We command you to summon John FinneyJohn Finney and WilliamWilliam
Finney if they be found in your County,
that they be and appear
before the Judge of our Circuit CourtCircuit Court , sitting as a Court of Chancery on the first day of the next term thereof, to be held
at the City of St. LouisCity of St Louis, within and for the County of St. LouisCounty of St Louis, on the second Monday
of November next, then and there to answer unto the Bill of Complaint filed against them by SamuelSamuel Stokes
a colored man for relief in the matter of his children
to the damage of said plaintiff
dollars And have you then there this writ.