Docket Entry, circa 3 June 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster]

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Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, ca. 3 June 1844, City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1844); Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 106; handwriting of
Willard Richards
24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...
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Thomas Bullock
23 Dec. 1816–10 Feb. 1885. Farmer, excise officer, secretary, clerk. Born in Leek, Staffordshire, England. Son of Thomas Bullock and Mary Hall. Married Henrietta Rushton, 25 June 1838. Moved to Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland, Nov. 1839; to Isle of Anglesey, Aug...
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Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL], 10 Feb. 1845.
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See Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee et al.

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City of Nauvoo Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas.... More Info )

An appeal from the Mayor’s Court, Breach of Ordinances <Fined $100.00>

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Respondent)

Docketing Suit	.12½
Docketing Fee——	3.00
Entiring dismissal	25
Attendance of Marshal 3 Sept. 1793–10 Sept. 1844. Farmer, shoemaker, printer, publisher. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of John Coddington Greene and Anna Chapman. Married first Rhoda Young, 11 Feb. 1813. Moved to Aurelius, Cayuga Co., New York, 1814; to Brownsville... View Full Bio	1.00
Issueing Supersedeas A writ “containing a command to stay the proceedings at law.” The writ enjoined “the justice and constable from proceeding any further in said suit, and suspending all proceedings in relation thereto.” Hancock County, Illinois, Circuit Court officials often... View Glossary	.50
Procedendo A writ by which a superior court remits a cause to the inferior court from whence it had come (by habeas corpus, certiorari, etc.), ordering the inferior court to proceed to a final determination after the appellate court has found insufficient grounds for... View Glossary	.50
	5.37½
Bill of particulars “A detailed informal statement of a plaintiff’s cause of action or of a defendant’s set-off.” If a plaintiff makes a general declaration without specifying a cause of action, the judge may stay the proceedings and order the plaintiff to provide such a bill... View Glossary <amountin[g]> to	37½
	5.75

May 2 1844. A notice was this day served on the of the Municipal Court, from the Mayors Court, of an appeal having been lodged in this case to the Municipal Court, to be tried at the June Term, and that supersedeas should issue,

May [blank] 1844, Supersedeas issued, delivered to Marshal

June 3d 1844. was called three times but answered not, when the Respondent by counsel , motioned that the appeal be dismissed for want of prosecution.

Whereupon the Court ordered the motion to be Sustained and that procedendo issue to the lower Court

Procedendo issued to the clerk of the Mayor’s Court.— June 1 3, 1844 with Bill of Partcules [Particulars] on the back of the writ. $5.75 for collection

February 10. 1845 The Clerk drew on the Treasurer for the above fees amounting to 5.75 [p. 106]