Notice of Motion to Dismiss [Dred Scott]

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“Notice of Motion to Dismiss [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/108397

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Filing Name: Notice of Motion to Dismiss [Dred Scott]
Description: Notice of Motion to Dismiss [Dred Scott]
Date: 1846-04-08
Court Term: November 1847
Is Part Of: First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847
Identifier: dre1846.0007.007
Case ID: ccr1846.0000.038
Source: Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
Rights: Public Domain
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Transcription: > Legal Function: notice of motion

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> Document: Notice of Motion to Dismiss, Dred Scott

S[?]tate of Missouri In the St. Louis Circuit Court,

Cou[?]nty of St. Louis

Dred Scott

Take notice that on the 9th. day of April 1846 I shall move the court to dismiss the suit of yourself against me for your freedom ^ now pending in this Court ^
on the ground that the conditional orders by Judge in this case directed have not been complied with according to the law in such case made & provided.

Irene Emmerson
By
G.W. Goode, her Attorney
(April 8th 1846

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> Legal Function: certificate of service

Served the within notice in the County of Saint Louis on the 8th day of April 1846. by delivering a true copy of the same to Dred Scott,

Fee $0.50                 William Milburn

Sheriff

Item sets: Dred Scott Collection; First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847