Writ of Summons to Irene Emerson [Harriet Scott]
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“Writ of Summons to Irene Emerson [Harriet Scott]”. First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847, 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/108396
- Filing Name
- Writ of Summons to Irene Emerson [Harriet Scott]
- Description
- Writ of Summons to Irene Emerson [Harriet Scott]
- Date
- 1846-04-06
- Court Term
- November 1847
- Is Part Of
- First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847
- Identifier
- dre1846.0006.006
- 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 Harriet ~~of~~ ^ a ^ woman of color of a plea of 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
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**Item Page 2**
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> Legal Function: file record
No 2
In the St. Louis Circuit Court
November Term 1846[?]
Harriett a woman of color
vs.[?] Summons
+ Irene Emerson ^ 17 apr ^ -
Trespass Damgs[?] $10.00
F.B. Murdoch
Atty. For plff
Filed 6 April 1846
Jno Ruland Clerk
> Legal Function: court order
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The Judge of the St. Louis Circuit[?]
Court grants the petitioner leave to sue[?]
etc. as prayed for and orders. First.[?]
That the petitioner, Harriet be allowed to[?]
sue, on giving security satisfactory to[?]
the Clerk, for all costs that may be[?]
adjudged against her. Second. That said[?]
Harriet have reasonable liberty to attend[?]
her counsel and the Court, as occasion[?]
may require, and that she be not[?]
removed out of the jurisdiction of the Court,[?]
and that she be not subject to any severity[?]
on account of her application for freedom.[?]
> Legal Function: case history
Plea 17p357 Plf ordered to elect 18p3 8[?] rest of line illegible[?]
18p48[?] mo for illegible[?] 18p89- corr. 18p illegible[?] mo for new trial illegible] 18p[illegible[?] Bill of except
18p192 mo to hire out plf 18p205 Shff ordered to hire out plf illegible[?] $600.00 18p213
Jury verdict judgt for plf Jan 12 1850- 19p295 mo for new trial illegible[?] mo for new trial
overruled 19p307 - Stipulation filed 19p339- April Term 1852 Motion for
order of Samuel Conway 22. p 51 order on Labeaume 22p
52 Motion overruled 22p111 Mch T ‘57 Mch 18 by consent
and according to stipulation judgt set aside-Jury waived, sub[?] & Judgt for
Deft 26p163
> Legal Function: certificate of service
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 thee defendant.
service $2.00 William Milburn Shff
notice .50 By Henry B Belk Depty
$2.50
“Writ of Summons to Irene Emerson [Harriet Scott]”. First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847, 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/108396