Phebe Stubbs v. William Burd
Item
Phebe Stubbs V. William Burd. 1837, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60855
- Case Title
- Phebe Stubbs v. William Burd
- Series
- Freedom Suits
- Plaintiff
- Stubbs, Phebe
- Defendant
- Burd, William
- Date Filed
- 1837-12-11
- Filing Date
- 1837-12-11
- Plaintiff’s Attorney
- Hudson, Thomas B.
- Court Name
- St. Louis Circuit Court
- Court Term
- 1837-11
- Clerk
- Ruland, John
- Cause of Action
- Trespass
- False Imprisonment
- Assault
- Battery
- Case Notes
- Plaintiff alleged she was a free person; sought $1,000 damages.
- Case Number
- 523
- Related Court Case Number
- 6830
- 6831
- Related Project ID
- ccr1837.06830.002
- ccr1839.06831.002
- Identifier
- ccr1837.06832.002
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
- Download PDF of all images
- Transcription
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**Phebe Stubbs v. William Burd**
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**Page 1** (6832_001.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Plaintiff's Complaint*
State of Missouri
County of St. Louis
St. Louis Circuit Court
November Term AD 1837
Phebe Subby
Stubbs by Hudson her attorney
Complains of William Bird of a plea of trespass
For that the said William Bird on the first day
of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred
and thirty seven with force and
arm at St. Louis in the County of St. Louis made
an assault, upon the said Phebe Stubbs
to wit at the County aforesaid and then and there
imprisoned the said Phebe Stubbs and kept and
detained her in person then without any reasonable
or probable cause whatever for a long space of time
to wit for the space of one month then next following
contrary to the laws of this state and against
[illegible] the will of the said, Phebe Stubbs and then
Phebe Stubbs avers that before and at the time
she was and still is a free person and that the
said William Bird held and still holds
her in slavery and other wrongs to the said
Phebe Stubbs then and there did against
the peace of this state and [illegible] the damage
of the said Phebe Stubbs one thousand
dollars and therefore she brings this suit
*Hudson P q*
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**Page 2** (6832_002.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Certificate of Filing*
No 523 St. Louis Circuit Court
November Term 1837
Phebe Stubbs
vs
William Burd
This a suit for freedom
Let the usual [illegible]
[illegible]
*Hudson
P q Filed December 11th 1837 John Ruland Clerk*
Phebe Stubbs V. William Burd. 1837, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60855