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Bond, 21 December 1840 [Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS]
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, Amos Davis Jr., and , Bond, , IL, to , , IL, 21 Dec. 1840, Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1841); printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of S. Otho Williams; signatures of , Amos Davis Jr., and ; docket and notation printed with manuscript additions by S. Otho Williams, [], Hancock Co., IL, 21 Dec. 1840; two pages; microfilm in Circuit Court Case Files, 1830–1900, CHL. Includes seals.
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Historical Introduction
APPEAL BOND.
R. L. 395 Laws ’38—9 291 II Blackstone 340, xiii; III ib. xxiv.
Know all men, by these Presents, That we, Joseph Smith Jr and Amos Davis [Jr.] & are held and firmly bound unto who sues for the use of Hungerford & Livingston in the sum of one hundred & seventy Dollars; for which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this twenty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
The Condition of this obligation is such, That if the above bounden & Joseph Smith Jr shall pay and satisfy whatever judgment may be rendered by the Circuit Court of the County of upon the dismissal or trial of a certain appeal to the said Circuit Court, this day taken by them from a judgment rendered by Esq. a Justice of the Peace within and for said , on the Fifth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty wherein who sues for the use of Hungerford & Livingston is Plaintiffs and & Joseph Smith Jr Defendants, for the sum of Eighty five 81/100 Dollars debt, and three 11/100 Dollars costs of suit, in favor of the said Plaintiff and against the said Defendant then this obligation shall be void; otherwise, it shall remain in full force and virtue.
Ohio Forms 368 R. L. 496.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the presence of—
LS
Amos Davis LS
LS
LS
LS
Approved,
S Otho Williams Clerk Circuit Court, Ill. [p. [1]]
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- [1]
TEXT: Printed in left margin.
- [2]
TEXT: Instructions to the clerk filling out the form are given in a note in the left margin of the document: “‘Him,’ ‘her,’ or ‘them,’”
- [3]
TEXT: Instructions to the clerk filling out the form are given in a note in the left margin of the document: “or ‘Probate’”
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TEXT: Instructions to the clerk filling out the form are given in a note in the left margin of the document: “‘Plaintiff’ or ‘Defendant.’”
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TEXT: Instructions to the clerk filling out the form are given in a note in the left margin of the document: “Appelant,’ or as the case is.”
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TEXT: Printed in left margin.
Signatures of George Miller, Amos Davis Jr., and Alanson Ripley.
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TEXT: Instances of “LS” (locus sigilli, Latin for “location of the seal”) are printed in representations of seals.