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attorney complains of
plea of trespass on the case upon promises,
To
heretofore towit, on the
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixteen
in consideration that the said
the special instance and request of him the said
and go along with the said
in the capacity of clerk on a certain trading
voyage which the said
on up the river
streams and that the said
said voyage would perform the duties of a
clerk to and
to the said Benjanium O Fallen undertook
and faithfully promised the said
for his service in the aforesaid capacity during the
said voyage at the rate and proportion of
four hundred dollars a year And
the said
undertaking of the said
did engage himself to and go along with
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the said Benjamin O. Fallen in the capacity of
clerk on the said trading voyage which the said
the
he did during the said voyage perform the duties
of clerk to and under the said
that he was in the service of the said
on the said voyage for a long time towit for
ten months
undertaking did not and has not allowed and
payed the said
the capacity aforesaid during the time that the said
as aforesaid at the rate and proportion of four
hundred dollars a year nor hath the said
as yet paid the said
for his aforesaid services Bat so to do the often
requested hath
still doth refuse
And for that whereas also the said
day an d year aforesaid at the county afore
said in consideration that the said
at the like special instance and request of the
said
serve him the said
of clerk on certain trading voyage up the
river
the said
and there faithfully promised the said
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to allow and pay him for the time that he should
serve him the said
the rate and proportion of four hundred dollars
a year and the said
saith that confiding in the said last
and undertaking of him the said Benjanium he
did go a long with and serve the said
trading voyages up the river
tributary streams for a long time towit for
nine months towit at the county aforesaid
tioned promise and undertaking would not and
did not allow and pay to the said
for the time he
as last aforesaid at the rate and propostion
of four hundred dollars a year nor hath
the said
any
often requested hath hitherto wholly refused
and still doth refuse
And for that whereas also the said
and year last aforesaid at the county aforesaid
in consideration that the said
at the like special instance and request of
the said Benjanium would serve the said
and until the completion of a certain trading
voyage which the said
about making up the river
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its
undertook and then and there faithfully promised
that said
dollars And the said
saith that confiding in the said last mentioned
promise and undertaking of the said
he did serve the said
of clerk during and until the completion of the said
last mentioned voyage towit at the county aforesaid
promise and undertaking hath not as yet
paid the said
hundred dollars or any past thereof But the
same to pay hath
still doth refuse
And for that whereas also afterward towit
on the
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven
teen
min
for the work and labor care and
the said
to and for the said
at his like special instance and
being so indebted he the said
in
the day and year last aforesaid at the
county aforesaid undertook and faithfully
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promised the said
last mentioned sum of money when he the
said
requested
and undertaking hath not as yet paid the
said
sum of money or any part thereof but the
same to pay hath
and refused and still doth neglect
and refuse to the damage of the
said
and therefore he brings his and
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This summons was excuted on the
1817
Town of
This is an action of
$ 400 let a
we command you to summon
the judge of our
at the Court house in the Town of
within and for the county of
second monday of October
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of execuse and delay
person before the Judge of our Circuit court on the
at the town of
controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
is plaintiff, and
part of the
Executed
St Louis County
for
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay
person before the judge of our Circuit court on the
at the town of
controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
is plaintiff, and
part of the
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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
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Executed
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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay
person before the judge of our Circuit court on the
at the town of
controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
is plaintiff, and
part of the
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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
Executed
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