604 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1674.

         Liber F    neither to the sd Nich in his life time nor to the sd John to whom
               Admistracon of the goods Chattles & Creditts of the sd Nich was
               Comitted since his death hath not satisfied but doth altogether
               refuse to pay the same, whereupon the sd John saith hee is damnified
               & hath lost to the value of 200 lb of tobaccoe & thereupon hee bring-
               eth his suite
                The Defendant Jeremiah Dickison appeares in his proper person
               to defend the suite Cothensed, & the plaintife for want of proofe to
               his declaracon the worshipfull the Comissioners finds tht there is noe
               Cause of action & thereupon hee obteined a non suite

                In a Cause depending betweene John Allen Admr of the goods
               Chattles & Creditts of Nich Solby dec plaintife & stephen Gough
               Defendant
                Stephen Gough was Attached to Answer to John Allen Admr of
               the goods Chattles & Creddits of Nich Solby late of this County dec
               of a plea of trespas on the Case
                And whereupon the sd John by Samuell Cressey his Atturney
               Complaineth against the sd Stephen for tht whereas the sd Nich did
               on the 13th day of July 1673 & from tht time untill the 16th day of
               the same moneth attend on him the sd Stephen & administer to him
               the sd Stephen divers parcells of Phisicke in all amounteinge to the
               suffie of three hundred & seaventy pounds of tobaccoe, As by a
               particular account here in Court by the sd John produced more
               plainly may appeare, In Consideracon whereof the sd Stephen did
               then assume on himselfe & to the sd Nich did faithfully promise
               that hee the sd Stephen when thereunto required to him the sd Nich
               the sd sume of 370th of tobaccoe would well & truely pay, Yett
               neverthelesse the sd Stephen although often thereunto required the
               sd suffle of three hundred & seaventy pounds of tobaccoe neither to
               the Nich in his life time nor to the sd John to whom Adminis-
               tracon of all & singular the goods Chattles & Creditts of the sd
               Nich was Comitted since his death hath not paid but doth altogether
               refuse to pay the same, whereupon the sd John saith hee hath lost
               to the value of 500 lb of tobaccoe & thereupon hee bringeth his suite
                And the sd Stephen Gough Defendant (by John Jones his At-
               turney) comes & defends the force & injury &c And saith hee hath
               not received the Phisicke within mentioned in mañer & forme as
               within exprest &c: nor did not Assume
                The plaintife wanting proofe to his declaracon, Thereupon the
               worshipfull the Comissioners orders a nonsuite against the plaintife
               with Cost of suite
                                               lb tob
                   To a nonsuite                  050
                   To Atturneyes Fees             200
                                                   250