New York Court of Chancery

The most-cited opinions of the New York Court of Chancery on UpLaw — 212 decisions from 1814–1848, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

• Beekman v. Saratoga & Schenectady Rail Road 3 Paige Ch. 45 · cited by 111
• Trustees of Watertown v. Cowen & Bagg 4 Paige Ch. 510 · cited by 103
• Kane v. Bloodgood 7 Johns. Ch. 90 · cited by 103
• Robinson v. Smith 3 Paige Ch. 222 · cited by 91
• Hayes v. Ward 4 Johns. Ch. 123 · cited by 72
• Pratt v. Adams 7 Paige Ch. 615 · cited by 66
• Hawley & King v. James 5 Paige Ch. 318 · cited by 65
• Fish v. Howland 1 Paige Ch. 20 · cited by 65
• Wakeman v. Grover 4 Paige Ch. 23 · cited by 65
• In re Howe 1 Paige Ch. 125 · cited by 65
• Lupton v. Lupton 2 Johns. Ch. 614 · cited by 64
• Murray v. Ballou 1 Johns. Ch. 566 · cited by 63
• Reade v. Livingston 3 Johns. Ch. 481 · cited by 62
• Van Epps v. Van Epps 9 Paige Ch. 237 · cited by 61
• Jerome v. Ross 7 Johns. Ch. 315 · cited by 61
• Hart v. Eyck 2 Johns. Ch. 62 · cited by 59
• Murray v. Lylburn 2 Johns. Ch. 441 · cited by 58
• Brinkerhoff v. Brown 6 Johns. Ch. 139 · cited by 58
• Williamson v. Williamson 6 Paige Ch. 298 · cited by 58
• Varick v. Smith & The Attorney General 5 Paige Ch. 137 · cited by 56
• Wendell v. Van Rensselaer 1 Johns. Ch. 344 · cited by 55
• Edmeston v. Lyde 1 Paige Ch. 637 · cited by 55
• Demarest v. Wynkoop 3 Johns. Ch. 129 · cited by 55
• Dickerson v. Tillinghast 4 Paige Ch. 215 · cited by 55
• Covenhoven v. Shuler 2 Paige Ch. 122 · cited by 55
• Lindsay v. Jackson & McJimpsey 2 Paige Ch. 581 · cited by 55
• Beck v. Burdett 1 Paige Ch. 305 · cited by 54
• Chapman v. Robertson 6 Paige Ch. 627 · cited by 53
• Harris v. Fly 7 Paige Ch. 421 · cited by 53
• Chaffee v. Baptist Missionary Convention 10 Paige Ch. 85 · cited by 52
• Decouche v. Savetier 3 Johns. Ch. 190 · cited by 52
• Souverbye v. Arden 1 Johns. Ch. 240 · cited by 52
• Putnam v. Ritchie 6 Paige Ch. 390 · cited by 51
• Fulton Bank v. New-York & Sharon Canal Co. 4 Paige Ch. 127 · cited by 51
• Thompson v. Brown 4 Johns. Ch. 619 · cited by 51
• Torrey v. Bank of Orleans 9 Paige Ch. 649 · cited by 51
• Gillespie v. Moon 2 Johns. Ch. 585 · cited by 50
• Phillips v. Thompson 1 Johns. Ch. 131 · cited by 50
• Bank of Utica v. Mersereau 3 Barb. Ch. 528 · cited by 50
• Mohawk Bridge Co. v. Utica & Schenectady Rail Road 6 Paige Ch. 554 · cited by 50
• Buchan v. Sumner 2 Barb. Ch. 165 · cited by 48
• Verplanck v. Mercantile Insurance 2 Paige Ch. 438 · cited by 48
• Van Horne v. Fonda 5 Johns. Ch. 388 · cited by 48
• Benedict v. Lynch 1 Johns. Ch. 370 · cited by 48
• Bowers v. Smith 3 Sarat. Ch. Sent. 22 · cited by 47
• Halsey v. Reed 9 Paige Ch. 446 · cited by 46
• Boyd v. Dunlap 1 Johns. Ch. 478 · cited by 46
• Carson v. Murray 3 Paige Ch. 483 · cited by 46
• Champion v. Brown 6 Johns. Ch. 398 · cited by 46
• Parkhurst v. Van Cortlandt 1 Johns. Ch. 273 · cited by 45
• Hallett & Davis v. Hallett 2 Paige Ch. 15 · cited by 45
• King v. Whitely 10 Paige Ch. 465 · cited by 45
• Noe v. Gibson 7 Paige Ch. 513 · cited by 45
• Doren v. Mayor of New-York 9 Paige Ch. 388 · cited by 45
• President, Directors, & Co. of Newburgh & Cochecton Turnpike Road v. Miller 5 Johns. Ch. 101 · cited by 44
• Mann v. Mann 1 Johns. Ch. 231 · cited by 44
• Sanford v. McLean 3 Paige Ch. 117 · cited by 44
• Hendricks v. Robinson 2 Johns. Ch. 283 · cited by 43
• Meacham v. Sternes 9 Paige Ch. 398 · cited by 43
• Storrs v. Barker 6 Johns. Ch. 166 · cited by 43
• Jackson v. Edwards 7 Paige Ch. 386 · cited by 43
• Frost v. Beekman 1 Johns. Ch. 288 · cited by 43
• Mitchell v. Bunch 2 Paige Ch. 606 · cited by 42
• Slee v. President & Directors of the Manhattan Co. 1 Paige Ch. 48 · cited by 42
• Lloyd v. Brewster 4 Paige Ch. 537 · cited by 42
• King v. Baldwin 2 Johns. Ch. 554 · cited by 42
• Field v. Schieffelin 7 Johns. Ch. 150 · cited by 41
• Hills v. Miller 3 Paige Ch. 254 · cited by 41
• Clark v. Fisher 1 Paige Ch. 171 · cited by 41
• Innes v. Lansing 7 Paige Ch. 583 · cited by 40
• Duke of Cumberland v. Codrington 3 Johns. Ch. 229 · cited by 40
• Boyd & Suydam v. Hoyt & Parsel 5 Paige Ch. 65 · cited by 39
• Grandin v. Le Roy & Smyth 2 Paige Ch. 509 · cited by 39
• Clark v. Hall 7 Paige Ch. 382 · cited by 39
• Cozine v. Graham & Bleeker 2 Paige Ch. 177 · cited by 39
• Moses v. Murgatroyd 1 Johns. Ch. 119 · cited by 38
• Wood v. Wood 5 Paige Ch. 596 · cited by 38
• Neimcewicz v. Gahn 3 Paige Ch. 614 · cited by 38
• Marsh v. Pike 10 Paige Ch. 595 · cited by 38
• Curtis v. Tyler 9 Paige Ch. 432 · cited by 38
• Underhill v. Van Cortlandt 2 Johns. Ch. 339 · cited by 38
• Abbott v. Allen 2 Johns. Ch. 519 · cited by 38
• Bell v. Mayor of New-York 10 Paige Ch. 49 · cited by 38
• Boyd v. M'Lean 1 Johns. Ch. 582 · cited by 38
• Barrow v. Richard 8 Paige Ch. 351 · cited by 37
• Kingsland v. Rapelye 3 Edw. Ch. 1 · cited by 37
• Cheesebrough v. Millard 1 Johns. Ch. 409 · cited by 37
• Livingston v. Livingston 2 Johns. Ch. 537 · cited by 37
• Grimstone v. Carter 3 Paige Ch. 421 · cited by 37
• Mowatt v. Carow 7 Paige Ch. 328 · cited by 37
• Shepard v. Shepard 7 Johns. Ch. 57 · cited by 36
• De Peyster v. Clendining 8 Paige Ch. 295 · cited by 36
• Vanderkemp v. Shelton 11 Paige Ch. 28 · cited by 36
• M'Dermutt v. Strong 4 Johns. Ch. 687 · cited by 35
• Parker v. Browning 8 Paige Ch. 388 · cited by 35
• Mooers v. White 6 Johns. Ch. 360 · cited by 35
• Gardner v. Gardner 7 Paige Ch. 112 · cited by 35
• Stevens v. Cooper 1 Johns. Ch. 425 · cited by 35
• Wilder v. Keeler 3 Paige Ch. 167 · cited by 35
• Padgett v. Lawrence 10 Paige Ch. 170 · cited by 35
• West v. Mayor of New-York 10 Paige Ch. 539 · cited by 35
• Dutch Church in Garden-Street v. Mott 7 Paige Ch. 77 · cited by 35
• Wiggin v. Mayor of New-York 9 Paige Ch. 16 · cited by 35
• Wilkin v. Wilkin 1 Johns. Ch. 111 · cited by 35
• Wiggins v. Armstrong 2 Johns. Ch. 144 · cited by 34
• Rose v. Clark 8 Paige Ch. 574 · cited by 34
• Bradley v. Bosley 1 Barb. Ch. 125 · cited by 34
• Mohawk & Hudson Railroad v. Clute 4 Paige Ch. 384 · cited by 34
• Mayor of Hudson v. Thorne 7 Paige Ch. 261 · cited by 34
• Seymour v. Delancey 6 Johns. Ch. 222 · cited by 34
• Vroom v. Ditmas 4 Paige Ch. 526 · cited by 34
• Benedict v. Gilman & Couch 4 Paige Ch. 58 · cited by 34
• Gott v. Cook 7 Paige Ch. 521 · cited by 34
• Stuyvesant v. Hall 2 Barb. Ch. 151 · cited by 34
• Haxtun v. Corse 2 Barb. Ch. 506 · cited by 34
• Pond v. Bergh 10 Paige Ch. 140 · cited by 34
• Doolittle v. Lewis 7 Johns. Ch. 45 · cited by 34
• Bogardus v. Trinity Church 4 Paige Ch. 178 · cited by 33
• Eagle Fire Co. v. Lent 6 Paige Ch. 635 · cited by 33
• White v. Carpenter 2 Paige Ch. 217 · cited by 33
• Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church v. Jaques 3 Johns. Ch. 77 · cited by 33
• Silver Lake Bank v. North 4 Johns. Ch. 370 · cited by 33
• Perky v. Perry 2 Paige Ch. 501 · cited by 33
• Egberts v. Wood 3 Paige Ch. 517 · cited by 33
• Shufelt v. Shufelt 9 Paige Ch. 137 · cited by 33
• Requa v. Rea 2 Paige Ch. 339 · cited by 32
• Craig v. Craig 3 Barb. Ch. 76 · cited by 32
• American Insurance v. Oakley 9 Paige Ch. 496 · cited by 32
• Astor v. Miller 2 Paige Ch. 68 · cited by 32
• Lasala v. Holbrook 4 Paige Ch. 169 · cited by 32
• Hamilton v. Cummings 1 Johns. Ch. 517 · cited by 31
• Wood v. Wood 2 Paige Ch. 108 · cited by 31
• Heyer v. Pruyn 7 Paige Ch. 465 · cited by 31
• McNamara v. Dwyer 7 Paige Ch. 239 · cited by 31
• Wightman v. Wightman 4 Johns. Ch. 343 · cited by 31
• Albany City Bank v. Schermerhorn 9 Paige Ch. 372 · cited by 31
• Wells v. Smith 7 Paige Ch. 22 · cited by 31
• State of Connecticut v.Jackson 1 Johns. Ch. 13 · cited by 31
• North American Coal Co. v. Dyett 7 Paige Ch. 9 · cited by 31
• Kirby v. Schoonmaker 3 Barb. Ch. 46 · cited by 30
• Osgood v. Franklin 2 Johns. Ch. 1 · cited by 30
• Gay v. Gay 3 Sarat. Ch. Sent. 71 · cited by 30
• In re Taylor 9 Paige Ch. 611 · cited by 30
• Pettit v. Shepherd 5 Paige Ch. 493 · cited by 30
• McCartee v. Camel 1 Barb. Ch. 455 · cited by 30
• Corning & Norton v. White 2 Paige Ch. 567 · cited by 30
• Campbell v. Mesier 4 Johns. Ch. 334 · cited by 30
• Morrell v. Dickey 1 Johns. Ch. 153 · cited by 30
• Garlick v. Strong 3 Paige Ch. 440 · cited by 29
• Clark v. Clark 8 Paige Ch. 152 · cited by 29
• Lovett v. Steam Saw Mill Ass'n 6 Paige Ch. 54 · cited by 29
• Hallett v. Thompson 5 Paige Ch. 583 · cited by 29
• Mickles v. Rochester City Bank 11 Paige Ch. 118 · cited by 29
• Corning v. Lowerre 6 Johns. Ch. 439 · cited by 29
• Tappan v. Gray 9 Paige Ch. 507 · cited by 29
• Colton v. Ross 2 Paige Ch. 396 · cited by 29
• Rogers v. Rogers 1 Paige Ch. 188 · cited by 29
• People ex rel. Barry v. Mercein 8 Paige Ch. 47 · cited by 29
• Guion v. Knapp 6 Paige Ch. 35 · cited by 29
• Nelson v. McGiffert 3 Barb. Ch. 158 · cited by 29
• Keirsted v. Avery 4 Paige Ch. 9 · cited by 29
• Scott v. Depeyster 1 Edw. Ch. 513 · cited by 29
• Millspaugh v. McBride 7 Paige Ch. 509 · cited by 28
• Post v. Dart 8 Paige Ch. 639 · cited by 28
• Lyon v. Richmond 2 Johns. Ch. 51 · cited by 28
• Belknap v. Trimble 3 Paige Ch. 577 · cited by 28
• Westcott v. Cady 5 Johns. Ch. 334 · cited by 28
• Piggot v. Mason 1 Paige Ch. 412 · cited by 28
• Sedgwick v. Cleveland 7 Paige Ch. 287 · cited by 28
• Howell v. Ripley 10 Paige Ch. 43 · cited by 28
• Sweet v. Jacocks 6 Paige Ch. 355 · cited by 28
• Brinkerhoff v. Brown 4 Johns. Ch. 671 · cited by 28
• Mowry v. Bishop 5 Paige Ch. 98 · cited by 28
• Hildreth v. Sands 2 Johns. Ch. 35 · cited by 27
• Jauncey v. Thorne 2 Barb. Ch. 40 · cited by 27
• Nicoll v. Mumford 4 Johns. Ch. 522 · cited by 27
• Hannan v. Osborn 4 Paige Ch. 336 · cited by 27
• Sullivan v. Judah & Weed 4 Paige Ch. 444 · cited by 27
• Case & wife v. Abeel 1 Paige Ch. 393 · cited by 27
• Morss v. Elmendorf 11 Paige Ch. 277 · cited by 27
• Bradish v. Gibbs 3 Johns. Ch. 523 · cited by 27
• Dunkley v. Van Buren 3 Johns. Ch. 330 · cited by 27
• Verplanck v. Mercantile Insurance 1 Edw. Ch. 84 · cited by 27
• Walton v. Walton 7 Johns. Ch. 258 · cited by 27
• Waring v. Smyth 2 Barb. Ch. 119 · cited by 27
• Duncan v. Lyon 3 Johns. Ch. 351 · cited by 27
• Bumpus v. Platner 1 Johns. Ch. 213 · cited by 27
• Livingston v. Livingston 6 Johns. Ch. 497 · cited by 26
• Van Epps v. Van Deusen 4 Paige Ch. 64 · cited by 26
• Adsit v. Adsit 2 Johns. Ch. 448 · cited by 26
• Simpson v. Hart 1 Johns. Ch. 91 · cited by 26
• Mohawk & Hudson Rail Road v. Artcher 6 Paige Ch. 83 · cited by 26
• Mills v. Hoag 7 Paige Ch. 18 · cited by 26
• State of Illinois v. Delafield 8 Paige Ch. 527 · cited by 26
• Elder of First Baptist Church in Hartford v. Witherell 3 Paige Ch. 296 · cited by 26
• Eddy v. Traver 6 Paige Ch. 521 · cited by 26
• Johnson v. Corbett 11 Paige Ch. 265 · cited by 26
• March v. Davison 9 Paige Ch. 580 · cited by 26
• Mowhawk Bank v. R. & P. Atwater 2 Paige Ch. 54 · cited by 26
• Brush v. Wilkins 4 Johns. Ch. 506 · cited by 26