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Michael and Anson v. Henry Mitchell and Henry Russell. Summons

Petition Date

May 28, 1832

Earliest Record Date

May 28, 1832

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • St. Louis, Missouri

People

  • Michael (Petitioner)
  • Clark, William (Petitioner)
  • Anson (Petitioner)
  • Mitchell, Henry C. Elijah (Defendant)
  • Russell, Henry (Defendant)
  • Strother, George F. (Attorney petitioner)
  • Foreman, Stephen W (Attorney defendant)
  • Carr, William C. (Judge)
 

The State of Missouri County of Saint Louis Ss

To the sheriff of the County of Saint Louis Greeting

We command you to summon Henry G Mitchell and Henry C Russell that they be and appear before the Judge of our Circuit Court at the next July term thereof to be held at the city of St Louis within and for the county of Saint Louis on the fourth Monday of July next then and there to answer unto Michael a boy of color an infant who sues by permission of the court by his next friend William Clark of a plea of trespass to the damage of the said plaitiff five hundred dollars and have you then there this writ

Witness Archibald Gamble Clerk of our said Circuit Court at office this Twenty eighth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty two

Archibald Gamble Clerk

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Michael and Anson v. Henry Mitchell and Henry Russell. Summons.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0020.003

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