Conger, Jonathan vs. Antoine Marchal administrator of Francois Bosseron estate

Conger, Jonathan vs. Antoin Marshal administrator of Francois Busseron estate

Description:	The file contains the documents related to the suit Jonathan Conger brought against Antoine Marchal the administrator of the Francois Bosseron estate for a failure to pay on a Judgment of debt made in the August Term in 1802. In a Complaint filed by H [Henry]Hurst, the attorney for Jonathan Conger, during the March Term 1812 of the Knox County Court of Common Pleas, stated Antoine Marchal, administrator of Francois Busseron, deceased, in custody in a plea that he render unto him one hundred eighty dollars which he had unjustly detained. During the August Term 1802 of the Court of Common Pleas, before James Johnson and his companions Conger recovered against Antoine Marchal, the sum of one hundred -eighty dollars and damages he sustained by non-performance of Francois Marchal. He asked for one hundred eighty dollars in debt and damages of two hundred dollars. On the verso side of the Complaint, Jonathan Conger put Henry Hurst in as his lawyer against Antoine Marchal. Also on the verso side. We of the jury find for the Plaintiff one hundred dollars and one hundred seven dollars and seventy cents damages. William Dunnica, foreman. On March 19, 1812, R [Robert] Buntin, Clerk issued a Summons for Antoine Marchal, administrator of Francois Bosseron, deceased, on the third Monday of March to answer unto Jonathan Conger in a plea that he render unto him one hundred eight dollars and damages of two hundred dollars. The Summon was executed by J. I. N. [John I. Neely] at a cost of $.57 for serving the summons. In a pleas of response for Antoine Marchal by his attorney, John Johnson, he stated that Conger ought not to have brought the suit. He as the administrator, for the Busseron estate, had no property of Busseron and he should not have brought the suit and asked for judgment. He was ready to verify this. On the verso side of the response, was written: There are assets in the hands of Antoine; there is a record; he has not paid; and asked for judgment by Henry Hurst, P.Q. On a fourth document. on verdict, the Plaintiff moved for judgment de bonis proprilis, the jury having found a general verdict is proff of a devestavit. (The administrator had mismanaged the estate.) The fifth document was the Exception filed by the Defendant and signed by Jas [James] John and Danl [Daniel] McClure. According to the Minute Book of the Knox County Court of Common Pleas, 1811 -1817, pages 57, 70, 72 and 82: the Plaintiff appeared by John Johnson. The jury consisted of: William Dunnica, William Rutherford, Thomas Anderson, Thomas Martin, Peter Ruby, William Gambel, Fredrick Mehel, Henry Ruble, Richard Price, Levi Sanders, Christopher Wyant, and Peter Idolet. They found for the Plaintiff one hundred eighty dollars debt and one hundred seven dollars and seven cents damages. The Plaintiff moved for judgment propreus because the jury found general verdict upon the plea. The Defendant had plead false pleas and proof of a Devistvit. The Defendant filed a bill of exception. It was ruled the Plaintiff recover of the Defendant his debt, and damages to be levied of the goods and chattel of Francois Bossernon.
Origin:	2018-08-14
Created By:	Indiana Territory. Court of Common Pleas (Knox County); Indiana Territory. Court of General Quarter Sessions (Knox County);
Contributor(s):	Johnson, James; McClure, Daniel;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ving/id/24893
Collection:	Early Vincennes, 1732-1835
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States
Subjects:	Indiana Territory Accounts -- Indiana Territory Court records -- Indiana Territory -- Knox County Damages -- Indiana Territory Executors and administrators -- Indiana Territory Judgments -- Indiana Territory Judges -- Indiana Territory Jurors -- Indiana Territory Jury -- Indiana Territory Lawyers -- Indiana Territory Personal debt -- Indiana Territory Scrie facias -- Indiana Territory Summons -- Indiana Territory Court Records

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