John Ruland, Summons, to St. Louis Co. Coroner [Esrom Owens], for , , St. Louis Co., MO, 4 Mar. 1842, JS v. Brotherton (St. Louis Co., MO, Circuit Court 1843); printed form with manuscript additions in unidentified handwriting; docket and notations by unidentified scribe, [, St. Louis Co., MO], 4 Mar. 1842; notation presumably by Esrom Owens, [St. Louis Co., MO], 5 Mar. 1842; notation by unidentified scribe, [, St. Louis Co., MO], ca. Sept. 22 1843; two pages; St. Louis County Circuit Court, Civil Case Files, MSA. Includes seal.
To the SheriffCoronerof St. Louis County— GREETING:
We command you to Summon , if he be found in your County, that he be and appear before the Judge of our Circuit Court, on the first day of the next term thereof, to be held at the City of , within and for the county of St. Louis, on the third Monday of March inst.next, then and there to answer unto Joseph Smith of a plea of —— to the damage of said plaintiff of two thousand———— dollars: And have you then there this writ.
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Witness, John Ruland, Clerk of our said Court, with the seal thereof hereto affixed, at office, in the city of , this fourth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty two.
John Ruland CLERK.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.
Witness my hand and seal, at , this [blank] day of [blank] 184[blank]