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Civil Procedure and Courts

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hancock County (Ill.) Circuit Court legal document

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335843]
Identifier: MSS 1259
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and printed legal document specifying that Davis Amos, Lewis Robison, and Robert D. Foster are legally obligated to pay some money.

Dates: 1842

Nauvoo (Ill.) legal proceedings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310994]
Identifier: MSS SC 1262
Scope and Contents

Two handwritten transcripts of court cases regarding the slandering of Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the Mormon prophet. The first item is dated Dec. 5, 1842 and involves the City of Nauvoo vs. Thomas J. Hunter. The second item is dated Feb. 17, 1843 and involves the City of Nauvoo vs. Amos Davis.

Dates: 1842-1843