Missouri Fur Company et. al. v. Thomas James
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Missouri Fur Company Et. Al. V. Thomas James. 1814, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60567
- Case Title
- Missouri Fur Company et. al. v. Thomas James
- Series
- Fur Trade
- Plaintiff
- Missouri Fur Company
- Lisa, Manuel
- Chouteau, Pierre
- Chouteau, Auguste Pierre
- Labadie, Sylvester
- Clark, William
- Morrison, William
- Peter
- Henry, C. Andrew
- Lewis, Reuben
- Defendant
- James, Thomas D.
- Date Filed
- 1814-10
- Filing Date
- 1814-10
- Plaintiff’s Attorney
- Hempstead
- Court Name
- St. Louis Circuit Court
- Clerk
- Leduc, Marie Philip
- Cause of Action
- Trespass on the Case
- Case Notes
- Plaintiffs Manuel Lisa, Pierre (Peter) Chouteau, Auguste P Chouteau, Sylvestre Labbadie, William Clark, William Morrison, Pierre (Peter) Menard, Andrew Henry, and Reuben Lewis.
- Case Number
- 29
- Identifier
- ccr1814.00666.004
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
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- Transcription
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**Missouri Fur Company et. al. v. Thomas James**
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**Page 1** (0666_001.jpg)
> *Legal Function: complaint*
Territory of Missouri
County of St Louis
Ss.
Manuel Lisa , Pierre Chouteau,August
P . Chouteau Sylvester Labbadie, William Clarke , William Morrison
Peter Menard[?] C Andrew Henry . and Reuben Lewis
Traders Merchants in company under the name firm and
style of the Missouri Fur Company complain of Thomas
James of a plea of trespass on the case for that
the said Thomas James as the County aforesaid on
the [illegible] day of october in the year One Thousand
Eight hundred & Nine by his certain prompting
him of that July by him subcribing [illegible]
to the plaintiff then and there delivering promising
then by the name of the Missouri fur Company
to pay then on order the sum of [illegible]
Hundred & forty three dollars eighty one cents
for [illegible] receiving being for that he therein
is and thereby acknowledged to owe them.
You the said defendant- though
of the refusing [illegible] and still
inform the same sum of money on any part
thereof to the plaintiff to pay to [illegible]damages
Four Hundred dollars [illegible]
*E. Hempstead [illegible]*
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**Page 2** (0666_002.jpg)
> *Legal Function: caption*
No 29
oct. 1814
Manuel Lisa
[illegible]
Thomas James
[illegible]
[illegible]
\$400
This is an action of
trespass on the case to
recent money due on
[illegible] a [illegible]
upon & certain bail
required for \$400
*Hempstead
[illegible]*
> *Legal Function: certificate of execution*
Executed
[illegible]
[illegible] Bail
Bond $ 1.20
travelling 1.20
\$3.00
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**Page 3** (0666_003.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Summons of Thomas James*
Territory Of Missouri ,
County of St. Louis sct.
The United States of America , to the sheriff of the county of St. Louis , Greeting.
We command you to take Thomas James
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 held at the town of St. Louis , within and
for the County of St. Louis , on the fourth of October [illegible] then there
to answer unto Manuel Lisa Peter Chouteau August P . Chouteau , Sylvester Labadie,
William Clark,William Morrison , Pierre Menard , Andrew Henry , and Reuben[?]
Lewis [illegible] merchants in company with the same firm [illegible] of
the Missouri Fur Company in a plea of trespass on the case
to the
damage of the said plaintiff the sum of
four hundred dollars- and have you then
there this writ.
*Witness [illegible] Mary P . Leduc[?]
clerk [illegible] of our said said court at the town of St. Louis aforesaid, this
fourth day of October in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and Fourteen and of the Independence
of the United States of America the thirty ninth
M. P. Leduc[?] Clk. St. L . C. C. C. P.*
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**Page 4** (0666_004.jpg)
> *Legal Function: caption*
Manuel Lisa [illegible]
vs
Thomas James
[illegible]
in care
damage
\$1000.
This is an action of trespass
or the case founded on
[illegible] of law for the
payment of money
*The sheriff is require to take
Bail for $.400—
M. [illegible] Clk
E. Hempstead [illegible]*
Missouri Fur Company Et. Al. V. Thomas James. 1814, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60567