APPENDIX. FORMS IN CIVIL CASES. No. 1. SUMMONS AND WARNING ORDER. The Muskogee Nation to the Captain of Light Horse of Muskogee District: You are commanded to summon Richard Rowe to answer on the 1st day of the next (May) term of the Muskogee District Court, a complaint filed against him in said Court by John Doe, and warn him that, upon his failure to answer, the complaint will be taken for confessed; and you will make due return of the summons on the first day of the next (May) term of said Court. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this 10th day of April, 1893. HENRY WILKINS, Judge of Muskogee District. EXECUTION AND PROCEEDINGS UNDER. No. 2. CLAIM OF EXEMPTED PERSONAL PROPERTY. Muskogee District-Before Henry Wilkins, Judge of said District: John Doe, the defendant in the above entitled action, states that he is a resident of the Creek Nation and a married man (or the head of a family); that he is the owner of the following described personal property in addition to his wearing apparel and that of his family, household and kitchen furniture and fixtures, all agricultural, horticultural and general farming implements and all improvements upon the public domain, to-wit: One bay horse, one black mare, one two-horse wagon, etc., (describing all the defendant's personal property, including monies, credits, etc.); that an execution has been issued by said Court on the judgment rendered against him in said action, and that he claims as exempt from sale on said process, the part of said property specified as follows: One bay horse, at the value of.... $100 00 125 00 JOHN DOE. I, John Doe, do solemnly swear that the above schedule embraces all of my personal property of every kind, in addition to my wearing apparel and that of my family, all household and kitchen furniture and fixtures, all agricultural and horticultural and general farming implements and all improvements upon the public domain, and that the property claimed in such schedule as exempt from execution does not exceed in value the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars. JOHN DOE. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of January, HENRY WILKINS, 1893. Judge of Muskogee District. PROCESS FOR ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES. No. 3. SUBPOENA IN DISTRICT COURT.. The Muskogee Nation to the Captain of the Light Horse of the Muskogee District: You are commanded to summon John Styles, George Morgan, and Richard Burns to appear before the Muskogee District Court on the 3d day of the next (May) term, which will be on Thursday, the 5th day of May, 1893, and testify on behalf of the plaintiff in an action in said Court between Richard Rowe, plaintiff, and John Doe, defendant. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 10th day of January, 1893. No. 4. WARRANT FOR ARREST OF WITNESS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT. The Muskogee Nation to the Captain of the Light Horse of the Muskogee District: You are commanded to arrest George Morgan and have him before the Muskogee District Court on the 3rd day of the next (May) term, which will be on Thursday, the 5th day of May, 1893, as well to testify in behalf of the plaintiff in an action in said Court between Richard Rowe, plaintiff, and John Doe, defendant, as to answer for contempt of said Court. Witness my hand and seal of said Court, this 10th day of January, 1893. HENRY WILKINS, Judge of Muskogee District. ORDERS IN COURT. No. 5. JUDGMENT IN PROCEEDINGS AT LAW, BY DEFAULT, IN AN ACTION ON A NOTE. The defendant having been duly summoned, and failing to answer, it is adjudged by the Court that the plaintiff recover of the defendant eight hundred and twenty-seven ($827.00) dollars, the amount of the note sued on, and interest thereon, with 10 per cent. interest per annum thereon, from this date until paid. No. 6. WHERE ANSWER FILED AND VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF. The parties appeared by their attorneys and the defendant filed his answer to the plaintiff's complaint, and thereupon the following jurors: John Styles, George Morgan and Richard Burns, who had previously been sworn as required by law, were impaneled to try the issue, and having heard the evidence, rendered the following verdict: "We, the jury, find for the plaintiff three hundred and eleven ($311.00) dollars. "HAROLD J. GALPIN, Foreman." It is therefore adjudged by the Court that the plaintiff recover of the defendant three hundred and eleven ($311.00) dollars. |