Petition #21183617
- St. Louis County, Missouri. cicra April 12, 1836. - circa April 12, 1836.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Honorable Luke E. Lawless Judge of the third judicial circuit court holden in and for the county of Saint Louis
Abstract
Green Berry Logan, by his mother and next friend Judy Logan, charges that "Berry Meechum a free man of color ... holds him in slavery." Claiming that he was born after his mother moved to Indiana and "long after her right to freedom accrued," Logan "prays that he may be permitted to sue as a poor person by the said Judy ... in order to establish his right to freedom."
Result: Petition granted; plea of trespass filed.
- Number of petition pages: 1
- Related documents: PARs #21182710, #21183411, #21183613, #21183701, #21183702, #21183705, #21183806, #21183903, #21183908, #21184003, #21184004, #21184007; Order, ca. 12 April 1836; Copy of Supplemental Petition, Green Berry Logan, ca. 12 April 1836; Consent, Judy Logan, 12 April 1836; Order, ca. 12 April 1836; Plea of Trespass, Green Berry Logan, 15 April 1836; Copy of Order, ca. 12 April 1836; Summons, Berry Meechum, 13 April 1836; Sheriff's Return, 13 April 1836; Summons, Lewis, 21 December 1836; Sheriff's Return, 21 December 1836
- Pages of related documents: 5
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Citation information
Repository: Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Missouri
- Records of the Circuit Court
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