Plea, 18 April 1839 [JS v. McLellin]

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Introduction to JS v. McLellin Declaration, circa 6 March 1839 [JS v. McLellin] Summons, 6 March 1839 [JS v. McLellin] Motion, 18 April 1839 [JS v. McLellin] Plea, 18 April 1839 [JS v. McLellin] Docket Entry, Motion and Plea, 18 April 1839 [JS v. McLellin] Docket Entry, Order to Pay Bond, 20 April 1839 [JS v. McLellin] Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 21 August 1839 [JS v. McLellin]
Plea, 18 April 1839 [JS v. McLellin]
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William Wood
25 Mar. 1809–11 May 1902. Lawyer. Born in Gordon Station (likely near present-day Harrodsburg), Mercer Co., Kentucky. Son of William Wood and Sallie Thomas. Mason. Moved to Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri, 1829. Moved to Clay Co., Missouri, by 1830. Appointed...
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on behalf of
William E. McLellin
18 Jan. 1806–14 Mar. 1883. Schoolteacher, physician, publisher. Born at Smith Co., Tennessee. Son of Charles McLellin and Sarah (a Cherokee Indian). Married first Cynthia Ann, 30 July 1829. Wife died, by summer 1831. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of...
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, Plea, [
Liberty
Located in western Missouri, thirteen miles north of Independence. Settled 1820. Clay Co. seat, 1822. Incorporated as town, May 1829. Following expulsion from Jackson Co., 1833, many Latter-day Saints found refuge in Clay Co., with church leaders and other...
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, Clay Co., MO], 18 Apr. 1839, JS v. McLellin (Clay County, MO, Circuit Court 1839); handwriting of
William Wood
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; docket by
William Wood
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Liberty
Located in western Missouri, thirteen miles north of Independence. Settled 1820. Clay Co. seat, 1822. Incorporated as town, May 1829. Following expulsion from Jackson Co., 1833, many Latter-day Saints found refuge in Clay Co., with church leaders and other...
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, Clay Co., MO], [18 Apr. 1839]; notation by Samuel Tillery, 18 Apr. 1839; two pages; Clay County Archives and Historical Library, Liberty, Missouri.

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See Introduction to JS v. McLellin.
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William E. McClelland <McClelin> [McLellin]
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ad sectam
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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Trespass on the case
A legal writ that permits an individual to sue for damages for wrongs committed without force. This action is sometimes referred to as simply “case.” Trespass on the case was a broad category that encompassed more specific common law actions such as assumpsit...
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Joseph Smith Jr

And the said
Defendant
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by his
attorney
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comes and defends the wrong and injury to him &c and saith that he is not guilty of the said supposed grievance above laid to his charge or any or either of them in manner and form of the said Plaintiff hath above thereof complained against him, and of them he puts himself up
on the Country
Phrase used in pleadings meaning the defendant wished a trial by jury.
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[William] Wood
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Attorney for
Defendant
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