1843.  It involves John McSorley, James McSorley, and Thomas McSorley as a witness.

[Genealiza]

You may have already seen this, but there is another McSorley vs Leary and Hoey on page 410


McSorley vs Johnson
A Digest of the Decisions of all Courts of the State of New York   volume 4
page 7930, item 149

[Genealiza]

Reports of Cases Adjudged and Determined in the Chancery Court of the State of New York   vol 4
https://books.google.com/books?id=IgJL9PeKR40C&pg=PA804&lpg=PA804&dq=McSorley+vs+Johnson+New+York+lawsuit&source=bl&ots=OXHJgjqkBs&sig=ACfU3U2E5haeG52GwJ7ywQ_ZHQPhfMgDOg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU3cKm9eXxAhV9QTABHQScBQE4ChDoATAJegQIHhAD#v=onepage&q=McSorley&f=false

https://tinyurl.com/4v2ufya3

many entries on McSorley:  maybe if you check other volumes you'll come up with your case

[Bowman6]

Thanks Genealiza.  I have come across those as well.  I'm fairly certain the McSorley v Leary case involves the same John McSorley as the one I was looking at.  And the McSorley v Wilson case was actually a dispute over my 4x great grandfathers estate, so I have read that one.

I was really hoping for a repository that might have the transcripts of the testimony and arguments for these cases, rather than just the summaries.  The only one I found happened to be because it was a chancery case about another McSorley will but it included things like, "My name is X McSorley and I am a first cousin of the decedent..."  It was a great resource and I figured other cases might have something similar.