Petition #21184103
- St. Louis County, Missouri. February 27, 1841. - February 27, 1841.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Honorable Luke E. Lawless Judge of the St Louis Circuit Court
Abstract
Louis Scott, a man of color, represents that his owner, William Burd, sent him to work in Illinois for six days, "for which work your Orator verily believes his said master received payment." Because slavery is "contrary to the laws of State of Illinois," Scott "prays that he be permitted to sue in your honorable Court for his freedom as a poor person."
Result: Petition granted; plea of trespass filed, denied; motion for new trial, overruled, appealed, affirmed.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Transcript of Court Record [pages missing], Louis Scott vs. William Burd, 27 February 1841--16 October 1844; Clerk's Certification, 2 January 1845; Order for Transcript, Missouri Supreme Court, 20 December 1844; Clerk's Reply to Order, 2 January 1845; Bill of Exceptions, Louis Scott, 15 October 1844; Error to the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri Supreme Court, ca. January 1845
- Pages of related documents: 29
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Citation information
Repository: Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri
- Records of the Supreme Court, Case Files (Records of the Circuit Court, March Term 1841, Case #362, Louis Scott vs. William Burd; Civil Courts Building, St. Louis County, Missouri)
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