Capias ad Respondendum, 27 July 1837 [Seymour & Griffith v. Rigdon and JS]
Source Note
, , to Sheriff [], for JS and , , Geauga Co., OH, 27 July 1837, Seymour & Griffith v. Rigdon and JS (Geauga Co., OH, Court of Common Pleas 1837). Copied [ca. 24 Oct. 1837] in Transcript of Proceedings, Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Common Pleas Record, vol. U, p. 383; handwriting of Charles H. Foot; Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH.
To the of our said Court . . . Greeting:— We command you that you take the bodies of Joseph Smith Jr. & if they be found in your , and them safely keep so that you have them their bodies before our Court of Common Pleas to be held at the Court House in the town of the 24th day of Oct. next to answer & in a plea of the case to their damage five hundred dollars as is said. Herein fail not but of this writ and your service make due return. Witness the Honourable President of our said Court at the 27th. day of July Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
Clerk.
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This suit is brought upon sundry negotiable promissory notes dated Feb.y 10th. 1837, two for twenty, one for seven, and one for one hundred, the latter dated March 9th. 1837. Sum appearing due $150.
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The State of Ohio, ss} In obedience to the command of this writ, I on the 27th day of July 1837 arrested the within defts and kept them in custody until discharged by order of the plaintiffs. 2d. Shff. [p. 383]
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