February 28, 1838
Geauga County, Ohio
Smith for use of Granger v. Smalling and Coltrin: Joseph Smith obtained from the county clerk a writ requiring the sheriff to find the defendant and then to require him to answer the complaint (capias ad respondendum) against John Coltrin and Cyrus Smalling for failure to pay a $500 promissory note for services provided by Julius Granger.
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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