July 26, 1837
Geauga County, Ohio
Barker for use of Bump v. Smith and Cowdery: Second Sheriff Abel Kimball was ordered to bring Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery before the Geauga Court of Common Pleas to answer an assumpsit plea of Barker for use of Bump; damages of $1,000 were found.
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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