Explore a snapshot of New York law from the 1880s.
This volume of the New York Supplement presents the decisions of the intermediate and lower courts of record in a single, courtroom-tested package.
The book gathers case reports from the period October 8, 1889, to January 28, 1890, including the kinds of disputes that shaped corporate, civil, and common pleas law in New York City and beyond. It lists the judges who decided the cases and provides the legal reasoning and citations that guided those rulings. The material offers a historical view of how law was applied and documented at the time.
What you’ll experience in this edition:
- Profiles of the courts and the judges who authored and heard the decisions.
- Reported cases across a range of topics, with brief summaries and key points of law.
- Insight into early practice in evidence, fiduciary duties, and corporate governance.
- A historical record useful for researchers tracing the development of New York jurisprudence.
Ideal for historians, law students, and researchers seeking a window into late 19th‑century New York law and how decisions were presented in the era's official reports.