{{Short description|Government organization}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} The '''Court of Chancery''' was the court with jurisdiction in cases of equity in the state of Michigan between 1836 and 1847, presided over by a Chancellor. In certain cases, appeal could be made to the Michigan Supreme Court.<ref name=UtleyCutcheon1906_94_95>{{cite book |last1= Utley |first1= Henry M. |last2= Cutcheon |first2= Byron M. |author2-link= Byron M. Cutcheon |year= 1906 |title= Michigan as a Province, Territory and State: The Twenty-Sixth Member of the Federal Union |url= https://archive.org/details/michiganasaprov00cutcgoog |location= New York |publisher= Publishing Society of Michigan |oclc= 2078920 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/michiganasaprov00cutcgoog/page/n102 94]–95}}</ref>
The law creating the Court of Chancery took effect July 4, 1836, and it was abolished on March 1, 1847, with its jurisdiction given to the circuit courts.<ref name=Farmer1884_191>{{cite book |last= Farmer |first= Silas |year= 1884 |title= The History of Detroit and Michigan: Or, the Metropolis Illustrated |publisher= S. Farmer |location= Detroit |url= https://archive.org/details/1268725.0001.001.umich.edu |oclc= 359750 |page= [https://archive.org/details/1268725.0001.001.umich.edu/page/191 191]}}</ref> During this time, only two men served as Chancellor.<ref name=UtleyCutcheon1906_94_95/> The Chancellor was an ''ex officio'' member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan.
== List of chancellors of Michigan == {| class="wikitable sortable" !{{abbr|No.|Number}} !Image !Name !Term |- |1 |60px |Elon Farnsworth |1836–1842 |- |2 | |Randolph Manning |1842–1846 |- |3 |60px |Elon Farnsworth |1846–1847 |}
== See also == *New York Court of Chancery *Delaware Court of Chancery
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== Further reading == {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last= Harrington |first= E. Burke |year= 1872 |title= Reports of Cases Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State of Michigan (1836-1842) |publisher= Free Press |location= Detroit |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G68YAAAAIAAJ |oclc= 8268906}} {{refend}}
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