Augustus Chouteau, John P. Cabanne, Antoine Chenin v. Pierre Lecomte

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Augustus Chouteau, John P. Cabanne, Antoine Chenin V. Pierre Lecomte. 1813, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60568

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Case Title: Augustus Chouteau, John P. Cabanne, Antoine Chenin v. Pierre Lecomte
Series: Fur Trade
Plaintiff: Chouteau, Auguste; Cabanne, John P.; Chenie, Antoine
Defendant: Lecomte, Pierre
Date Filed: 1814
Filing Date: 1814
Plaintiff’s Attorney: Carr, William C.
Court Name: Territory of Missouri, St. Louis Court of Common Pleas
Court Term: 1814-06
Clerk: Leduc, Marie Philip
Sheriff: Thompson, John W.
Cause of Action: Action of Replevin
Case Notes: For beaver skins and fur; defendant also known as Purriche Lecompte; plaintiffs doing business as Chouteau, Cabanne & Company.
Case Number: 20
Identifier: ccr1814.01093.004
Source: Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
Rights: Public Domain
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Transcription: **Augustus Chouteau, John P. Cabanne, Antoine Chenin vs. Pierre Lecomte**

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> *Legal Function: Plaintiff's Complaint*

County of St Louis [illegible]
Augustus [illegible] Chouteau John P Cabanne & [illegible] Antoine Chenin, merchants doing [illegible] business under the name
style & form of [illegible] Chouteau Cabanne & company [illegible],
term of Pierre Lecompte commonly called [illegible] Pierriche Lecompte wherefore he took [illegible] two packs of beaver fur
the property of them the said plaintiff & the same [illegible] detained Therefore the said
plaintiff by [illegible] Carr their attorney complain for that
wheras the said [illegible] Pierre commonly called [illegible] Pierriche Lecompte at the county of St Louis aforesaid [illegible] and within
the jurisdiction of this court at one certain [illegible] Nicholas Lecompte insaid county took [illegible] two packs of beaver skins with the fur on them & one small pack of
the same all of the value of five hundred dollars
the property of them the said plaintiff [illegible] & unjustly
detained them against [illegible] gages & pledges until the
sheriff of the said county of St. Louis made delivery
thereof [illegible] & thereupon the said plaintiff say they
are injured five hundred dollars and
therefore they bring suit for

*[illegible] Carr , atty pg*

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> *Legal Function: Plaintiff's Complaint Part 2*

No 20
St Louis common pleas
June Term 1814-
[illegible] Aug. Chouteau
John [illegible] P . Cabanne
[illegible] &Antoine Chenin vs Pierre Lecompte
This is an action of [illegible] Rep
levin- The [illegible] clerk will
issue a writ of [illegible] Replevin
damage \$500-00-

*[illegible] Carr , atty
not excuted
by order of the
plaintiff
[illegible] J.W. Thompson
[illegible]Shf S.L.C*
> *Legal Function: Plaintiff's Complaint Part 3*

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| [illegible] - | 50 |
| [illegible] Travel- | 2.00 |

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> *Legal Function: Writ of Replevin*

Territory of Missouri
County of St Louis [illegible] The United States of America to the
sheriff of the county of St Louis greeting
We command you that if Augustus [illegible] Chouteau
John [illegible] P. Cabanne & [illegible] Antoine Chenin merchants doing
[illegible] business under the name style and form of [illegible] Chouteau, Cabanne & Company shall make you secure you cause
to be [illegible] replevied and delivered to the said [illegible] Chouteau, Cabanne
& company two packs of [illegible] beaver skins with the [illegible] fur on them &
one small pack of the same all of the value of five hundred
Dollars the property of them the said [illegible] Chouteau, Cabanne &
company as they say which said property is detained
by [illegible] Pierre commonly called [illegible] Pierriche Lecompte
if he may be
found within your [illegible] bailiwick that [illegible] he and appear before
the Judges of our court of commons pleas to be holden at the
town of St. Louis within & for the county of St Louis on the
fourth monday in June next then [illegible] and there to answer unto
[illegible] Chouteau Cabanne and Chenin doing [illegible] business under the
name style and firm of [illegible] Chouteau Cabanne & company
of a plea [illegible] wherefore the said Pierre commonly called [illegible] Pierreche Lecompte took two packs of [illegible] of beaver skinswith the [illegible] fur on [illegible] them and one one small pack of the same all of the value of five
hundred Dollars the property of the said [illegible] Chouteau Cabanne
& company and the said property detains [illegible] against sureties
[illegible] & pledges to the damage of the said [illegible] Chouteau Cabanne
& company of five hundred and have you then [illegible] there this writ

*[illegible] Mary [illegible] P. Leduc Clerk of our court
of common pleas at St Louis this thirtieth
day of may one thousand eight hundred & fourteen and of our Independence the thirty eighth M P .[illegible] Leduc Clerk*

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> *Legal Function: Caption*

St Louis [illegible] Common pleas
June Term 1814

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