April 3, 1838

Geauga County, Ohio
Rounds qui tam v. Smith: The writ of collection (fieri facias) was returned. Sheriff Abel Kimball had levied another writ in favor of the same plaintiffs against Sidney Rigdon upon properties sold for $604.50 and another property sold for $111.75. This matter remained unsettled until after Joseph Smith's death, when the judgment was revived and satisfied.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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