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Title: Estate of Gabriel Cerre by August Chouteau, Exceutor v. Antoine Delard
Plaintiff: Chouteau, AugustCerre, Gabriel (deceased)
Defendant: Delard, Antoine
Date Filed: October 12, 1816
Term: May Term, 1817
Cause of Action: Trespass
Case Number: 2
Court: St. Louis Circuit Court
Publication Info: St. Louis, Missouri: Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries 2011
Source: The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
Availability: Documents are in the public domain

Territory of MissouriMissouri County of Saint LouisCounty of Saint Louis Ss.

August ChouteauAugust Chouteau of the last will and testament of Gabriel Cerre deceased, which said letters of administration and letter testamentary an now to the count here their, complains of Antoine Delard of a plea of Trespass or the law. Ya that the said at the John of saint Louis, and county of saint Louis and within the jurisdiction of this county on the seventeenth day of June in the Year one thousand seven hundred & Ninety three. by on certain promissory note of that doth by him by the name of Ant. Delard subscribed and to the said Gabriel Cerre then him delivering, promising to pay to him by the name and description of Carri to his order, the sum of Five Hundred, thirty five lives and Nineteen Six , equal to the sum of Eighty nine Dollars and nineteen lawfull of the united States. Ya of an account to that day.

You the said Defendant though of the requesting hall was refuse the same sum of money to pay to the said GabrielGabriel is his before him, and still doth refuse 1. pay the same to the plaintiff his execution to the damage of plaintiff in his aforesaid capacity two hundred Dollars the sum

E Hempstread for Plff
No 2 May Term 1817

August ChouteauAugust Chouteau Ex of Gabriel Cerre vs Antoine Delard

Caps

This is an action of trespass to fur of hang a CaptainCaptain and hour have requiring you $200.

Filed 12 oct 1816 M. P LeducP. Leduc clk

The sheriff will take Bail for two hundred dollars .

M. P LeducP. Leduc clk

Non Est

J W ThompsonJ. W. J W ThompsonThompson

Shff L. C.

Non Est 50 dts October 26th 1811

Delard ads. Cerri

1. Plea. Stat. Lim and the said Antoine Delard by his a attorney , wives is and defind the and inquiry where & where . and the said chartow of the said gabriel pierre , ought not to have a maintain his said thing against him, because he , that the said cause of action in the said declaration mention ed did not accused to the said plaintiff at any time in their five years before the exhibition of the fill of he said plff against him in this behalf , in manner and form as the said plaintiff hath above thereof complained against him the said continue : and this he is ready to verify : wherefore he prays judgement if the said auguste choteau his action aforesaid thereof against him ought to have and maintain.

2. Plea Sol. ad diem. and for further plea in this behalf according to the statute in that case made and provided the said by this said comes and definds the and injury where and when . and says the said august . of the said G. ought not to have or maintain his said action thereof against him, because he says that he the said action Deland on the seventeenth day of June in the year are thousand seven hundred and ninety three at the County of St LouisCounty of St. Louis, to the said care she said of among mentioned in the declaration of the said request choteau against him, according to the from and effect of the said from is therein named and this he is ready to verify wherefore he judgment of the said august choteau ought to have as maintain his aforesaid thereof against him.

3. Plea. Sol. post diem. and the said Deland for further plea in this behalf avoiding to the stated in that case made and founded by his said . and defind the among and where and where and says the said plff his action above said therefore against him ought not to have or maintain. Because he says , that he said antoine Deland after the said seventeenth day of June in the year one thousand and seven hundred and ninety three, to wit, on the tenth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, at the county of St LouisSt. Louis, paid to the said submit here the said sum of money mentioned in the plaintiff declaration

against him, together with all interest then due thereon, according to the form and effect of the said and this he is ready to verify wherefore he prays judgment of the said auguste choteau his action aforesaid thereof against him ought to have

BentonBenton for Deft.

and the said plaintiffs for replication to the first plea of the said day defendant saith he ought not is and any thing in the plea to the notwithstanding , because he days that the said defendants at any time within five years next preceding the date being forth of the plaintiff , for five years was preceding the Twelfth day of October in the Year one thousand eight hundred & sixteen was about from the territory of louisiana , and territory of missouri ; and the knowledge of the plaintiff written the jurisdiction of the is said and this he is ready to verify wherefore he judgment for his damages aforesaid

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And for replication to the second plea before the said plaintiff with that he ought not to be and , because he says, that the said did not on the Seventeenth day of June in the Year one thousand, seven Hundred & ninety three as the county aforesaid pay and satisfy to the said plaintiff the sum of many and this he pay may be enquired of by the Country, and the debt does the same BentonBenton tho his so the third plea in the behalf the said plaintiff saith he ought not to be found produces because he says that the said Defendant did not who the county aforesaid, on the tenth day of May, one thousand seven hundred & Ninety five, pay and justify to the said Gabrial the sum of money for and this he pay may be of by the Country and the deft does the same Benton.

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Antoine Dulard ads. CerreCerre Est. Pleas

1. State .

2. Jol. ad diem.

3. Jol. post dienr.

Filed tuesday 13th May M. P LeducP. P LeducLeduc Duplication the Day

Delard ads. Cerris .

Rejoiner in to replication to the first plea.

And the said Antonie Dulard, as to the said replication of the said plaintiff to the first plea of him the said Antonie Delard, saith that he said plaintiff ought not by season of any thing on that replication above alledged to have or maintain his aforesaid actions agree to him because he says, that within five years not before the times of the writ of the said plaintiff is this case he was found in the county of Louis County of MissouriMissouri, and within the jerisdiction of the courts of the of the said County, to sent at St LouisSt. Louis aforesaid, and this be pays on be injured of by this county.

BentonBenton for Deft.

Deland ads CerreCerre Est. Regeindon to Repb.

The deposition of Augustus Laroche taken by wit to be read on said in the suit defendent in the Circuit CourtSt. Louis Circuit CourtCircuit Court between Aug. chotean of on certain Deland on the part of the Deft.

The said deponent being first duly deposeth and saith that be had known the Deft. Automic Deland since thirty years and twenty four years of that time on this county . That in the last of the year 1796 and the beginning of 1797 this deponent and the and automic both in the service of the cure, deceased, the father in law of Col. Chotean, and were at that time employed at the pioias that Con. automic Delard was well able in this time and ever since to pay his debts that Mc. automic Delard has aesided since twenty one years at the piore as and that almost every fall and opeing denory the life of Con Cenre, he Con Cenre was in the habet of passing by the pioias on his way to & from Mainaum and that he often saw Mc. cenre and Mc Delard together, and at one time the whole there, that is the acponent, M. Delard and Mc Cerne went in three canoes in company to Maconour which was in the seon 1797 in the month of June and July of that zean, and that he does not know that Mc Delard has been about from his home at the Piorias, except when he was made prisoner in the beginning of the late was. That two years age that is to say in the year 1315 he deponent came with the said automic Delard from Maimann and parted from him at the grand and in the IllinoisIllinois river, what the defendant continued his towards St LouisSt. Louis and further this deponent saith that Mc. Delard was and himself to Mc. Gahil Cerxe

Angoes tin La Laroche Sworn to and subscribed in open court, this 16th Oct 1817 A. S. McGirk Dclk for M P LeducP Leduc Clk

ChouteauChouteau exec of CerreCerre vs Antoine Delard

Dep. of Laroche

filed oct. 16th 1817 M P LedueM. P. Ledue Clk

Know all men by these presents, That I AntoineAntoine delerd as and NicholasNicholas as are held and firmly bound unto John W ThompsonJohn W. Thompson, sheriff of the county of St LouisSt. Louis, his assigns or successors in office, in the sum of Two Hundred Dollars currency of the United StatesUnited States, to which payment well and truely to be made, we bind our-selves and each of us by himself, our and each of our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 26th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen

The condition of the above obligation is such, That if the above bound AntoineAntoine delerd shall appear at the next circuit court to be held at the town of St LouisSt. Louis, on the first Monday in May next to answer unto August ChouteauAugust August ChouteauChouteau of GabrielGabriel in a plea of Trespass on the , to the Damage of the said August ChouteauAugust Chouteau in his said two Hundred Dollars and if judgment be given against him at that or any subsequent term of said court, that the said AntoineAntoine delerd will pay the Damage aforesaid and costs, or the amount of the condemnation of the court, or surren-der himself in execution thereof, or that the said NicholasNicholas will do it for him; then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue in law.

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of

A. C.. CarrCarr AntoineAntoine Deschamps
his Nicholas H Lecompte mark
Territory of MissouriMissouri, County of St LouisCounty of St. Louis, sct. The United StatesUnited States of AmericaAmerica to the Sheriff of said county, Greeting.:

You are hereby commanded to summon Antoine ChenierAntoine Antoine ChenierChenier that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay he be and appear in proper person before the judge of our circuit court on the now sitting day of at the town of St LouisSt. Louis, then there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherein Augt. Chouteau of is plaintiff and AntoineAntoine delerd defendant, on the part of the defendant and have you then there this writ.

Witness MaryMary P LeducP. Leduc, Clerk of our said circuit court, at the town of St LouisSt. Louis, this 14th day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 17 and of the Independence of the United StatesUnited States, the forty M. P. ladue Clerk of St LouisSt. L. C. C. by A. J. McGirk

Augt. Chouteau vs AntoineAntoine Deland subpoena for AntoineAntoine

Executed J W ThompsonJ W J W ThompsonThompson

service 33

Territory Of MissouriMissouri, County Of St LouisSt. Louis, sct. The United StatesUnited States of AmericaAmerica to the Sheriff of said county Greeting:

You are hereby commanded to summon Louis Bison that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay he be and appear in proper person before the judge of our circuit court on the how forthwith day of at the town of St LouisSt. Louis, then there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherein August ChouteauAuguste Chouteau of GabrielGabriel is plaintiff and Antoine Delard defendant, on the part of the defendant and have you then there this writ.

Witness MaryMary P LeducP. Leduc, Clerk of our said circuit courrt, at the town of St LouisSt. Louis, this 21st day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen and of the Inde-pendence of the United StatesUnited States, the 42nd M Clerk of St LouisSt. L. C. C. By A. J. McGirk

Augt. Chouteau of vs Antonie delard

RufusRufus for Louis Bison forthwith

executed J. W. Thompson Shff service

sum 33

Territory of MissouriMissouri, County of St LouisCounty of St. Louis, sct. The United StatesUnited States of AmericaAmerica to the Sheriff of said county, Greeting.:

You are hereby commanded to summon ThomasThomas Forsyth as for of the that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay he be and appear in proper person before the judge of our circuit court on the nov day of setting at the town of St LouisSt. Louis, then there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherein aug. chotaeu . of G. Gerre is plaintiff and anto in Deland is defendant, on the part of the dept. and have you then there this writ.

Witness MaryMary p. Leduc, Clerk of our said circuit court, at the town of St LouisSt. Louis, this 22d. day of Oct in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 17 and of the Independence of the United StatesUnited States, the M P LeducP P LeducLeduc Clerk of St. By A. S. McGirk Clk

Chouteau . of Cerre Deland. Jpa. for Iho.

Executed

J W ThompsonJ. W. J W ThompsonThompson Shff service .33 6 .39
Territory Of MissouriMissouri, County Of St LouisSt. Louis, Sct. The United StatesUnited States of AmericaAmerica to the Sheriff of said county, Greeting:

You are hereby commanded to summon Louid Breejson - August that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay they be and appear in proper person before the judge of our circuit court on the twenty forth day of October. at the town of St LouisSt. Louis, then there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherein AugusteAuguste choteau of Coni is plaintiff and And Delaid defendant, on the part of the plaintiff and have you then there this writ.

Witness MaryMary P LeducP. Leduc, Clerk of our said circuit court, at the town of St LouisSt.Louis, this Sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and Seventeen and of the Independence of the United StatesUnited States, the 42nd M. P LeducP. Leduc Clerk of St LouisSt. L. C. C. By And D.

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Aug Chouteau vs subpoena Delard

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Louis Buisson AugusteAuguste LaRoche for plff

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Territory of MissouriMissouri, County of St LouisCounty of St. Louis sct. The United StatesUnited States of AmericaAmerica to the Sheriff of said county Greeting:

You are hereby commanded to summon ThomasThomas Forsyth that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay he be and appear in proper person before the judge of our circuit court on the nov day of setting at the town of St LouisSt. Louis, then there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherein Aug. choteau admr. of is plaintiff and antoine delard defendant, on the part of the defendant and have you then there this writ.

Witness MaryMary P LeducP. Leduc, Clerk of our said circuit court, at the town of St LouisSt. Louis, this 12th day of Oct. in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 17 and the Inde-pendence of the United StatesUnited States, the M P LeducP Leduc Clerk of St LouisSt. L. C. C. A S McGirk Clk

ChoteauChoteau adm of bare vs antoni delard

for in behalf of the dependant

Executed A. C. . CarrCarr DShff for J. W. Thompson Shff

service 33

Territory of MissouriMissouri, County of St LouisCounty of St. Louis sct. The United StatesUnited States of AmericaAmerica to the sheirff of the county of St LouisSt. Louis, Greeting.

We command you before you you to take delard if he may be found within your bailwick and safely keep so that you may have his body befor the judge of our Circuit CourtCircuit Court to be held at the town of St LouisSt. Louis, within and for the county of St LouisSt. Louis, on the first monday - of May - next then there to answer unto August choteaue Exceutor of gabriel case of on the case in a plea damage of the said August in his said county to the Two hundred Dollers and have you then there thiw writ.

Witness the Hon. Marry ledue Clrk Esq. presiding Judge of our said court at the town of St LouisSt. Louis aforesaid, this twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen and of the Independence of the United StatesUnited States of AmericaAmerica the forth first M. P LeducP. P LeducLeduc & Clk. St LouisSt. L. C. C.
Territory of MissouriMissouri, County of St LouisCounty of St Louis sct. The United StatesUnited States of AmericaAmerica, to the sheriff of the county of St LouisSt. Louis, Greeting.

We command you to take Antoni Delard if he may be found within your bailwick and him safety keep so that you may have body before the judge of our court of common please Circuit CourtCircuit Court to be held at the town of St LouisSt. Louis. within and for the county of St LouisSt. Louis, on the first Monday of November next then there to answer unto August & Choteau of GabrielGabriel in a plea of Trespass on the case. to his Damage damage of the said August choteau in his Said capacity to the the sum of Dollacy and have you then there

Witness the Hon. MaryMary Bleau Clerk Esq. presiding Judge of our said court at the town of St LouisSt. Louis aforesaid, this day of October in the year of our Lord thousand eight hundred and sixteen and of the Independence the United StatesUnited States of AmericaAmerica the forty six M. P LeducP. Leduc Clk. St LouisSt. L. C. C. C. P.