Gregoire Sarpy v. Pierre Croussatte

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Gregoire Sarpy V. Pierre Croussatte. 1807, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60523

Case Title
Gregoire Sarpy v. Pierre Croussatte
Series
Lewis & Clark
Plaintiff
Sarpy, Gregoire
Defendant
Crouzatte, Pierre
Date Filed
1807-03-24
Filing Date
1807-03-24
Court Name
Court of Common Pleas, District of St. Louis, Territory of Louisiana
Court Term
1807-06
Judge
Gratiot, Charles
Clerk
William
Sheriff
Connor, Jeremiah
Cause of Action
Trespass on the case
Case Notes
Summons for Crussatte; sought $300 damages.
Case Number
5
Related Court Case Number
24443
24444
24446
Related Project ID
ccr1806.24443.002
ccr1807.24444.002
ccr1800.24446.002
Identifier
ccr1807.24445.002
Source
Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
**Gregoirie Sarpy v. Pierre Croussatte**

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**Page 1** (24445_001.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Reissued Summons for Pierre Croussatte*

Territory of Louisiana
District of Saint Louis
s The United States of America to the Sheriff of the
District of Saint Louis greeting
We command you as you have heretofore
been command to take Pierre Croussatte if he may befound in
your District and him safely keep so that you may have him
before the Judges afour Court of commonpleas at our Court next
to behold in at the town of Saint Louis in and for the District of
Saint Louis on the third Tuesday of June next, then there in
our said Court to answer unto Gregorie[?] Sarpy in aplea of
tresspass on the case to the damage of the said Gregorie[?] the
sum of three hundred dollars and have you these third this
writ [illegible]

*Charles Gratiot[?] esq. first Justice aforn said
Court at the town of Saint Louis aforesaid the
Twenty fourth day of March in the year
of our Lord Mdcccvii[?] and of our
Independence the xxxi[?] Wm [illegible]*

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**Page 2** (24445_002.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Caption*

No 5
Saint Louis [illegible]
Gregorie[?] Sarpy
vs
Pierre Croussatte
[illegible]
300
June Term 1807
[illegible] Corpus & [illegible] [illegible]
[illegible]
Jer . Connor[?] Shf
[illegible]
[illegible] $ 0..50
Bond $ 0..50
Mileage $ 0 ..6
Return $ 0 ..9
Shf. $ 1.15

*[illegible] [illegible] [illegible]*

Gregoire Sarpy V. Pierre Croussatte. 1807, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60523