Demurrer, circa 3 May 1841 [Gray v. Allen]

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Introduction to Gray v. Allen Bond, Adolphus Allen to James Gray, 9 March 1837 Bond, Adolphus Allen to James Gray, 9 March 1837, Copy Praecipe, 24 March 1841 [Gray v. Allen] Summons, 24 March 1841 [Gray v. Allen] Declaration, circa 20 April 1841 [Gray v. Allen] Demurrer, circa 3 May 1841 [Gray v. Allen] Docket Entry, Confessed Demurrer, Leave to Amend Declaration, and Judgment, 10 May 1841 [Gray v. Allen] Case File Wrapper, circa May 1841 [Gray v. Allen] Certificate, 2 August 1841 [Gray v. Allen] Certificate, 2 August 1841, Copy [Gray v. Allen] Docket Entry, Execution, circa 2 August 1841 [Gray v. Allen] Receipt, 25 July 1842 [Gray v. Allen]
Demurrer, circa 3 May 1841 [Gray v. Allen]
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Thomas Morrison
Ca. 1817–13 Apr. 1849. Lawyer, justice of the peace, politician. Resided at Carthage, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1840. Married Mary E. Wells, 25 Dec. 1844, in Hancock Co. Elected member of Illinois House of Representatives, 1846. Died in Carthage.
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Adolphus Allen
ca. 1790–ca. 31 Mar. 1857. Physician. Likely born in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Nathaniel Allen and Lydia Stevens. Married Arvilla Skinner, 29 Mar. 1836. Among first settlers in Hancock Co., Illinois. Deeded land to JS, Sept. 1841. Living in...
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, Demurrer,
Hancock Co.
Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...
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, IL, ca. [3] May 1841, Gray v. Allen (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1841); handwriting presumably of
Thomas Morrison
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; docket presumably by
Thomas Morrison
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Hancock Co.
Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...
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, IL, ca. 3 May 1841]; notation by S. Otho Williams, [
Carthage
Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site...
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, Hancock Co., IL], 4 May 1841; two pages; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm 1,521,252 at FHL.

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Docket presumably in handwriting of Thomas Morrison.
Allen
ca. 1790–ca. 31 Mar. 1857. Physician. Likely born in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Nathaniel Allen and Lydia Stevens. Married Arvilla Skinner, 29 Mar. 1836. Among first settlers in Hancock Co., Illinois. Deeded land to JS, Sept. 1841. Living in...
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ats
Ad sectam (abbreviated ads., or ats.), Latin for at suit of, is used in entering and indexing the names of cases when it is desired that the defendant’s name should come first. For example, if the case name is Peter v. Paul, then Paul may denominate it as...
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Demurrer
English common law courts developed a complex process of pleading in civil suits that required the parties to file a series of legal documents, or pleadings, in order to define the dispute precisely. Courts in England’s American colonies and, later, in the...
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Notation in handwriting of S. Otho Williams.
Filed May 4th 1841

S. Otho. Williams Clerk [p. [2]]
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