April 13, 1837

Geauga County, Ohio
Bailey and Reynolds v. Smith: Joseph Smith, along with Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum Smith, Edmund Bosley, and John Johnson issued a promissory note to John W. Howden. Howden later endorsed the note to Nathaniel P. Bailey and Henry J. Reynolds for $825; the note was for "goods sold and delivered, money had & received &c."
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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