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Introduction to E. Holmes v. Dayton et al. Summons, 28 March 1837 [E. Holmes v. Dayton et al.] Declaration, circa 25 April 1837 [E. Holmes v. Dayton et al.] Docket Entry, 5 June 1837 [E. Holmes v. Dayton et al.] Transcript of Proceedings, circa 5 June 1837 [E. Holmes v. Dayton et al.] Docket Entry, Costs, circa 5 June 1837 [E. Holmes v. Dayton et al.] Notice, 23 June 1837 [E. Holmes v. Dayton et al.]

Transcript of Proceedings, circa 5 June 1837 [E. Holmes v. Dayton et al.]

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Transcript of Proceedings,
Chardon

Located eight miles south of Lake Erie and immediately east of Kirtland Township. Settled by 1812. Included village of Chardon. Population of township in 1820 about 430; in 1830 about 880; and in 1840 about 1,100. Two of JS’s sisters resided in township. ...

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, Geauga Co., OH, ca. 5 June 1837, E. Holmes v. Dayton et al. (Geauga Co., OH, Court of Common Pleas 1837); Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Common Pleas Record, vol. U, pp. 86–87; handwriting of
David D. Aiken

20 Sept. 1794–12 Dec. 1861. County clerk, associate judge, merchant. Born in New York. Baptized into Episcopalian church, 9 Aug. 1818, in New York. Married Laura Loomis. Moved to Brown, Stark Co., Ohio, by 1820; to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio; and to Chardon...

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; signature presumably of
Van R. Humphrey

28 July 1800–5 Sept. 1864. Teacher, lawyer, judge. Born in Goshen, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Son of Isaiah Humphrey and Lorana Drake. Admitted to bar, 1820. Married first Stella Beach, 12 Apr. 1821, in Goshen. Moved to Hudson, Summit Co., Ohio, June 1821...

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; Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH. Transcription from a digital color image made of the original in 2011.

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See Introduction to E. Holmes v. Dayton et al.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Summons, 28 March 1837 [ E. Holmes v. Dayton et al. ] Declaration, circa 25 April 1837 [ E. Holmes v. Dayton et al. ] Transcript of Proceedings, circa 5 June 1837 [ E. Holmes v. Dayton et al. ]

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writing. and delivered the same to the said plaintiff and thereby promised to pay to the said plaintiff or bearer two hundred eight dollars and <​thirty​> cents by the first day of January then next ensuing the date thereof with use, which period has now elapsed, and the said defendants then and there in consideration of the premises promised to pay the amount of the said note to the said plaintiff according to the tenor and effect thereof— Yet the said defendants hath disregarded their promises and hath not paid the said sum of money, or any part thereof, to the damage of the said plaintiff three hundred dollars, and therefore he brings suit, &c.
L. Sterling

14 May 1805–21 Jan. 1905. Lawyer, judge. Born in Lima, Ontario Co., New York. Son of James Sterling and Mabel Chester. Married Ellen Elizabeth Allen Sterling, 1 Nov. 1835. Moved to Willoughby, Lake Co., Ohio, before 1837. Admitted to the bar, 1837. Attorney...

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Atty. for Plff.”
And now at this term of said Court that is to say, at the term thereof first aforesaid, comes the said plaintiff and the defendants being three times demanded to come into court and defend this suit, come not, but make default— It is therefore considered by the court, had that the plaintiff recover against the defendants, his costs and charges by <​damages by the court​> here assessed to one hundred & Eighty three dollars and thirty cents, and also his costs and charges by him in and about the prosecution of this suit in that behalf expended, taxed at ten dollars and eighteen cents— And it is ordered by the court that the defendants pay the costs and charges by them made in and about the defending of this suit, taxed at seventy one cents, and in default thereof that
Execution

“The act of carrying into effect the final judgment of a court, or other jurisdiction. The writ which authorises the officer so to carry into effect such judgment is also called an execution. . . . Executions are either to recover specific things, or money...

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issue to collect the same.

Signature presumably of Van R. Humphrey.


Van R. Humphrey

28 July 1800–5 Sept. 1864. Teacher, lawyer, judge. Born in Goshen, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Son of Isaiah Humphrey and Lorana Drake. Admitted to bar, 1820. Married first Stella Beach, 12 Apr. 1821, in Goshen. Moved to Hudson, Summit Co., Ohio, June 1821...

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Transcript of Proceedings, circa 5 June 1837 [E. Holmes v. Dayton et al.]
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    Signature presumably of Van R. Humphrey.

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