Docket Entry, Writ of Inquiry, 20 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS]

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Introduction to JS Guardian of Maria Lawrence et al., Babbitt Guardian of James Lawrence et al. v. William Law et al., and Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS Praecipe, circa 23 December 1845 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Bond, 24 December 1845 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Praecipe, circa 5 January 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Summons, 6 January 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Dismissal, 19 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, circa 19 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Writ of Inquiry, 20 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Subpoena, 21 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Judgment, 22 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, circa 22 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Affidavit, 25 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Case File Wrapper, circa May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS]
Docket Entry, Writ of Inquiry, 20 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS]
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Carthage
Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site...
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, Hancock Co., IL, 20 May 1846], Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1846); Hancock County Circuit Court Record, vol. D, p. 419; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.

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See Introduction to JS Guardian of Maria Lawrence et al., Babbitt Guardian of James Lawrence et al. v. William Law et al., and Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS.
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Maria Laurence [Lawrence]
18 Dec. 1823–1847. Born in Pickering, York Co. (later in Ontario), Upper Canada. Daughter of Edward Lawrence and Margaret. Moved with family to Lima, Adams Co., Illinois, 1838. Father died, between 5 Nov. and 23 Dec. 1839. Resided in Quincy, Adams Co., 1840...
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Debt
A fixed and specific sum of money due by agreement, as proved by a matter of record and not dependent upon any future determination. It is normally discharged by payment.
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Joseph W Coolidge
31 May 1814–13 Jan. 1871. Carpenter, miller, merchant. Born in Bangor, Hancock Co., Maine. Son of John Kittridge Coolidge and Rebecca Stone Wellington. Moved to Cincinnati, by 1817. Moved to area of Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1834. Married Elizabeth...
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This day came the plaintiffs by their attorney and the said
defendant
31 May 1814–13 Jan. 1871. Carpenter, miller, merchant. Born in Bangor, Hancock Co., Maine. Son of John Kittridge Coolidge and Rebecca Stone Wellington. Moved to Cincinnati, by 1817. Moved to area of Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1834. Married Elizabeth...
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being called came not but made
default
Neglecting to perform a legal obligation. In a judicial proceeding, the nonappearance of a defendant in the time required by law, resulting in a default judgment. A similar nonappearance of a plaintiff may result in a nonsuit.
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. Whereupon it is ordered that a
writ of enquiry
A writ to carry out an interlocutory judgment, commanding a sheriff or deputy to inquire into the amount of damages by the oath or affirmation of twelve men in the county. The inquisition, when made, was returned to the court.
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be awarded herein returnable
instanter
Command to act immediately, “taken to mean ‘before the rising of the court,’ when the act is to be done in court; or, ‘before the shutting of the office the same night,’ when the act is to be done there.”
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