Territory of Missouri
County of Saint Louis In the Circuit Court for said
County of the term of October in the
you eighteen hundred and seventeen

William Clark Manuel Lisa and
Henry Piere Chouteau August Chouteau
Labbadie William Morrison Peter Menard
& Reuben Secris heretofore trading and doing business together
under the name form and style of the Missouri Fur Company
complain by their Attorney of Charles Satour in a
plea of trespass on the case for that the said Charles
heretofore to wit on the eighteenth day of september in the
year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & eleven at
a place called Fort Ricaras on the Missouri river in the
then county of saint Charles now County of Howard all
the Territory aforesaid- to wit at the County of Saint Louis
aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this court made
his certain writing of that duty under his ordinary mark
of hand land now here to be produced, whereby he acknowledged
to owe to the above named Manuel Lisa as Factor
and Agent of a said missouri Fur Company for he was
then & there acting and doing business as Agent and Factor
for & onbehalf of said plaintiff as as for himself
is their trade & business up said Missouri River- and
and the said Defendant then & there promised
to pay to said Manuel Lisa or his order
as Agent and Factor as aforesaid, by the name and
description of Mr Manuel Lisa Facteu de la
comp des Fourerre du Missoury the sum of
four hundred & thirty one dollars and Ninety two
cents to be paid in pound, or at three dollars
for the value thereof in an for the
said Defendant then said Note in writing
to said Agent- which said was to be of there
paid and deliverd whereover to he said Defendant
should be whereby an action he the
to said plaintiff to have of then said Defendant the
sum mentioned in said writing according to the honor of
effect of the same Never the said
Defendant thought open requested to pay the aforesaid
of money to said plaintiffs according to the
of said writing on the first day of in the
year at the place aforesaid at the County of
Louis aforesaid never paid the said sum
mentioned in said writing in for at the rate
of one dollars and half or at three dollars
according to the aforesaid writing

to the aforesaid plaintiffs nor to any person or persons
of or them nor any there of but
so to do- hath even refused and
still refuse to the damages aforesaid plaintiffs
one thousands dollars-

Where fore they

Ch. S. Hempstread for plffs

Territory of Missouri
County of St Louis the united states
America to the Sheriff
Greeting

Said County

We command you to take Chartes Jacobe
if he may be found within your Carliwick and
him safely keep so that you may have his boy
before the judges of our Circuit Court , to be held
at the of St Louis within and bow the
County of St Louis on the second monday of
next there there to answer with William
clerk Mauuic Sisa Andrew Harry Peerre Chouteau
August P Chauteau Silvestre Laccadu
William Marrisou Peter Menard Sameul Bridge
and Lewis in a plea of Trespass on the case
to the damage of the said plaintiffs one thousands
them there this writ.

Witness Mary Philip Ledue Clerk at office
tenth day of September eighteen
hundred and fourteen and of the
the forty Al. M. Girk D Clk
for M P Liduo Cark

The Sheriff is requested to hold the defendant to
in the sum of one thousand dollars

Al. M. Girk O Clk
for M P Liduo Clark

No. 63
No. to October Term 1817
St. Louis Cir Court

Missouri
vs
Charles Lutour

Tur Company
Narr in case
Cap. Denn $1000

This is an action of trespass
on the case founded a state
in of Dfts. Set a unit
of Capiter acrupondendum
issue accordingly. Damage
$1000. bail pepuired for that
amount

Ch. S. Hemprstead for Plffsfiled September 10th
1817 Al. M. Girk O Clk
for M P Liduo ClarkSep 10

John W . Thompson Sheriff of
St Louis County as trespass
you may dispine
with putting Charles with
to Idil St. Louis September 22nd 1817

S. Rwuteau
A. P. Chouteau

John W. Thompson Sheriff of Saint
Louis County Sir you
may discharge Charly
Liliour the Difendant
in this Suit further
september
22nd 1817

Excuted they writ by answering the
Defendant in St Louis County Sept
22nd 1817
and or sured to discharge of him
on the same day as mill appear above

Server $ 1.00

trancitions 1.50

$

A. V. Carr Dshff
for I. M. Thoampson