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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit Court historical records project.
The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
The President and Directors and
Company of the
to
of
on the case upon promises for that whereas
heretofore to wit on the
-ber in the year one thousand eight hundred
and twenty one
county aforesaid one
his certain note in writing commonly called a
promissory note bearing date the day and year
aforesaid and now to the court shewn by
which said promissory note the said
then & there promised sixty days after date
thereof to pay to the said
or order the sum of Five thousand Eight hun
dred and eighty eight dollars negotiable and
payable in the
ition for value received and the said
Rector to whom or to whom order the payment of the
said sum of money in the said promissory
the said promissory note and before the payment
of the said sum of money therein specified
to wit on the day and year last aforesaid at
the county aforesaid indorsed the said prom
issory note and by the said indorsement then
& there ordered
in the said promissory note specified to be
paid to the said Plaintiffs according to the
And the said Plaintiffs in fact say that afterwards,
when the said note became due and payable
according to the
on the
hundred and twenty two
the county aforesaid the said promissory note
so indorsed as aforesaid was duly presented &
did not nor
ented & shewn for payment as aforesaid or at any time before or afterwords pay the said sum of money therein specified
or any part thereof, but wholly neglected &
refused
ises the said Defendant afterwards to act
on the day and year last aforesaid at the
county aforesaid had notice by means whereof
the said defendant then & there became liable.
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to pay to the said plaintiffs the said sum
of money in the said
specified when he the said Defendant
should be
consideration thereof
at the county aforesaid
said plaintiffs to pay them the said
sum of money
should be
requested
plaintiffs the said sum of money
said
part thereof but the
to
wholly neglected and
of ten thousand dollars & therefore they
The President
& Directors of
Company of the
who
vs
on
the defendant, on
the
1824
giving
to
his acknowledg
ing the
the
We command you to summon
and appear before the Judge of
for the
then and there to
Company of the
of
the
of Ten Thousand Dollars and that you have
then there this writ
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And the said Plaintiffs for
to the said several pleas of the said Defendant
first and
said first plea aforesaid wherein the said Defendant
of the said Defendant the said plaintiff
that they ought not to be
from having or maintaining their
against him the said Defendant because they
say that the said Defendant did not
upon the commencement of this
the
Eighteen hundred and twenty four
pay to the said plaintiff the said sum of
money
country &c.
Bank
vs
(
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And the said
his attorney, comes and defends the wrong and injury
when
promise in manner and form as the said plaintiffs
have above there of complained against him, and of
This, he puts himself upon the country &c.
And for further plea in this behalf the said
defendant says that the said plaintiffs ought not to
have or maintain their aforesaid action there of against
him, because he says that before the commencement
of this suit, to wit, on the
the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and twenty four
he did well and truly pay to the plaintiffs the said
of money in the said declaration mentioned, and this
he is ready to verify, wherefore he prays judgment, if
the said plaintiffs ought to have or maintain their
aforesaid action thereof against him &c.
The President & Directors
& Company of the
vs
Pleas
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You are hereby command to Summon
Louis
G.
that setting aside all mannerof excuse and delay they be and appear in proper person before the Judge
of our
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said
court, wherein
and
on the part of
Executed on
Louis
on the
E. T. Langham
& G.
not found
For E T Langham
L.
for plff