To the of said . . . Greeting: We command you that you summon , & of the firm of and , & Joseph Smith Jr. of the firm of , to appear forthwith before our court of Common Pleas for said , now sitting at the Court house in , to answer unto & in a plea of to their damage one thousand dollars, as is said. Herein fail not, but of this writ and your service make due return. Witness President of said Court at this twenty eighth day of March A.D. 1837.

“Suit brot. on note given by def[endan]ts. dated Dec. 14th 1836 for $596.46 and payable at the one month after date to the order of Gardner & Patterson and endorsed to pl[ainti]ffs; also for goods, wares and merchandize, sold and delivered, &c. Amt. due $603.91”

“The State of Ohio, ss.) I have obeyed the command of this Writ by leaving true copies with Defts. on the 29th. , , Joseph <​Smith​> Jr. , on the 29th. day of March 1837, not found, Sh[eri]ff. office March 29th. 1837

Court of Common Pleas, after March Term A.D. 1837.

, , , Joseph Smith Jr. and , (the having returned “not found as to ” against whom process in this case also issued) were summoned to answer unto and in a plea of , whereupon the said plaintiffs by Payne & Wil[l]son their Att[orney]ys. complain of the defendants, for that whereas on the fourteenth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six to wit, at [p. 126]