Docket Entry, circa 8 January 1838 [Allen v. JS et al.]
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Source Note
Docket Entry, , OH, ca. 8 Jan. 1838, Allen v. JS et al. (Kirtland Township, OH, Justice of the Peace Court 1838); in Cowdery, Docket Book, 293; handwriting of ; Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Includes notation by [, OH], ca. 24 Jan. 1838. Includes notation by , ca. 26 Jan. 1838. Includes notation by , ca. 5 Apr. [1838]. Transcription from a digital color image made of the original in 2012.
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Debt. | 23.57½ |
Original Cos. | 1.31½ |
Constable Cost. | .60 |
Justice Cost. | .72½ |
A writ “founded upon some record, and requiring the defendant to show cause why the plaintiff should not have the advantage of such record.” Examples of its use were to revive a judgment not yet executed, “in order to give an opportunity to the defendant ...
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Notation in handwriting of Warren A. Cowdery.

Notation in handwriting of James Markell.
14 Oct. 1813–9 Apr. 1900. Farmer. Born in Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., New York. Son of Peter Markell and Elizabeth Koch. Baptized into Reformed Dutch Church, 29 Jan. 1814, at Stone Arabia. Elected as constable, 3 Apr. 1837, in Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio...
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Notation in handwriting of Warren A. Cowdery.