May or June 1829

Palmyra, New York
Martin Harris's wife, Lucy, filed a complaint against Joseph Smith, attempting to prove that he never had gold plates.
Sources: 
History of Joseph Smith by His Mother Lucy Mack Smith, ch. 28
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
Winter Quarters

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