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234 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676. Liber N N & Sixty gallons of sider in manner and forme as the said Vincent hath above declared against him whereupon the said Vincent remain- eth against the said Henry thereof undefended Therefore it is granted by the Court here that the Said Vincent recover against the said Henry Mitchell aswell the quantity of foure hundred and sixty gallons of winter Sider & caske as also the summe of five hun- dred eighty seven pounds of tobacco costs of suite. Edward Tarleton & Compal Elizabeth Greene late of St Maries agt County widdow, otherwise called Eliza Elizabeth GreeneJ beth Greene alias Elizabeth Potter wid dow of St Maries County in the Prov ince of Maryland was Sumöned to answer unto Capt Edward Tarle- ton and Company of a plea that She render unto them the just summe of Eight thousand One hundred forty and foure pounds of tobacco which to them she oweth & unjustly deteineth. And whereupon the said Edward Tarleton & Company by Robert Ridgely their Attorny Say that whereas the said Elizabeth the day of March 1674 by her certaine writeing Obligatory Sealed with the Seale of her the said Elizabeth & here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare aforesaid did acknowledge her Selfe to be holden and firmly bound unto the said Edward & Company in the just suffie of eight thousand One hundred forty and foure pounds of tobacco & caske to be good and without any deceipt or ground leaves which tobacco to be paid at or upon the tenth day of October next ensueing the date thereof, and for the true payment the said Elizabeth did bind herselfe her heirs executrs & admrs Yet the afore- said Elizabeth Greene the said summe of Eight thousand One hun- dred forty and foure pounds of tobacco to them the Said Edward & Compa according to the tenor of the said writeing Obligatory though often thereunto required hath not paid but the same to pay hath & still doth deny whereupon the said Edward and Compa Say they are dampnified and have lost to the value of ten thousand pounds of tobacco and thereupon they bring their suite. And the aforesaid Elizabeth by Robert Carvile her Attorny cometh and defendeth the force & injury when &c and the said Elizabeth prayeth the heareing of the said writeing Obligatory and it is read unto her and she also prayeth the heareing of the Condition of the same writeing and it is read unto her in these words vizt The Condi- tion of this Obligation is such that if the above bound Elizabeth Greene otherwise called Elizabeth Potter doe pay unto Capt Edward Tarleton & Company or to his or their law full Attorny the full and just quantity of four thousand Seventy & two pounds of good to- bacco by the tenth day of October next then this Obligation to be void and of none effect otherwise to stand in full force and vertue. which being read and heard the said Elizabeth saith nothing in barr |
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