The Price of Credit in Territorial Snohomish

In the District Court of Snohomish County, Washington Territory. E. D. Phelps and W. I. Wadleigh, partners doing business under the style and firm name of Phelps & Wadleigh, Plaintiffs, vs. John L. Harley and James Roberts, Defendants. SUMMONS. To John L. Harley and James Roberts, Defendants: You are hereby required to appear in an action brought against you by the above-named plaintiffs in the District Court at Snohomish County, holding terms at Snohomish City, in and for said County of Snohomish, Washington Territory, and to answer the complaint filed therein, within twenty days (exclusive of the days of service), after the service on you of this summons, if served within said County of Snohomish, or if served out of that County but in this District, within thirty days, otherwise within sixty days, or judgment by default will be taken against you, according to the prayer of the complaint. The said action is brought to recover a judgment against you, the said defendants, for the sum of Two Hundred and Forty-two 45-100 dollars, Gold Coin, on a certain promissory note signed by you and delivered to the said plaintiffs, and for interest on said sum from November 12th, 1877 until paid, at the rate of one per cent per month in like gold coin, and for costs of suit. And you are hereby notified, that if you fail to appear and answer the said complaint as above required, the said plaintiffs will take judgment against you for $265.43, interest and costs as demanded in the complaint. Witness the Hon. J. R. Lewis, Judge of said Court, and the seal thereof this 23rd day of July A. D. 1878.