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        Tho: Carlisle & John Walter Hall late of St Innagoes in St Liber N N
        Watson Exrs Cuningham Maryes County was sumoned to Answer
           agt          unto Tho: Carlisle & John Watson Exrs
        Walter Hall of the last Will & testamt of John Cun
                        ingham deceased in a plea that he render
        unto them the sume of six thousand seven hundred sixty two pds of
        tobacco which from them he unjustly detaineth
         And whereupon the said Thomas & John by Kenelm Cheseldyn
        their Attorney say, that whereas the said Walter Hall the thirteenth
        day of July in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred
        seventy six, did by his certaine writeing Obligatory sealed with the
        seale of the said Walter here in Court produced whose date is the
        same day & yeare above written, did acknowledge himselfe to owe &
        stand indebted unto the said John Cuningham Wchant in the full &
        just sume of six thousand seven hundred sixty two pounds of
        Mrchantable leafe tobacco in caske, & that to be paid unto the said
        Jno Cuningham his heyres Exrs or assignes or other his lawfull At
        torney & that upon all demands after the tenth day of Octobr next
        ensueing the date thereof & that att his own plantacon, To the which
        paymt well & truely to be made he did binde himselfe his heyres
        Exrs & Admrs firmly by those prsents Notwithstanding which the said
        Walter Hall the said sume of six thousand seven hundred sixty two
        pounds of tobacco to him the said Jno Cuningham in his life tyme
        hath not paid though often thereunto required, nor to the said
        Thomas Carlisle & John Watson since his death Exrs of the last
        Will & testamt of the said John Cuningham, but the same To pay p. 486
        hitherto hath & still doth deny to the damage of them the said Thomas
        & John Eight thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon they bring
        their suite. And the said Thomas & John bring here in Court the
        letters testamentory to them granted, that itt may appeare to the
        Court here that they are ExT8 of the said John Cuningham & there
        upon to have Administracon
         Now here att this day to witt the nineteenth day of ffebruary in
        the third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c
        Anncxp Doni 1677. came the said Walter Hall in his proper person
        & saith, that he hath nothing to say in barr of the plaintiffes accon
        Itt is therefore considered by the Court here that the said Thomas
        Carlisle & John Watson Exrs as aforesaid recover agt the said Walter
        Hall the sume of six thousand seven hundred sixty two pounds of
        tobacco debt As also five hundred forty foure pounds of tobacco coste
        of suite.


       John  Darnall Comand was given to the Sheriffe of Calvert County
           agt that he Attach any the Goods or Chattels of Jarvis
      Jarvis Ballard   Ballard if they should be found in his bailywick to
                  the Value of thirty three thousand three hundred
        thirty three pounds of tobacco, & when he had the same so Attached