Notice of Motion to Dismiss [Harriet Scott]

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“Notice of Motion to Dismiss [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/108398

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Filing Name: Notice of Motion to Dismiss [Harriet Scott]
Description: Notice of Motion to Dismiss [Harriet Scott]
Date: 1846-04-08
Court Term: November 1847
Is Part Of: First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847
Identifier: dre1846.0008.008
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, Harriet

State of Missouri In the St. Louis Circuit Court

County of St. Louis

To

Harriett a woman of Colour,

Take notice that on the 9th day of April 1846. I shall move the Court to dismiss the suit of yourself against me for ~~the reason~~ ^ your freedom ^ now pending in this court, on the ground that the conditional orders by the 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, Atty.
April 8th, 1846

> Legal Function: certificate of service

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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 Harriett a woman of Colour

Fee $0.50 William Milburn

Sheriff

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