Writ of Summons to Irene Emerson [Dred Scott]
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“Writ of Summons to Irene Emerson [Dred Scott]”. First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847, 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 3, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/108395
- Filing Name
- Writ of Summons to Irene Emerson [Dred Scott]
- Description
- Writ of Summons to Irene Emerson [Dred Scott]
- Date
- 1846-04-06
- Court Term
- November 1847
- Is Part Of
- First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847
- Identifier
- dre1846.0005.005
- Case ID
- ccr1846.0000.038
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
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- Transcription
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> Legal Function: summons
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**Item Page 1**
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> Document: Writ of Summons to Irene Emerson
COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS, SS
THE STATE OF MISSOURI,
To the Sheriff of St. Louis County, GREETING:
WE command you to summon Irene Emmerson if she be found in your county that she be and appear
before the Judge of our Circuit Court, on the first day of the next term thereof, to be held at the City of St. Louis, within and for the County of St. Louis, on the third Monday of November next, then and there to answer unto Dred Scott of a plea in Trespass
to the damage of said plaintiff ten dollars: And have you then there this writ.
WITNESS, JOHN RULAND, Clerk of our said Court, with the seal thereof hereto affixed, at office, in the city of St. Louis, this Sixth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-six.
Jno. Ruland CLERK
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.
WITNESS my hand and seal, at St. Louis, this 6 day of Apl 1846
F.B. Murdoch
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**Item Page 2**
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> Legal Function: file record
No 1
St. Louis Circuit Court
November Term 1846
Dred Scott
[v] Summons
x Irene Emerson 17 apr
Trespass [Damgs] $10.00
F. B. Murdoch
Atty. for plff
Filed 6 Apr 1846
Jno Ruland Clerk
Costs Paid[?]
> Legal Function: court order
The Judge of the St. Louis Circuit[?]
Court grants this petitioner leave to sue[?]
etc. as prayed for and orders. First.[?]
That the petitioner, Dred Scott be allowed to[?]
sue, on giving security satisfactory to[?]
the Clerk, for all costs that may be[?]
adjudged against him. Second. That said[?]
Dred Scott have reasonable liberty to attend[?]
his counsel and the Court, as occasion[?]
may require, and that he be not[?]
removed out of the jurisdiction of the Court,[?]
and that he be not subject to any severity[?]
on account of his application for freedom.[?]
> Legal Function: case history
17p357 illegible][plf][illegible[?] 18p27 –Plf ordered elect 18p38 illegible[?] 18p74 of except 18p76 contd[?] 18p91 illegible[?] Shff ord out plf bond] [mo for] [illegible] [paid by [William] Milburn[?] 19p295 mo[?] for new trial illegible[?] mo for new trial 19p307
Bill of Except 19p340 April Term 1852– Motion for order on[?] Labeaume and order[?] for order on Conway filed 22p52 Motions Overruled 22p111. Cont waiting dec. Sup Court 24p33 Nov Term 1854 Contd. 24p407 Oct T 55 Cont. 25p228 Mch T 56 Cont 25p364 Oct t 56 Cont 26p30 – Mch T '57 Mch 18 Jury waived, sub & Judgt for deft 26p163
Executed this writ in the County of Saint Louis on the Seventh day of April 1846. by reading it and the Petition + order of the Judge to Irene Emmerson the defendant.
service $2.00 William Milburn Shff
notice .50 By Henry B Belk Depty
$2.50
“Writ of Summons to Irene Emerson [Dred Scott]”. First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847, 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 3, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/108395