April 13 and 19, 1843

Nauvoo, Illinois
Dana v. Brink: When the case was heard on appeal from the Nauvoo Mayor's Court, Chief Justice Joseph Smith and his Associate Justices found that the right of appeal did not lie with their court.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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