Declaration
Summary
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 United States adopted this pleading system. The first pleading, filed by the plaintiff, was the declaration, which laid out the cause of action in one or more counts.
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papers
- Bill of Costs, 11 November 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Reynolds and Wilson ]
- Bill of Costs, 23 January 1845 [ JS v. Reynolds and Wilson–A ]
- Bill of Costs, 3 July 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Reynolds and Wilson ]
- Declaration, circa 18 April 1842 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Declaration, circa 9 May 1844 [ C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge ]
- Demurrer, circa 21 May 1844 [ C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge ]
- Docket Entry, Continuance, 22 October 1844 [ W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS ]
- Docket Entry, Demurrer, 22 May 1844 [ C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge ]
- Docket Entry, Demurrer, 22 May 1844, Copy [ C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge ]
- Docket Entry, Motion, Change of Venue, and Pleas, 28 May 1844 [ C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge ]
- Docket Entry, Motion, Change of Venue, and Pleas, 28 May 1844, Copy [ C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge ]
- Docket Entry, Withdrawn Demurrer, 27 May 1844 [ C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge ]
- Docket Entry, Withdrawn Demurrer, 27 May 1844, Copy [ C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge ]
- Introduction to Bank of Geauga v. JS et al.
- Introduction to Boosinger v. JS et al. and Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al.
- Introduction to C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus, and F. M. Higbee v. JS–B
- Introduction to Commercial Bank of Lake Erie v. Cahoon et al.
- Introduction to JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street
- Introduction to JS v. Brotherton
- Introduction to JS v. Reynolds and Wilson
- Introduction to Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Sympson, Sympson v. JS, and State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury
- Introduction to Sweeney v. Miller et al.
- Introduction to United States v. Haws et al.
- Pleas, circa 13 September 1843 [ JS v. Reynolds and Wilson–A ]
- Pleas, circa 27 May 1844 [ C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge ]
- Scire Facias, 15 August 1842 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, 10 August 1844 [ C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 11 June 1842 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]