March 28, 1837

Geauga County, Ohio
Patterson and Patterson v. Cahoon: George A. H. Patterson and John Patterson filed a suit against Cahoon, Carter & Co., and Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery to collect on a promissory note claiming damages of $1,000.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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