June 9, 1837

Geauga County, Ohio
Smith for use of Hitchcock and Hitchcock v. Cheney: Plaintiffs by their attorney Reuben Hitchcock filed a writ of summons against Elijah Cheney to answer an assumpsit plea.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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