John O'Fallon et. al. v. John T. Nash This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit Court historical records project.

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 May 3, 1823 June Term, 1823

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 John O'Fallon et. al. v. John T. Nash May 3, 1823 June Term, 1823 O'Fallon, John Clark, William Pratte, Bernard Chouteau, August Nash, Robert Nash, John T. Trespass 55 St. Louis Circuit Court Gamble, Archibald Walker, John K. Brown, E. F. PM proofread through lines 99 MM proofread and corrected vendor's unclear tags through line 28 MM proofread and corrected vendor's unclear tags through line 90, end of case. KT added legal encoding GAL reviewed text-orientation rends Plaintiffs' Complaint

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 Plaintiffs' Complaint Pettus Gamble, Archibald Walker, John K. Brown, E. F. St. Louis Circuit Court County of St. Louis St. Louis Circuit Court June Term 1823

John O'Fallon . William Clark Bernard Pratte August Choteau & Robert Wash by their Attorney complain of John F. Nash of a plea of Trespass on the case upon promises For that whereas heretofore to wit on the eleventh day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty two at the county aforesaid the said John F Nash made his certain note in writing commonly called a promissory note bearing date the day and year aforesaid and now to the Court shown by which said promissory note he she said Defendants then & there promised one Thomas F Riddick to pay him twelve months after the date of the said promissory note she sum of ninety three dollars seventy two cents for value received. And the said Thomas F Riddick to whom or to whose order the payment of the said sum of money on the said note specified was thereby directed to be made after the making of the said promissory note and before the payment of the said sum of money therein specified to wit on the day and year aforesaid at the county aforesaid, indorsed the said promissory note to the Plaintiffs and thereby then & there addresed and appointed the said sum of money , in the said promissory note specified to be paid the said Plaintiffs. By means whereof the said defendant became then & there became liable to pay to the said Plaintiff she said sum of money in the said promissory note specified according to the tenor and effect of said note and of the endorsement so made shown as aforesaid and being & liable he the said Defendant in consideration thereof afterwards to writ on &c aforesaid at &c aforesaid undertook and then and there faithfully promised the said plaintiff to pay then the said sum of money in the said note specified according to the tenor and effect thereof and of the endorsement so made thereon as aforesaid Nevertheless she said Defendant altho. often requested so to do and altho the said sum of money in the said note specif ed has been long since due, hath not paid to the said Plaintiff the said sum of money in said note specified a causeor any part thereof. ( Nor did the said defendant pay the same to the said Thomas F Riddick before the indorsement aforesaid but the said sam of money to the said plaintiff to pay the said Defendant hath hitherto wholly refused and state does refuse to the damage of the said Plaintiff of one hundred and eighty dollars and therefore they sue &c.

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<orig>Ferdinand</orig> </choice> </placeName> </supplied> </unclear> </p> <closer> <signed>J. <persName> <choice> <orig>K. 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 Promise to Pay St. Louis Circuit Court St Louis Feb 11th 1822

Twelve months after Sale I promise to pay Thomas F Riddick or order ninety three dollars and seventy two cents for value record in Settlement of account.

John J Nash

Thom Riddick