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Title: Missouri Fur Company vs. Charles Latour
Plaintiff: Missouri Fur Company
Defendant: Latour, Charles
Date Filed: September 10, 1817
Term: October Term, 1817
Cause of Action: Trespass on the Case
Case Number: 63
Court: Territory of Missouri, District of St. Louis, Court of Common Pleas
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 In the Circuit CourtCircuit Court for said County of the term of October in the you eighteen hundred and seventeen

William ClarkWilliam Clark Manuel LisaManuel Lisa and HenryHenry Piere Chouteau August Chouteau Labbadie William MorrisonWilliam William MorrisonMorrison Peter MenardPeter Peter MenardMenard & ReubenReuben Secris heretofore trading and doing business together under the name form and style of the Missouri Fur CompanyMissouri Missouri Fur CompanyFur Missouri Fur CompanyCompany complain by their Attorney of Charles Satour in a plea of trespass on the case for that the said CharlesCharles heretofore to wit on the eighteenth day of september in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & eleven at a place called Fort Ricaras on the MissouriMissouri river in the then county of saint CharlesCharles now County of HowardHoward all the Territory aforesaid- to wit at the County of Saint LouisCounty of Saint Louis aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this court made his certain writing of that duty under his ordinary mark of hand land now here to be produced, whereby he acknowledged to owe to the above named Manuel LisaManuel Manuel LisaLisa as Factor and Agent of a said missouri Missouri Fur CompanyFur Missouri Fur CompanyCompany for he was then & there acting and doing business as Agent and Factor for & onbehalf of said plaintiff as as for himself is their trade & business up said MissouriMissouri River- and and the said Defendant then & there promised to pay to said Manuel LisaManuel Manuel LisaLisa or his order as Agent and Factor as aforesaid, by the name and description of Mr Manuel LisaManuel Manuel LisaLisa Facteu de la comp des Fourerre du Missoury the sum of four hundred & thirty one dollars and Ninety two cents to be paid in pound, or at three dollars for the value thereof in an for the said Defendant then said Note in writing to said Agent- which said was to be of there paid and deliverd whereover to he said Defendant should be whereby an action he the to said plaintiff to have of then said Defendant the sum mentioned in said writing according to the honor of effect of the same Never the said Defendant thought open requested to pay the aforesaid of money to said plaintiffs according to the of said writing on the first day of in the year at the place aforesaid at the County of Louis aforesaid never paid the said sum mentioned in said writing in for at the rate of one dollars and half or at three dollars according to the aforesaid writing

to the aforesaid plaintiffs nor to any person or persons of or them nor any there of but so to do- hath even refused and still refuse to the damages aforesaid plaintiffs one thousands dollars-

Where fore they

Ch. S. Hempstread for plffs
Territory of MissouriMissouri County of St LouisCounty of St Louis the united states AmericaAmerica to the Sheriff Greeting

Said County

We command you to take Chartes Jacobe if he may be found within your Carliwick and him safely keep so that you may have his boy before the judges of our Circuit CourtCircuit Court, to be held at the of St LouisSt Louis within and bow the County of St LouisCounty of St Louis on the second monday of next there there to answer with WilliamWilliam clerk Mauuic Sisa Andrew Harry Peerre Chouteau August P Chauteau Silvestre Laccadu William Marrisou Peter MenardPeter Menard Sameul Bridge and LewisLewis in a plea of Trespass on the case to the damage of the said plaintiffs one thousands them there this writ.

Witness MaryMary Philip Ledue Clerk at office tenth day of September eighteen hundred and fourteen and of the the forty D Clk for M P LeducP Leduc Clerk

The Sheriff is requested to hold the defendant to bailin the sum of one thousand dollars

D. Clk for M P LeducP Leduc Clerk
No. 63 No. to October Term 1817 St LouisSt. Louis Circut CourtCir Court

MissouriMissouri vs Charles Latour

Missouri Fur CompanyFur Company Narr in case Cap. Denn $1000

This is an action of trespass on the case founded a state in of Dfts. Set a unit of Capiter acrupondendum issue accordingly. Damage $1000. bail required for that amount

Ch. S. Hempstead for Plffs filed September 10th 1817 Clk for Sep 10

John W ThompsonJohn W. Thompson Sheriff of St Louis County Sir of trespass you may dispense with putting Charles Latour with to Jail September 22nd 1817

P. Chouteau A. Pierre ChouteauP. Chouteau

John W ThompsonJohn W. Thompson Sheriff of St LouisSaint St LouisLouis County Sir you may discharge Charles Latour the Defendant in this Suit further september 22nd 1817

Str Labaddie

Excuted they writ by answering the Defendant in St Louis County Sept 22nd 1817 and or sured to discharge of him on the same day as will appear above

Server $ 1.00

traveling 1.50

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A. V. CarrCarr Dshff for J. N. Thompson