Title: Joseph Robidoux v. Jeremiah Conner
Plaintiff: Robidoux, Joseph
Defendant: Conner, Jeremiah
Date Filed: April 25, 1817
Term: August Term 1817
Cause of Action: Trespass
Case Number: 2
Court: St. Louis Circuit Court
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2011
Source: The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
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his Attorney complains of
a plea of trespass on the case, for that the said
hundred and seventeen
of five hundred dollars, as will for carrying
and transporting on board of a certain keel
boat belonging to the said
wares and merchandise of the said
from the town of
aforesaid to a certain place called Fort Osage
on the
aforesaid at the special instance and request
of the said
transporting as aforesaid a certain Clerk in the
employ & doing the business of the said
his like special instance & request, from the town
of
And being so indebted the said
consideration thereof, afterwards to wit, the day
and year aforesaid at the County aforesaid upon
himself did assume and unto the said
and there faithfully promised that he the said
-ever he should be thereunto afterwards required;
And for that the said
about the first day of the month of November
eighteen hundred & sixteen at the town of
at the County aforesaid took & received on board
a certain
said
boxes & keggs, weighing in all a great weight
to writ, the weight of twenty thousand which he
to carry & Transport for the said
certain place called Fort Osage on the
the said
him the said
& seventy five cents per hundred weight as the
price of the freight of the aforesaid goods wares
that he did long since carry & Transport the goods
wares &
aforesaid; whereby the said Jerimah became
bound & unable to pay the said
sum of five hundred & fifty dollars the amount
of the fright of the aforesaid goods wares & merchan-
dize, wherenever he the said
thereunto afterwards requested; and being so
afterwards to wit, the day & year aforesaid at
the County aforesaid promised in consideration
thereof so to do.
And for that the said
day & year last aforesaid at the County afore=
=said, was indebted to the said
five hundred dollars as well for divers goods
wares & merchandise before that time sold
& delivered by the said
that time advanced, paid, laid out & expanded by the
said
by the said
request of the said
indebted the said Jeromiah in consideration thereof.
afterwards to wit the day & year & at the county
aforesaid undertook & faithfully promised the
said
aforesaid whereas
=wards requested; Neverthless the said
not regarding, the sums of money aforesaid
nor either nor any part of either get hath not
paid, (although so to do the said
been often requested; to wit, the day & year
aforesaid & on
times forth of the Plantiffs writ; but the same
to the said
refused
hundred dollars & the reform
P. Q.=
hereby notified that he will
the trial of the above
for & on account of the
of.
by his
The
when
vs
This is an action of
or the case.
$.700-
J C C C
Atty P. Q.
Executed this unit in the
By Reading the
dant and informing him the
Contents of the Same
St Louis County
of
We
appear before the Judge of
the first Monday of August
of the said
at the
day of April in the year of Lord one thousa-
nd eight hundred and seventeen and of our
Independence the forty first.
Ss
of
Judge on Justice of the peace of the County
of
We reposing Special
in your in dignity and
require and command, you that you cause to
to you by
ne upon their corporal oath to be by you
administrated, touching their knowledge of
any thing that may
controversy now pending in and said Court,
Jerimiah Conner defendant, on the post
of the Plaintiff, and having reduced
the deposition so taken by you as aforesaid
to writing, you (send the same) with this
commission under your hand and
speed
Court at the Town of
November in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight
hundred and Seventeen
and of the American Inde
penduence the forty Second
A. P. McGirk D Clk
ads
10th 1817
On motion of
attorney for the Plaintiff it is Rubd that
a
the plan of the County of
the depositions of witnesses on the part of the
Plaintiff
A. P. Clk
A. P. Clk
To
Defendant - Sir. - Phase to take notice
that on saturday the
next between the hours of ten oclk in the
forenoon & four oclk in the afternoon of
that day, I will proceed to take the depositions
of witnesses at the clerks office in the
County of
authority; to be read in roidence on the
trial of the above suit.
by
J Conner
ads
J
Dedimus
You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay
person before the judge of our circuit court on the
at the town of
controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
is plaintiff and
part of the
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
pendence of the
vs
12th 1817
Not found
The Testimony of
the hours of
the Clock in the afternoon of the
the year Eighteen hundred & seventeen
County & Territory
notice and in
the Deponent being of
Tell what you no in this case
And,
Question by same what goods were
Question by the same Tell if you can what weight of
goods Comes
brought from to that place and who brought
in what manner
And as to the weight of goods
were four
these
boat to be taken to fort
Conner that these goods were
Osage an
Question by same Tell if you no she cause of their
at
Ans I Learned from various sources & I think
Conner that the cause of their mapping at Fort Cooper
was their not being able to
of the
the paper was Sworn to and subscribed by the said Hutchison before me
the undersigned Justices of the peace on the day and
year within mentioned in pursuance of the
Dedimus
date within mentioned
hand and seal to the Clerk of the
Louis County
In testimony
and
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filed
A. P. Mc. Girk
To the Clerk of the
the the hours of ten in the
Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay
person before the judge of our circuit court on the
at the town of
controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
is plaintiff and
part of the
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
pendence of the
vs
supd
of
on Justice of the peace of the
We
-
you that you cause to come before
such persons as that he named to said by
their
that may retake to a certain
pending in our
-ah
part of the plaintiff, and having
-
aforesaid to writing you land the
to this office with this
said Court at
vs
In execution
on motion of
attorney for the Plaintiffs it
is
on
to take the depositions of witness on the
of the plaintiff
A. S. McGrik DClk
vs
vs
3rd 1818
To the above
plan to take mother that I will on Tuesday the 10th;
oclk in the afternoon of that day, at the office of J.
the depositions of
Atty
Greeting.:
You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay
person before the judge of our circuit court on the
at the town of
controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
is plaintiff and
part of the
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
Independence of the
Executed on
Manual Renna
vs
Joseph Maods &
The Hble
St Louis County
Filed this
vs
Deposition Taken by notice of a
of the desk of the circuit court of the county of
of March in the Year eighteen hundred and eighteen between the
hours often in the forenoon and four in the afternoon of the Same
day, and to be read in evidence on the trial of a certain suit now
leading in the circuit court aforesaid Between
Plaintiff and
of
in the year eighteen hundred and Seventeen,
at Fort Osage on the
delivered to him by a
that being than much engaged himself, he requested
them- that the said articles of merchandizes counciled, in twelve
Barrels of
half full, two large Barg of Merchandizes he suppose weighing about two hundred
pound
1 Barrel of salt, 2 Barrels of coffee weighing 35lb
of sugar 659
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stored up in a
to be deficient as he supposed, about twenty four gallons, the said
Same- that the Barrel of Salt might contain about five barrels and weighed
gross two hundred and seventy pounds weight_ The deponent further
saith that he was at Fort cooper when the goods were opened and re-
collect some of the same being offered for sale
Question by Defendant - Do You recollect when I arrived at Fort Ssage?
Answer - You arived about the
Year 1816
to Several Thousand dollars - That some hands four in number were sent
down to meet the Boat in which defendants goods were coming
that they came down a certain distance and were obliged to return
being
a half indian had been
men going down that his
he was
of goods, the
deponent supposes and
the greater part
Question by Same - Do You recollect how many days before Christmas
fort osage?_
Answer - I suppose between five and ten days.
Question by Same - Did You understand that the payment of the
had been
Answer - I understood that the payment was put off
to six days_ that the two express above alluded to had been
to accelerate the arrival of the goods and further saith not
day of Year & between the
hours first above mentioned before me
vs
To my attendance as a witness
in the cause
6 days at 0.50 per day ----- $ 3.00
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