County of St Louis

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

Carr , atty pg

No 20
St Louis common pleas
June Term 1814-

Aug. Chouteau
John P . Cabanne
&Antoine Chenin vs Pierre Lecompte

This is an action of Rep
levin- The clerk will
issue a writ of Replevin
damage $500-00-

Carr , atty
not excuted
by order of the
plaintiff
J.W. Thompson
Shf S.L.C

-50Travel-2.00

Territory of Missouri
County of St Louis The United States of America to the
sheriff of the county of St Louis greeting

We command you that if Augustus Chouteau
John P. Cabanne & Antoine Chenin merchants doing
business under the name style and form of Chouteau, Cabanne & Company shall make you secure you cause
to be replevied and delivered to the said Chouteau, Cabanne
& company 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 Chouteau, Cabanne &
company as they say which said property is detained
by Pierre commonly called Pierriche Lecompte if he may be
found within your bailiwick that 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 and there to answer unto
Chouteau Cabanne and Chenin doing business under the
name style and firm of Chouteau Cabanne & company
of a plea wherefore the said Pierre commonly called Pierreche Lecompte took two packs of of beaver skinswith the fur on them and one one small pack of the same all of the value of five
hundred Dollars the property of the said Chouteau Cabanne
& company and the said property detains against sureties
& pledges to the damage of the said Chouteau Cabanne
& company of five hundred and have you then there this writ

Mary 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 eighthM P . Leduc Clerk

St Louis Common pleas
June Term 1814