Summons, 7 November 1839 [Singley v. Rigdon]

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[SUM]MONS IN Covenant.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,) Sct.
,)
The People of the State of , To the Sheriff of said , greeting:
We Command you to Summon —— if to be found in your , to appear before the Circuit Court of said County of , on the first <​Second​> day of the next term thereof, to be holden at the Court House, in , on the fourth Monday in the month of April A D 1840 to answer the complaint of demand of Nicholas Singl[e]y upon a certain Petition by said Singly filed in said Court a copy whereof is hereto annexed. By which Petition the said Singly claims of the said the sum of one hundred & fifty dollars together with damages for the detention thereof of a plea of a Breach of Covenant to [blank] damage of the sum of Dollars, as [blank] he [blank] says. And have you then there this writ, and make return thereon in what manner you execute the same.
Witness, , Clerk of our said Circuit Court, at , this Seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
Clerk.
By S Otho Williams D C
C. M. WOODS, PRINT. , ILLS. [p. [1]]
2 Day. No. 6
Nicholas Singly
vs.) In Covenant.
Petition & SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court, Ills. To April Term, A. D. 1840
 
I cannot, in my , find the within named April 27th 1840
E G Haggard Sheriff, , Ill.
 
I have served the within Summons by reading the same to the within named [blank]
Sheriff, Ill.
 
SHERIFF’S FEES:—
Serving [blank] Summons,— $ .[blank]
Returning Summons,— —.12½
[blank] Miles Travel,— .[blank]
Total Amount,— $ .[blank]
Sheriff Ill.
 
Filed April 25th 1840 [p. [2]]

Footnotes

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    TEXT: A note is printed in the left margin of the document: “Writs shall run, &c. State Const. art. 4, § 7; Breese 133”.  

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    TEXT: A note is printed in the left margin of the document: “Be directed, &c. Rev. Laws, p 486 To Coroner, 578, To Elisor, 579.”  

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    TEXT: A note is printed in the left margin of the document: “to other counties when, 145, 497.”  

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    TEXT: A note is printed in the left margin of the document: “Made returnable 158, 487, § 1. Laws ’38–9 p 278, ’36–7, p 112 § 5”.  

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    TEXT: A note is printed in the left margin of the document: “Archbold’s Appendix, p. 26.”  

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    TEXT: A note is printed in the left margin of the document: “Tested L. ’36–7 p. 178–9. Sealed Dated, & Signed, R. L. 158, 486.”  

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    TEXT: A note is printed in the left margin of the document: “Of Service & Return: R. L. 155 § 30, 487, § 2. R. L. 387. Breese, p. 168, 292.”  

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    Docket printed with manuscript additions in handwriting of S. Otho Williams.  

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    Notations printed with manuscript additions in handwriting of E. G. Haggard.  

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    Notation in handwriting of S. Otho Williams.  

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