On July 27, 1814, Anthony Glass, represented by attorney Anthony Haden, filed a lawsuit in the General Court. The declaration alleged that Glass had sued Seth Dean in Warren County in the Territory of Mississippi and won a judgment for $1000, plus interest and court costs. Glass alleged that Dean had never paid him. Now he was pursuing Dean in the courts of the Arkansas Territory. Judge George Bullitt ordered Clerk John Dodge to issue a capias writ for Dean. On August 2, Sheriff Daniel Mooney executed the writ by serving Dean. In order to avoid imprisonment before the trial, Dean made bail bond on the same day. The amount of the bond was $1120. Joseph Kuykendale acted as his security, and Samuel Moseley witnessed the bond.

In response to Glass's suit, Dean filed two pleas. The first, filed on September 5 by attorney Henry Cassidy, alleged that there was no such person as Anthony Glass (!), a curious allegation considering that Glass was a wealthy Mississippi planter who owned a large plantation on the Big Black River and also had headed an expedition for the U.S. government in 1808 to the Wichitas and Comanches.

The second plea, filed two days later by attorney Perly Wallis, alleged that Glass was not a resident of the Arkansas Territory (which was true) and had not given security for the court costs by filing a bond when he filed the declaration (no such bond is in the case file).

Glass's declaration stated that a transcript of the record of the Mississippi court's judgment was being shown to the Arkansas court, however, no copy of it has survived in the case file.

On September 12, the court issued a subpoena for John Judge, summoning him to court on the next day. Apparently Judge appeared in court. On September 14, the record book of the court indicates that the court entered a judgment of nonsuit, charging the costs to the plaintiff, Glass. (Record Book, p. 165.) There is no further mention of this suit in the record book.

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