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,
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