Robert Stubbs v. William Burd
Item
Robert Stubbs V. William Burd. 1837, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60868
- Case Title
- Robert Stubbs v. William Burd
- Series
- Freedom Suits
- Plaintiff
- Stubbs, Robert
- 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 he was a free person; sought $100 damages; confessed judgment.
- Case Number
- 522
- Related Court Case Number
- 6830
- 6832
- Related Project ID
- ccr1837.06830.002
- ccr1837.06832.002
- Identifier
- ccr1839.06831.002
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
- Download PDF of all images
- Transcription
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**Robert Stubbs v. William Burd**
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**Page 1** (6831_001.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Plaintiff's Complaint*
State of Missouri
County of St Louis
St St. Louis Circuit Court
Nov Term A D 1837
Robert Stubbs by Hudson his attorney complains of William
Burd of a plea of trespass for that the said William
Burd on the first day of September in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
with force and arms at St Louis in the county
of St Louis made an assault upon the said Nancy
Robert Stubbs to wit at the County aforesaid [illegible] and there
and then imprisoned the said RobertNancy Stubbs and
kept & detained him the said Robert Stubbs in person there without
any reasonable or probable cause whatever for a long
space of time to wit for the space of one month
the next following contrary to the laws of this state and
against the will of the said Robert Stubbs and
the said Robert Stubbs avers that before and at
the time he was and still is a free person and
that the said Willian Burd held and still holds
him in slavery and other wrongs to the said
Robert Stubbs then and there did against
the peace of this state and to the damage
of the said Robert Stubbs one hundred dollars
therefore he brings his suit [illegible]
*Hudson Pq*
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> *Legal Function: Citation*
Judgment confessed book 8 page 417
> *Legal Function: Certificate of Filing*
No 522 St St. Louis Circuit Court
November Term 183[illegible]7.
Robert Stubbs
vs
William Burd
[illegible]
This is a suit for freedom
let the usual [illegible] upon
*Hudson Pq Filed December 11th 1837 John Ruland Clerk*
Robert Stubbs V. William Burd. 1837, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60868