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            <title>John Filion v. Pierre Chouteau, Jr.</title>
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            <date type="filing" when="1832-11-10">November 10, 1832</date>
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            <caseTitle>John Filion v. Pierre Chouteau, Jr.</caseTitle>
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            <party role="plaintiff">Filion, John</party>
            <party role="defendant">Chouteau Junior, Pierre</party>
            <causeAction type="civil">Debt</causeAction>
            <caseNo>131</caseNo>
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            <court type="state">Saint Louis Circuit Court</court>
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            <clerk>Gamble, Archibald</clerk>
            <sheriff>Walker, John K.</sheriff>
            <sheriff type="deputy">Blood, S.</sheriff>
            <attorney for="plaintiff">W.D.</attorney>
            <attorney for="defendant">Geyer</attorney>
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                  <dateline>In the <orgName>
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                           <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
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                     <date when="1832-11">November Term 1832</date>.</dateline>
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               <p>St Louis County to wit <persName>
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                        <orig>John</orig>
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                           <orig>Filion</orig>
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                        <orig>Pierre</orig>
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                           <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">Junior</unclear> of a plea of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">trespass</unclear> in the <lb/>case upon
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                        <orig>Choutean</orig>
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                        <lb/>heretofore to wit on the<date when="1828-04-10"> tenth day of April in
                            the year <lb/>of our Lord one thousand eight hundred &amp; twenty
                            eight</date>
                        <lb/>at <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                  </placeName> aforesaid did by a certain instruction <lb/>writing (which
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                        <lb/>at <placeName>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                        <lb/>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                        <lb/>in the same in the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                        <orig>Filion</orig>
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                        <lb/>company the sum of two hundred &amp; sixty dollars <lb/>at the
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                        <persName>
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                              <orig>Filion</orig>
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                     <supplied>pursuance</supplied>
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                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
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                     <supplied>Am-</supplied>
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                        <lb/>
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                     <supplied>erican <orgName>
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                              <orig>Fur
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                     <supplied>faithfully served</supplied>
                  </unclear> the said
                            <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>Co.</supplied>
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                        <lb/>in the business of trapping for one whole year next<lb/>
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                  </unclear> to wit the<date when="1828-04-01"> first day <lb/>of April in the year of our Lord one
                            thousand eight <lb/>hundred &amp; twenty eight</date> of which
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                     <supplied>service
                            to</supplied>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                  </persName> had due notice.</p>
               <p>And whereas also heretofore to wit on the day &amp; year <lb/>last aforesaid at <placeName>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                        aforesaid in condersation that <lb/>he the said <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
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                        other his work labour <lb/>&amp; <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                              <orig>Fur
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                        <lb/>in the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>business</supplied>
                  </unclear> of trapping he the said
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                        <lb/>aforesaid) undertook &amp; then &amp; there faithfully promised
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                              <orig>Filion</orig>
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                     <supplied>reasonably deserved to
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                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Choteau</orig>
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                        <lb/>for any length of time which he might continue in <lb/>the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                  </persName> whenever he the said
                        <lb/>
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                  </persName> should be there unto afterwards requested. <lb/>And the
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                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> that
                            <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> in the promise of
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                  </persName> he
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                        <lb/>
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                     <supplied> &amp;
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                        years <lb/>&amp; a half from the last mentioned date &amp; that his
                            <lb/>
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                     <supplied>favor</supplied>
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                     <supplied>said</supplied>
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                        <lb/>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                     <supplied>fullest</supplied>
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                        thousand dollars of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>which</supplied>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                        whereas also afterwards to wit on the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>tenth day</supplied>
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                            Lord</supplied>
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                        <lb/>the said <persName>
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                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
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                        <lb/>either the usual <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        furs &amp; <lb/>
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                     <supplied>peltries</supplied>
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                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
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                        <lb/>the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                     <supplied>American
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                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Fur</orig>
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                  <orgName>
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                        <lb/>the one <persName>
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                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                        <lb/>one <persName>
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                        <orig>Filion</orig>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> that he <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> in the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                        <orig>Choutean</orig>
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                        <lb/>by his <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        <lb/>livery <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                              <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                        years &amp; a half from the last mentioned date of which services, he the
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                  <lb/>had due notice to
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                  <date when="1832-10">October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
                            <lb/>hundred &amp; thirty two,</date>
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                  <placeName>
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                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Filion</orig>
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                        <persName>
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                              <orig>Filion</orig>
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                        done &amp; performed <lb/>in behalf of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> American <orgName>
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                        <orig>Fur Company</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </orgName> in the <lb/>business of trapping,
                        at the special <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>insistence</supplied>
                  </unclear> &amp; request <lb/>of
                        the in <persName>
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                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                        preceding the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>last
                                mentioned</supplied>
                  </unclear> date. And <lb/>being <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>so indebted
                            he</supplied>
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                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
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                     <supplied>last</supplied>
                  </unclear> mentioned, undertake
                        <lb/>&amp; <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> there <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>promised</supplied>
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                     <supplied>pay</supplied>
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                        the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>said
                            <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
                     </supplied>
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                     <supplied>the said</supplied>
                  </unclear>
                        <lb/>
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                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Chouteau</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
                     </supplied>
                  </unclear> should be there unto <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>afterwards</supplied>
                  </unclear>
                        requested.</p>
                    <p>Yet the said <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Choutean</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> not <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>regarding</supplied>
                  </unclear> his <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>said</supplied>
                  </unclear> agreement <lb/>or
                        either of his said <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>promises</supplied>
                  </unclear> &amp; undertakings
                            <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>so
                            by</supplied>
                  </unclear> him <lb/>made as aforesaid, hath <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>not</supplied>
                  </unclear> as
                            <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>yet</supplied>
                  </unclear>
                        paid the said <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
                     </supplied>
                  </unclear> either of the said <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>sums</supplied>
                  </unclear> of money
                        or any <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>part</supplied>
                  </unclear>
                        <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>or
                            parcel</supplied>
                  </unclear> of the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>furs</supplied>
                  </unclear> aforesaid, though often
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               <title>Summons of Pierre Chouteau, Junior </title>
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               <p>This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit
                    Court historical records project.</p>
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               <p>The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit
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               <legalTitle>Summons of Pierre Chouteau, Junior </legalTitle>
               <author role="clerk">Gamble, Archibald</author>
               <author role="sheriff"> Walker, John K.</author>
               <author role="deputy">Blood, S.</author>            
               <court>Saint Louis Circuit Court</court>
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               <legalDoc genre="civil" stagelit="pre-trial" type="answer" when="1832-11-29"> </legalDoc>
               <legalTitle>Defendant's Answer </legalTitle>
               <author role="attorney">Geyer</author>  
               <author role="clerk">Gamble, Archibald</author>
               <court>Saint Louis Circuit Court</court>
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               <p>by the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName> so to
                            do;</supplied>
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                     <supplied>hitherto</supplied>
                  </unclear> refused <lb/>&amp;
                            <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>neglected</supplied>
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                     <supplied>still doth</supplied>
                  </unclear> refuse &amp;
                            <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>neglect</supplied>
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                     <supplied>do</supplied>
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                        <lb/>Whereby the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>said
                                <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
                     </supplied>
                  </unclear> that he hath sustained <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>great</supplied>
                  </unclear> injury
                        to wit in the sum of three thousand <lb/>dollars &amp; for this he brings
                        this suit <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>.</p>
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                  <signed>W. D. <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  </signed> 
                  <lb/>
                  <signed>
                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                        <supplied> Atty</supplied>
                     </unclear> for <abbr>Plff</abbr> 
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               <opener>
                  <dateline>The State of <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                     <lb/> 
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of Saint Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName> 
                     <abbr>ss</abbr>
                  </dateline>
                  <salute>To the Sheriff of the <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of Saint Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName> Greeting</salute>
               </opener>
               <p>We command you to summon Pierre Choutean Junior that he <lb/>be and appear before the judge of our <orgName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </orgName> at the next <lb/>term thereof to be held at the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>City of St. Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> within and for the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>County</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> 
                  <lb/>
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>of Saint Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> on the fourth monday of November <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> then <lb/>and there to answer unto <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>John</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
                     </supplied>
                  </unclear> of a plea of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>trespass</supplied>
                  </unclear> on the <lb/>case upon promises whereby she said <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Filion</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> saith that he hath <lb/>sustained preat injury to writ in the sum of three thousand dollars <lb/>and have you then there this writ</p> 
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               <closer>
                  <dateline>Witness <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> Clerk of our <lb/>said <orgName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </orgName> at Office this <date when="1832-11-10">Tenth <lb/>day of November One thousand Eight <lb/>Hundred and thirty two</date>
                  </dateline> 
                  <lb/> 
                  <signed>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> Clerk</signed> 
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               <p>Executed this writ on <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Pierre</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
                     </supplied>
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                        <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
                     </choice>
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                  <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>Junior</supplied>
                  </unclear> by <lb/>offering to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>read</supplied>
                  </unclear> it
                        &amp; the declaration to him which <lb/>he refused to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>hear</supplied>
                  </unclear> &amp;
                        acknowledged the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>service</supplied>
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                        <lb/>of the same in the city of <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> on the <date when="1832-11-10">tenth <lb/>day of November 1832</date>
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               <closer>
                  <signed>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>John K Walker</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> Shffs</signed> 
                  <lb/>by <signed>S. Blood Dp Shff</signed>
Service $ 100</closer>
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               <p>And the said <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Pierre</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>
                            <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>Junior</supplied>
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                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Geyer</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
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                  </unclear> his <lb/>attorney
                            <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>comes</supplied>
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                            <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>injury</supplied>
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                     <supplied> undertake &amp;
                            promise</supplied>
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                        <lb/>in manner &amp; form as the plaintiff hath above <lb/>thereof
                        alleged against him &amp; of this <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>he</supplied>
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                        <lb/>puts himself upon the country &amp;<abbr>c.</abbr>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Geyer</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </signed> for <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>Deft.</supplied>
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                  <lb/> filed <date when="1832-11-29">
                     <abbr>Nov</abbr>29th 1832</date>
                        <signed>A G Clk</signed>
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               <opener>
                  <abbr>No</abbr>
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               <p>Action of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>Assumpsit</supplied>
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                  <lb/>In the <orgName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </orgName> 
                  <lb/>
                  <date when="1832-11">November Term <lb/>1832</date> 
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                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
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                              <orig>Filion</orig>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
                     </choice>
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                  <abbr>No</abbr> 131 <lb/>
                  <dateline>
                     <orgName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Saint Louis Circuit Court</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </orgName> 
                     <lb/>
                     <date when="1832-11">November Term 1832.</date>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>John</orig>
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                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Filion</orig>
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                        <lb/>
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                        <lb/>
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                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Pierre</orig>
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                        </persName>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Chouteau</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> 
                  <abbr>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Jr</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>.</abbr>
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               <p>This is an action of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>Assumpsit</supplied>
                  </unclear> 
                  <lb/>Damages $3000 -</p>
               <p>Let a summons <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>issue</supplied>
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               <closer>Filed <date when="1832-11-10">10th November 1832</date>
                  <lb/>
                  <signed>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> Clerk</signed>
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               <p>Plea <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> filed <lb/>
                  <date when="1832-11-29">
                     <abbr>Nov</abbr> 29th 1832</date> 
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                  <signed>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>A Gamble</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> 
                     <abbr>Clk</abbr>
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               <p>Discontinued <ref target="TBD">Book 6 page 453</ref>
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                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                        <supplied>
                           <persName>
                              <choice>
                                 
                                 <orig>Arch</orig>
                              </choice>
                           </persName>.</supplied>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Gamble</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> Clerk</signed> 
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               <p>Nov - 10th</p>
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