Augustus Chouteau and John P. Cabanne v. William E. Bain and Michel Arsens

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Augustus Chouteau and John P. Cabanne V. William E. Bain and Michel Arsens. 1814, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60875

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Case Title: Augustus Chouteau and John P. Cabanne v. William E. Bain and Michel Arsens
Series: Fur Trade
Plaintiff: Chouteau, Auguste; Cabanne, John P.
Defendant: Bain, William E.; Arsens, Michel
Date Filed: 1814-05-28
Filing Date: 1814-05-28
Plaintiff’s Attorney: Carr, William C.
Court Name: St. Louis Circuit Court
Court Term: 1814-06
Clerk: Leduc, Mary C.
Sheriff: Thompson, John W.
Cause of Action: Replevin
Case Notes: Plaintiffs doing business as Chouteau, Cabanne & Company; regarding beaver skins.
Case Number: 19
Identifier: ccr1840.01233.006
Source: Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
Rights: Public Domain
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Transcription: **Augustus Chouteau and John P. Cabanne vs. William E. Bain and Michel Arsens**

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> *Legal Function: Writ*

Territory, of missouri
County of St Louis ss The United States of America to the sheriff
of the county of St. Louis - greeting
The command you that if Augustus Chouteau
John P Cabanne , & Antoine Chissie,[?] trading and doing,
bussiness,[?] under the name style and firm, of Chouteau
Cabanne , & company shall make you secure [illegible]
you came to be [illegible] and delivered to the said
Chouteau Cabbane,[?] and Company two, packs of beaver,
skins, the property of them the said Chouteau Cabanne ,
and Company which said two packs of beaver skins, are
detaind by William E Bain, & Michel [illegible] against
[illegible] and pledges And that you summons, the said
William E Bain, & Michel Arsens, if they may be
found within your bailiwick, that they be and appear
before the Judges of our, Court of common, 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 &
there to answer unto Chouteau Cabanne , & company
of a plea wherefore the said Bain, & Arsens, took two
packs of beaver skins the property of the said Chouteau
Cabanne, & Company and the said two packs of beaver
skins detain, against [illegible] and pledges to the
Damage of the said Chouteau Cabanne , & company
of five hundred dollars and have then there this writ

*Witness Mary P Leduc ,[?] clerk
of our said Court at the town
of St Louis the twenty, eighth day
of may in the year of our lord,
one thousand eight hundred & fourty
& of our said [illegible] thirty eighty fourteen, & of our independence the thirty eitgth,[?]*

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> *Legal Function: Petition for Damages*

County of St. Louis ss
Augustus Chouteau John P ,. Cabanne , &
Antoine Chenie,[?] style & firm, of Chouteau Cabanne , & com
pany, Complain, of William E Bain, & Michel
Arsens, wherefore they took two packs, of beaver skins
the property of them the plaintiffs and detained,
them [illegible] and pledges and thereupon,
the said Augustus , Chouteau John P Cabanne ,
& Antoine Chenie,[?] plaintiffs by William C.
Carr , their attorney complain for that where
as the said William E Bain, & Michel Arsens, the defendants on the twenty eighth
day of may eighteen hundred fourteen
at the town, of St Louis in the County afore
said took two certain packs of beaver, fur
or skins, containing three hundred, skins
of the value of five hundred dollars the
property of them the plaintiffs, and unjustly,
detained them against sureties & pledges,
untill,[?] the sheriff of the said county of St Louis
made deliverence,[?] thereof to the plaintiffs say
they are damaged five hundred dollars,
therefore they sue,

*Will C Carr ,
Plff atty,*

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> *Legal Function: Certificate of Execution*

No 19
St Louis common pleas,
June Term 1814
a. Choutea,[?]
J P. Cabanne, &
A. Chenie,[?]
vs [illegible]
W. E. Bain, &
Michel , : Arsens,
[illegible]
This is [illegible] of
[illegible]
writ of [illegible]
damage $ 500

*Carr , atty
[illegible]*
> *Legal Function: Certificate of Execution, part 2*

Executed
[illegible] thereafter
[illegible]
service, 13
Bond
$ 1.50

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> *Legal Function: Contract*

[illegible] all men, by these presents, that
we August Chouteau John P . Cabanne ,
Antoine Chenas,[?] and Charles [illegible]
are, held and firmly bound
unto John W . Thompson Shefiff of,[?]
the County of Saint Louis for his
[illegible] in office, in the sum of
one, thousand Dollars currency,
of the United States ,, for the [illegible]
of which, to be will, and truly, made
[illegible] an [illegible]
administrators and assign firmly, by
this [illegible] with our [illegible]
[illegible] this 28th day of may
one thousand eight hundred and
fourteen
The Condition of the above obligation
is such, that of the above named
August Chouteau , shall will and truly,
[illegible] Suit of [illegible] by them
[illegible] against William E Bain, and Michel Arsens, in the Court
of Common Pleas, for the County of
Saint Louis , to final Judgement
and pay all cost, deceasing from
said Suit, if Judgment should,
go against them as well as return,
the following property, by them [illegible]
to [illegible] Lourge [illegible]& Skins one

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> *Legal Function: Contract*

Small pelts, and thirty three
beaver, Skins in the same goods
[illegible] that they [illegible] Recorded
then this obligations to be void,
[illegible] to remain in full
force and virtue in Law
[illegible]

*Aug Chouteau, James [illegible] Chenie,[?] [illegible]*

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