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Witness receipt for Levi Summers : Pollard Simmons vs. Jacob Bale,

Other Title:: Pollard Simmons vs. Jacob Bale witness receipt for Levi Summers; Lincoln legal cases 1830-1860, 1833 April.
Authors:: Illinois., Circuit Court (Sangamon County)
Other Authors:: Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County)
Item ID:: 71200908300197
Publisher:: Springfield, Ill. : Circuit Court of Sangamon County, 1833.
Call Number:: KFI1201 1833 APRIL
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 11 x 21 cm
Topic:: Collecting of accounts -- Cases.; Simmons v. Bale. local
Note:: Title supplied by cataloger.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Handwritten receipt: "Rec'd of C.R. Matheny, Clerk of Sangamon Circuit Court fifty cents my fee as a witness for one day attendance in case of Summons against Bale of the April term 1833." Signed with X by Levi Summers.; Jacob Bale failed to pay Pollard Simmons $80 on an account. Simmons sued Bale in the Justice of the Peace court to recover the debt but the jury found for Bale. Simmons appealed the judgment to the circuit court. The court subpoenaed Lincoln as a witness for Bale. The case was later dismissed.
OCLC Number:: ocn882496265
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
Category:: Manuscripts & Documents