Action in Trespass and False Imprisonment [Dred Scott]
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“Action in Trespass and False Imprisonment [Dred Scott]”. New Circuit Court Case, July 1847 - February 1848, 1847, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/108448
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Filing Name
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Action in Trespass and False Imprisonment [Dred Scott]
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Description
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Action in Trespass and False Imprisonment on behalf of Dred Scott against Sanford, Emerson, and Russell.
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Date
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1847-11
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Court Term
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November 1847
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Is Part Of
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New Circuit Court Case, July 1847 - February 1848
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Identifier
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dre1846.0029.029
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Case ID
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ccr1847.0000.036
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Source
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Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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> Legal Function: petition
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**Item Page 1**
> Image file: ds77front.jpg
> Document: Action in Trespass and False Imprisonment
State of Missouri Circuit Court of
County of St Louisillegible[?] St Louis County
November Term 1847.
Dred Scott, a man of color, by his attorneys, plaintiff in this suit complains of Alexander Sandford administrator of estate of John Emmerson deceased, Irene Emmerson and Samuel Russell defendants of a plea of trespass. For that the said defendants heretofore to wit on the first day of July in the year eighteen hundred and forty ^ six ^ ~~seven~~ at to wit, the county of St Louis aforesaid, with force and arms assaulted the said plaintiff and then and there beat bruised and ill-treated him and then and there imprisoned and kept and detained him in prison there, without any reasonable or probable cause whatsoever, for a long time to wit, for the space of one year then[?] next following contrary to law and against the will of the said plaintiff, and the said plaintiff avers that before and at the time of the committing of the grievances aforesaid, he, the said plaintiff was ^ then and there ^ and still is a free person and that the said defendants held and still hold him in slavery, and other wrongs to the said plaintiff then and there did ^ against the law[?] of the State of Missouri ^ to the damage of the said ^ plaintiff ^ in the sum of three hundred dollars and therefore he sues
Field & Hall
Attys for Plff.
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**Item Page 2**
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Dred Scott
vs.
Alexander Sandford
Samuel Russell
Irene Emmerson
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Trespass & False Imprisonment
^ A Russells on 4th street ^
Field & Hall
Attys for Plff.
“Action in Trespass and False Imprisonment [Dred Scott]”. New Circuit Court Case, July 1847 - February 1848, 1847, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/108448
