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Court Judgments
John Adams, Treasurer of New York Hospital, v. Cornelius Vanderbilt , June 27, 1826, file 1820-#20, Court of Common Pleas
Cornelius Vanderbilt v. Patrick Rice , November 26, 1827, file 1827-#1300, Court of Common Pleas
Patrick Rice v. Cornelius Vanderbilt , November 26, 1827, file 1827-#1671, Court of Common Pleas
Walter Blair v. Daniel Drew , March 10, 1831, file 1831-#87, Court of Common Pleas
Charles Hoyt v. John Brooks Jr ., May 8, 1833, file BM 2163-H, Court of Chancery
James Ingham and James Leslie v. Cornelius Vanderbilt , December 15, 1834, file 1834- #756, Court of Common Pleas
Nestor Houghton v. Cornelius Vanderbilt , August 10, 1837, file BM V016-H, Court of Chancery
James Guyon and Cornelius Vanderbilt v. Moulton Bullock, James W. Otis, and Jonathan Prescott Hall , March 16, 1838, file BM 1404-G, Court of Chancery
Cornelius Vanderbilt v. John W. De Grauw and Jane, His Wife, Walter N. DeGrauw, John J . Stephens, and Others , May 30, 1839, file D CH 104-V, Court of Chancery
Cornelius Vanderbilt v. John Martineau and Eliza, His Wife, and Anna B. Cook, Executrix of Richard M. Cook, Deceased , September 13, 1839, file D CH 100-V, Court of Chancery
Joseph Tobey v. Cornelius Vanderbilt , October 15, 1839, file 1839-# 1291, Superior Court
Daniel Drew v. Bates Cooke , September 8, 1840, file BM 1233-D, Court of Chancery
Richmond Turnpike Company v. Oliver Vanderbilt , July 24, 1841, file BM 4–42, Court of Chancery
State of Indiana v. Daniel Drew, Nelson Robinson, Eli Kelly, Milton Stapp, William S. Dunham, and David Leavit , August 20, 1841, file BM 19-I, Court of Chancery
Isaac Schuyler v. Daniel Drew, Nelson Robinson & Co ., October 27, 1841, file BM S-476, Court of Chancery
Richmond Turnpike Company v. Oliver Vanderbilt , July 11, 1842, file L.J.-1842-N-66, Supreme Court Law Judgments
Daniel Drew and Isaac Newton v. New York and Erie Rail Road Company , September 10, 1842, file 1842-#331, Superior Court
Oroondates Mauran and Cornelius Vanderbilt v. Morris Woolf May 11, 1843, file 1843- #814, Court of Common Pleas, NYCC
Phebe Vanderbilt v. Charles M. Simonson and His Wife, John K Vanderbilt and Charles M . Simonson Junior, Executors, and Mary Simonson, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Cornelius Simonson, Deceased, and John K Vanderbilt , April 27, 1844, file D CH-177- V , Court of Chancery
Jacob H. Vanderbilt and John Vanderbilt v. the People of the State of New York , May 10, 1844, file PL-1844-P-424, Supreme Court Pleadings
People of the City of New York v. Jacob H. Vanderbilt , December 19, 1844, file 1844-#771, Court of Common Pleas
Cornelius Vanderbilt v. Henry N. Caldwell , March 4, 1845, file 1845-#1669, Court of Common Pleas
New York, Providence, and Boston Rail Road Company v. Elisha Peck, Richard M. Blatchford , James Foster Jr., Henry G. Stebbins, Matthew Morgan, Samuel Jaudon, and William S . Wetmore , January 3, 1848, file PL-1848-N-4, Supreme Court Pleadings
Curtis Peck v. Daniel Drew , January 31, 1848, file PL-1848-P 256, Supreme Court Pleadings
Isaac Spencer Jr. v. Daniel Drew, Nelson Robinson, Robert W. Kelley, and Daniel B. Allen , March 20, 1848, file 1848-#951A, Court of Common Pleas
Nelson Robinson, Robert W. Kelley, and Daniel B. Allen v. Daniel Drew and Isaac Newton , file PL-1848-R, June 27, 1848, Supreme Court Pleadings
Oliver Vanderbilt v. the Richmond Turnpike Company , July 17, 1848, file 1848-#1238, Superior Court
Nelson Robinson, Robert W. Kelley, and Daniel B. Allen v. Daniel Drew and Isaac Newton , file PL-1848-R 2, November 2, 1848, Supreme Court Pleadings
Curtis Peck v. Daniel Drew , January 7, 1850, file PL-1850-P-3, Supreme Court Pleadings, NYCC
Russell Sturgis v. George Law and Alanson P. St. John , March 27, 1850, 1850–922, Superior Court
Daniel B. Allen, Jeremiah Simonson, William McLean, Alexander H. Britton, William H Vanderbilt, Nathaniel Hayward, Henry Anderson, John Peck, and the Said Daniel B. Allen , Jacob H Vanderbilt, and James Brady, Trustees