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Docket Entry, Costs, circa 5 June 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Kingsbury] Docket Entry, Overruled Demurrer and Continuance, 10 June 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Kingsbury] Docket Entry, Verdict, 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Kingsbury] Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Kingsbury] Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Kingsbury] Docket Entry, Costs, circa 5 June 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Whitney] Docket Entry, Overruled Demurrer and Continuance, 10 June 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Whitney] Docket Entry, Verdict, 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Whitney] Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Whitney] Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Whitney] Docket Entry, Costs, circa 5 June 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Williams] Docket Entry, Overruled Demurrer and Continuance, 10 June 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Williams] Docket Entry, Verdict, 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Williams] Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Williams] Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Williams] Docket Entry, Costs, circa 5 June 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Rigdon] Docket Entry, Overruled Demurrer and Continuance, 10 June 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Rigdon] Docket Entry, Verdict, 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Rigdon] Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Rigdon] Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Rigdon] Notice, 20 February 1838 [Rounds qui tam v. Rigdon] Docket Entry, Costs, circa 5 June 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Parrish] Docket Entry, Overruled Demurrer and Continuance, 10 June 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Parrish] Docket Entry, Verdict, 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Parrish] Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Parrish] Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Parrish]

Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Williams]

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Transcript of Proceedings, [
Chardon

Located eight miles south of Lake Erie and immediately east of Kirtland Township. Settled by 1812. Included village of Chardon. Population of township in 1820 about 430; in 1830 about 880; and in 1840 about 1,100. Two of JS’s sisters resided in township. ...

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], Geauga Co., OH, ca. 25 Oct. 1837, Rounds
qui tam

An action in qui tam imposes a statute-based penalty that rewards both the informant and the state by giving the “penalty in part to whosoever will sue for the same, and the other part to the commonwealth.”

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v. Williams
, (Geauga Co., OH, Court of Common Pleas 1837); Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Common Pleas Record, vol. V, pp. 354–356; handwriting of Charles H. Foot; signature presumably of
Van R. Humphrey

28 July 1800–5 Sept. 1864. Teacher, lawyer, judge. Born in Goshen, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Son of Isaiah Humphrey and Lorana Drake. Admitted to bar, 1820. Married first Stella Beach, 12 Apr. 1821, in Goshen. Moved to Hudson, Summit Co., Ohio, June 1821...

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; Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH.

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cause came on to be heard upon a
demurrer

English common law courts developed a complex process of pleading in civil suits that required the parties to file a series of legal documents, or pleadings, in order to define the dispute precisely. Courts in England’s American colonies and, later, in the...

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to the declaration of the
plaintiff

ca. 1807–after 1887. Builder, brick mason, farmer. Born in Massachusetts. Son of John J. Rounds and Hannah. Married Amy Hatfield. Moved to New York, by 1830; and to Ohio, by 1834. Initiated legal actions against JS, Sidney Rigdon, and others involved in Kirtland...

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, and was argued by counsel; On consideration whereof, it was adjudged by the court that the said demurrer be overruled with costs: Whereupon on motion of the
defendant

28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...

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leave was given him to amend, on payment of costs: And it was ordered by the Court that this cause be continued until the next term of said Court.
And now at this term of said Court, that is to say, at the term thereof first aforesaid, comes the
defendant

28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...

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, and the
plaintiff

ca. 1807–after 1887. Builder, brick mason, farmer. Born in Massachusetts. Son of John J. Rounds and Hannah. Married Amy Hatfield. Moved to New York, by 1830; and to Ohio, by 1834. Initiated legal actions against JS, Sidney Rigdon, and others involved in Kirtland...

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being three times demanded to come into court and prosecute his suit, comes not but makes default. It is therefore considered by the Court that the
plaintiff

ca. 1807–after 1887. Builder, brick mason, farmer. Born in Massachusetts. Son of John J. Rounds and Hannah. Married Amy Hatfield. Moved to New York, by 1830; and to Ohio, by 1834. Initiated legal actions against JS, Sidney Rigdon, and others involved in Kirtland...

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become
nonsuit

“A judgment given against a plaintiff, when he is unable to prove his case, or when he refuses or neglects to proceed to trial of a cause after it has been put at issue, without determining such issue.”

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; and that the
defendant

28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...

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recover against him, his costs and charges by him in and about the defending of this suit, in that behalf expended, taxed at seven dollars and fifteen cents: And it is ordered by the Court that the
plaintiff

ca. 1807–after 1887. Builder, brick mason, farmer. Born in Massachusetts. Son of John J. Rounds and Hannah. Married Amy Hatfield. Moved to New York, by 1830; and to Ohio, by 1834. Initiated legal actions against JS, Sidney Rigdon, and others involved in Kirtland...

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pay the costs and charges by him made in and about the prosecuting of this suit; taxed at three dollars and thirty six cents, and in default thereof, that
execution

“The act of carrying into effect the final judgment of a court, or other jurisdiction. The writ which authorises the officer so to carry into effect such judgment is also called an execution. . . . Executions are either to recover specific things, or money...

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issue to collect the same.

Signature presumably of Van R. Humphrey.


Van R Humphrey

28 July 1800–5 Sept. 1864. Teacher, lawyer, judge. Born in Goshen, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Son of Isaiah Humphrey and Lorana Drake. Admitted to bar, 1820. Married first Stella Beach, 12 Apr. 1821, in Goshen. Moved to Hudson, Summit Co., Ohio, June 1821...

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Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. Williams]
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