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Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Missouri Supreme Court Historical Index for 1821 Courtesy of the Secretary of State's Office, Jefferson City, MO The first name(s) listed is the Appellant The second name(s) are the Respondents Missouri became a state in 1821- this index is for cases in 1821 =========================================================================== 1821: Creator SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI Appellant CORNELIUS, JOSEPH Respondent EASTON, RUFUS Date Filed 1821 Coverage County ST. LOUIS Description Proceeding CIVIL Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary DEBT $1000, DAMAGE $200 Subject BENTON, THOMAS HART ============= Date 1821 Name CORNELIUS, JOSEPH EASTON, RUFUS Subject BENTON, THOMAS HART Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary DEBT $1000, DAMAGE $200 ============ Date 1821 Name AUSTIN, MOSES GAMBLE, JOHN G GAMBLE, ROBERT Subject AUSTIN, MOSES Cause of Action DEBT =========== Date 1821 Name CARTER, MARY E COATES, EDWARD COATES, WALTER SOULARD, ANTOINE Subject SOULARD, ANTOINE WOMEN Cause of Action ============ Date 1821 Name CARR, ANTHONY ELLIOT, ANDREW HOLMES, FRANCIS B MASSEY, WILLIAM THOMPSON, JOHN Subject MERCHANT Cause of Action DEBT ============ Date 1821 Name HUNTER, CHARLES W THOMPSON, JOHN W Subject MERCHANT Cause of Action DEBT =========== Date 1821 Name HAMMOND, SAMUEL KINDALL, JEDUTHAN LONG, GABRIEL Subject Cause of Action DEBT =========== Date 1821 Name MORRISON, JAMES PRICE, RISDON Subject Cause of Action ========== Date 1821 Name PRESIDENT DIRECTOR OF THE BANK OF EDWARDSVILLE WILLIAMS, THOMPSON P Subject BANK NASH, ROBERT Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary UNPAID PROMISSARY NOTE TO BANK OF EDWARDSVILLE ========== Date 1821 Name BOBB, JOHN ROLLINS BENTLEY Subject Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary RE: DEBT OF $156 =========== Date 1821 Name COLES, ABLE COLES, EDWARD SOULARD, ANTOINE Subject SOULARD, ANTOINE Cause of Action UNKNOWN Case Summary QUESTION OF EARLIER COURT RULINGS ============= Date 1821 Name CHOUTEAU, PIERRE MULLANPHY, JOHN Subject CHOUTEAU, AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU, PIERRE Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary PROMISSARY NOTE FOR $2000 PLUS INTEREST TO AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU. ============= Date 1821 Name BARBER, HIRAM PARMER, ANTHONY C SHERIFF Subject SHERIFF Cause of Action Case Summary PARMER DETAINED FOR DEBT TO COPES, THOMAS; GRANTED WRIT ============== Date 1821 Name COLLIER, JOHN WELDON, JOHN WELDON, LOCKY Subject INHERITANCE WOMEN Cause of Action ESTATE SETTLEMENT DOWER Case Summary LOCKY WAS A DIVORCED WIDOW OF HER DOWER; BILL OF COLLIER LEGAL COSTS ============== Date 1821 Name NASH, FRANCIS PRIMM, WILLIAM Subject MURDER SLAVE Cause of Action DAMAGES Case Summary $1000 DAMAGES PAID TO OWNER OF KILLED SLAVE =============== Date 1821 Name CHEVALIER, HELENE CHOUTEAU, PIERRE Subject SLAVE SPANISH LAND GRANT Cause of Action REPLEVIN Case Summary REVERSED AND REMANDED CASE FOR INADMISSABLE EVIDENCE ============== Date 1821 Name BELL, JOHN KERR, GEORGE KERR, MATTHEW RECTOR, WILLIAM Subject JUDICIAL PROCEDURE Cause of Action APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS (WE COMMAND) Case Summary MANDAMUS ISSUED TO CIRCUIT TO ENTER JUDGMENT ================ Date 1821 Name BLAKE, MARTIN BOGGS, LILBURN W VERNON, WILLIAM S Subject JUDICIAL PROCEDURE MERCHANT Cause of Action APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS (WE COMMAND) Case Summary MANDAMUS ISSUED TO CIRCUIT TO ENTER JUDGMENT ================= Date 1821 Name LOCKHART, BYRD WARD, DAVID Subject Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary NO RESOLUTION; WARD SOUGHT $1020 ON NOTE FROM BYRD ============== Date 1821 Name BARCROFT, ELIAS TURLEY, SAMUEL Subject CONTRACT Cause of Action BREACH OF COVENANT Case Summary BARCROFT FOUND LIABLE FOR $204 ON JOINT NOTE ==================== Date 1821 Name ASTOR, JOHN JACOB BLAIR, WILLIAM S CHAMBERS, TALBOT COOLES, RAMSEY MORGAN, WILLOUGHBY STUART, ROBERT Subject Cause of Action TRESPASS Case Summary "A REFUSAL TO PROCEED" FIXED BY MANDAMUS, NOT WRIT ================== Date 1821 Name BENTON, THOMAS HART VASSEUR, REGIS Subject FRENCH LAND GRANT SPANISH LAND GRANT TITLE Cause of Action EJECTMENT Case Summary AFTER CONFIRMATION, U.S. COURTS DECIDE BETWEEN CLAIMS; RECORDER OF LOTS CANNOT MAKE TITLE ANY BETTER =============== Date 1821 Name Subject Cause of Action RECEIPT Case Summary RECEIPT FOR MODERWELL, ROBERT FOR CASE TRANSCRIPTS ============ Date 1821 Name BRAZEAU, AUGUST BRAZEAU, LOUIS CLARK, WILLIAM Subject QUARRY SPANISH LAND GRANT STONE Cause of Action EJECTMENT Case Summary DIVIDED, SEPARATE OPINIONS; QUARRY NOT IMPROVEMENT ON LAND CLAIM; BOUIS GRANTED LAND BY SPANISH LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ================== Date 1821 Name BIRD, WILLIAM CROMWELL, JOHN Subject BOAT COFFEE RIVER Cause of Action NEGLIGENCE Case Summary AFFIRMED WITH COSTS; CROMWELL LIABLE FOR NOT DRYING BIRD'S COFFEE ============== Date 1821 Name CLARK, WILLIAM GENTRY, WILLIAM MITCHELL, AGUILA MITCHELL, WM MURPHY, DUBART MURPHY, JESSE Subject CONTRACT Cause of Action BREACH OF COVENANT Case Summary RECOVERY ON $3000 NOTE SHOULD BE BROUGHT AS DEBT ACT ================ Date 1821 Name BANK OF MISSOURI DOUGLAS, THOMPSON Subject BANK OF MISSOURI CONTRACT LEGISLATURE Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary ACT OF LEGISLATURE CREATED LEGAL CHARTER FOR BANK ============== Date 1821 Name PRICE, RISDEN H THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS, AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF MISSOURI Subject BANK OF MISSOURI CONTRACT Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary ENDANGER IS LIABLE FOR FAILURE BY MAKER OF $1000 NOTE =============== Date 1821 Name BLANTON, ROBERT HANLEY, THOMAS Subject JUDICIAL PROCEDURE LIQUOR MERCHANDISE MERCHANT Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary DEFENDANT CANNOT SUFFER FROM PLANTIFF ERROR; BLANTON DELIVERED $1883 WORTH WHISKEY FOR HANLEY TO SELL IN STORE ============== Date 1821 Name CHOUTEAU, LEGUEST DUBE, MARGARET DUBE, MARY DUBE, SALLY EASTON, RUFUS SMITH, OLIVER C Subject LAND Cause of Action EJECTMENT Case Summary DUBES, AS TENANTS IN COMMON, CANNOT JOIN IN EJECTMENT SUIT ============= Date 1821 Name COLEMAN, JOHN ROBERTS, PHIL Subject CONTRACT Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary TAKING CARE OF CHILD WAS GRATUITOUS SERVICE =========== Date 1821 Name CARR, ANTHONY EDWARDS, NINIAN MASSEY, WILLIAM L THOMPSON, JOHN STOTTS, JOHN Subject BANK OF MISSOURI CONTRACT JUDICIAL PROCEDURE MERCHANDISE MERCHANT Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary CIRCUIT ERRED IN RENDERING JUDGMENT AMOUNT LAID OUT IN DECLAR. ================== Date 1821 Name BROWN, WILLIAM SHERIFF OF CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY Subject SHERIFF Cause of Action WRIT OF ERROR Case Summary WRIT DENIED; FIRST JUDGMENT IN B. V GANTT, WILLIAM S. NOT A LIEN; OPINION ONLY; GANTT ALSO OWED NORTHCUT, GEORGE =============== Date 1821 Name BANK OF EDWARDSVILLE HAMMOND, SAMUEL PRESIDENT & DIRECTORS OF SAME Subject BANK Cause of Action DEBT TRESPASS Case Summary IL CHARTER OF BANK NOT ALLOW BANK PROMISSORY NOTES BUY =============== Date 1821 Name BANK OF EDWARDSVILLE PRESIDENT & DIRECTORS OF SAME SIMPSON, ROBERT Subject BANK Cause of Action DEBT TRESPASS Case Summary IL CHARTER OF BANK NOT ALLOW BANK PROMISSORY NOTES BUY ============ Date 1821 Name CRAVEN DUNKLIN EDWARDS MCKEE, E Subject CONTRACT MERCHANDISE Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary AFTER TIME ELAPSED, ACTION ON $400 DEBT STILL LIES ========== Date 1821 Name BEVIER, FRANCIS F DEWES, FARMER HANLY, THOMAS MCKINNEY, ALEXANDER MCKINSEY, JAMES REED, PETER Subject CONTRACT Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary DEWES RECOVERS $216 ON UNFULFILLED NOTE ============ Date 1821 Name FT MCNAIR, ALEXANDER GOVERNOR OF TERRITORY OF MISSOURI RIDDICK, THOMAS Subject CONTRACT SHERIFF Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary THOMPSON, JOHN (LATE SHERIFF) NOT LIABLE =========== Date 1821 Name HEMPSTEAD, THOMAS HUNTER, CHARLES Subject CONTRACT Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary NO ERROR BY ENDORSERS OF PROMISSORY NOTE ========== Date 1821 Name HUNTER PRICE Subject CONTRACT Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary ENDORSER HELD LIABLE BEFORE HOLDER HAD EXHAUSTED LEGAL REMEDIES ======== Date 1821 Name DENT, FREDERICK MORRISON, WILLIAM Subject Cause of Action BREACH OF COVENANT Case Summary MORRISON DUE DAMAGES & $400 ANNUAL RENT ON MAIN ST STONE HOUSE ======== Date 1821 Name ELLIOTT, ANDREW HANLY, THOMAS HOLMES, FRANCIS B SCOTT, MOSES Subject CONTRACT LAND Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary MISDATING AND ABSENCE OF 2 UNNAMED DEFENDANTS ========= Date 1821 Name BOUJU, JOSEPH PETTIT, JACOB Subject GAMBLING LOTTERY Cause of Action TROVER Case Summary AFFIRMED $100 LOTTERY PRIZE NOT SUBJECT TO TROVER ATTACHMENT ============== Date 1821 Name CATRON, CHRISTIAN HUNTER, CHARLES W VANZANT, ABNER WILKINS, TIMOTHY Subject MERCHANT PROPERTY Cause of Action TROVER Case Summary ACTION MAY LIE TO RECOVER VALUE OF 86 BARRELS OF FLOUR; "PREVIOUS POSSESSION. . . SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF TITLE" ==================== Date 1821 Name OBER, SAMUEL R PRATTE, BERNARD Subject JUDICIAL PROCEDURE LOUISIANA Cause of Action UNKNOWN Case Summary COURT FOUND THAT DEPOSITIONS MUST NOTE THE STATE OR TERRITORY, NOT JUST THE CITY ================== Date 1821 Name HANLY, THOMAS PRATTE, BERNARD WINTER & MCCALE Subject CONTRACT Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary REMANDED FOR NEW TRIAL WITH ORDERS TO ADMIT TESTIMONY ================= Date 1821 Name HAMMOND, GEORGE, IMPLEADED WITH BOVIS, EXPEDIEN WIGGINS, STEPHEN R Subject CONTRACT MERCHANDISE MERCHANT PARTNERSHIP Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary HAMMOND NOT LIABLE FOR $300 ON GROCERIES BOUGHT IN NEW ORLEANS; BOVIS FLED NEW ORLEANS UPON YELLOW FEVER OUTBREAK ==================== Date 1821 Name BOBB, JOHN SHIPLEY, THOMAS Subject MERCHANDISE MERCHANT PARTNERSHIP Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary SHIPLEY FAILED TO PROVE EFFORT PRIOR TO EXPIRED STATUTE OF LIMITS; SHIPPLEY SOUGHT $1091 ON NOTE BY BOBB & KENTUCKY STATE PARTNER VIGUS, JABEZ ===================== Date 1821 Name BROWN, JOSEPH C, SHERIFF OF ST LOUIS HENDERSON, JOSEPH Subject SHERIFF Cause of Action MOTION TO SHOW CAUSE Case Summary SHERIFF BOUND TO EXECUTE WRIT AS CIRCUIT HAD JURISDICTION ==================== Date 1821 Name BLUNT, JOEL MCGIRK, MATHIAS SHEPPARD, WILLIAM Subject SHERIFF Cause of Action Case Summary THE SUPREME COURT FOUND THAT SHERIFF BLUNT WAS LIABLE FOR THE $84 DAMAGES ALTHOUGH IT WAS HIS DEPUTY WHO RECEIVED AND FAILED TO RETURN THE WRIT OF EXECUTION. THE PRINCIPAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF ALL DEPUTIES. ==================== Date 1821 Name BENNET, WILLIAM WHITE, LEONARD Subject CONTRACT SALT Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary BENNET ACTING AS AGENT OF US IN RECEPT OF SALT FROM WHITE ================== Date 1821 Name COTTLE, ALMOND IRVINE, JAS IRVINE, MARGARET KELLY, R TANNER, JAMES Subject JUDICIAL PROCEDURE Cause of Action PETITION FOR AN INJUNCTION Case Summary NO APPEAL LIES ON CIRCUIT'S DISSOLUTION OF INJUNCTION =============== Date 1821 Name GRAVES, THOMAS W PRIEST, TENUS PRIEST, ZENAS RAVENSCROFT, SAMUEL WOLVERTON, LEVI Subject CONTRACT LABOR Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary EXCLUDED WITNESS TESTIMONY WAS BOTH CRITICAL AND VALID EVIDENCE; WOLFERTON LABORED $270 AS TAILOR & CARPENTER FOR PRIEST ================= Date 1821 Name BARTON, JOSHUA WILKINS, TIMOTHY N Subject BANK OF ST. LOUIS CONTRACT Cause of Action ASSUMPSIT (HE PROMISED) Case Summary PAROL EVIDENCE NOT ALLOWED TO PROVE DIFFERENT CONTRACT ================ Date 1821 Name IRWIN, JAMES WELLS, SAMUEL Subject FRAUD LABOR SLAVE WOMEN Cause of Action DETINUE Case Summary JURY TO DECIDE IF WRITING FOR SLAVE HIRED CLOAKED IN FRAUD ================ Date 1821 Name ARMSTRONG, JOHN DELAP, JOHN GANTT, WILLIAM NORTHCUT, GEORGE THOMPSON, JAMES THOMPSON, JOHN Subject JUDICIAL PROCEDURE Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary NORTHCUT NOT CIRCUIT PARTY TO SUIT & CANNOT SUBMIT WRIT; THOMPSON WANTED $480 ================= Date 1821 Name BLOCK, SIMON ELLIOT, GEORGE Subject Cause of Action DEBT Case Summary ONLY THE ONE PAGE SHERIFF'S EXECUTION COPYRIGHT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.: COURTESY OF THE MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES.