William Clark v. Francois St. Michel
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William Clark V. Francois St. Michel. 1808, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60534
- Case Title
- William Clark v. Francois St. Michel
- Series
- Lewis and Clark
- Fur Trade
- Plaintiff
- Clark, William
- Defendant
- St. Michel, Francois
- Date Filed
- 1809
- Filing Date
- 1809
- Plaintiff’s Attorney
- Hempstead, Edward
- Court Name
- Territory of Louisiana, District of St. Louis, Court of Common Pleas
- Court Term
- 1809-11
- Judge
- Bent, Silas
- Clerk
- Riddick, Thomas F.
- Sheriff
- Connor, Jeremiah
- Cause of Action
- Action of Debt
- Case Notes
- Clark sued to use of Missouri Fur Company; note for $167.50; damages $300.
- Case Number
- 5
- Identifier
- ccr1809.01106.002
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
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- Transcription
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**William Clark vs. Francois St. Michel**
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**Page 1** (1106_001.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Complaint*
District of Saint Louis ,
William Clark complains of Francois
St.. Michel for this, that the said
Francois , or the
District aforesaid, or the thirteenth day of July, in the
[illegible], one thousand eight hundred and nine, by his
certain promissary note of that date by him with his own
proper hand writing or mark subscribed, promised the
plaintiff as follows "on Demand & promised to pay
"to Gen William Clark agent for the Missouri Fur
"company or order the just [illegible] sum of the [illegible]
"[illegible] [illegible] Dollars ad fifty cash for value received
*[illegible] signed [illegible] Francies his [illegible] [illegible]
mark*
> *Legal Function: Complaint Part 2*
St Louis July 13, 1809
for Sam Soummon
P.Chouteau fils "
Yet the said Defendant though
often requested hath ever refused and still refusse,
some sum of money to the plaintiff to pay. to his
damage for the use of the Missouri Fur Company
the sum of three Hundred Dollars
Wherefore he sues
*E .Hempstead[?] his atty*
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**Page 2** (1106_002.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Certificate of Execution*
Committed Defendant to Jail for want of
bail, & liberated by order of W.M. Clark, Agent
for Missouri Fur Company
*[illegible] Connor Shf.*
> *Legal Function: Request for Capias ad Respondendum*
5
William Clark , use
of Missouri Fur Company
vs
Francois St. Michel [illegible]
[illegible] [illegible] 300
November Term
1809
This [illegible] action [illegible] is brought to
recover money due on note
of hand . Let a capias
ad respondendum [illegible] in [illegible]
on the case issue according
Damage 300, bail required
for that sum>
Clerks fee to be paid
by plaintiff & tax
*Hempstead[?]*
> *Legal Function: Capias ad Respondendum Part 2*
Territory of Louisiana
District of St. Louis
Sct. The United States of America to the Sheriff
of the District of
St. Louis greeting -
We command you to take Francies St. Michel if he may be
found within your Bailiwick and him safely keep so that you may have his
body before the judges of our Court of Common Pleas to be holden at the town of
Saint Louis in & for the District of Saint Louis on the first Monday of november
next then there to answer unto William Clark for the [illegible] use of the Missouri Fur
Company of a plea of Trespass on the Case to the Damage of the said William ,
the sum of three hundred Dollars and have you then there this writ.
*Witness the honorable Silas Bent Esq. presiding
Judge of our said Court at the towm of St. Louis
aforesaid this twenty fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and nine & of our independence
the thirty fourth
[illegible] Thomas F. Riddick[?] Clk Bail is required for $ 300.00
Thomas F. Riddick[?] [illegible] Clk*
William Clark V. Francois St. Michel. 1808, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60534