Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.   361

        his Attorney saith, that whereas the said John Coode the twenty Liber N N
        fifth day of April Annocp Doni One thousand six hundred seventy
        seven by his certaine writeing obligatory sealed with the Seale of
        him the said John Coode & here in Court produced whose date is the
        same day & yeare above written, did acknowledge himselfe holden &
        firmly bounden unto Edward Husbands the sume of two thousand
        nine hundred & forty pounds of tobacco payable the tenth day of
        Octobr next ensueing the date thereof in St Maryes or Calvert County
        To the which payment well & truely to be made he did binde himselfe
        his heyres Exrs Adrs firmly by those prsents Notwithstanding which
        the said John Coode the said sume of two thousand nine hundred &
        forty pounds of tobacco unto him the said Edward Husbands though
        often thereunto required hath not paid, but the same to pay hitherto
        hath & still doth altogether deny to the dathage of him the said
        Edward foure thousand pzts of tobacco, & thereupon he bringeth
        his suite.
          And the said John Coode by Kenelm Cheseidyn his Attorney
        cometh & defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty
        to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court & itt is granted unto
        him, the same day is given to the plaintiffe also.
          Now here att this day to witt the ffifteenth day of June in the third
        yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Doni
        1678. came the said parties by their Attorneys aforesaid And the
        said John Coode by his said Attorney saith, that as to Nine hun
        dred & forty pounds of tobacco part of the debt in the Declaracon
        menconed he cannot gainsay for that he oweth the same unto the
        said Edward Husbands, two thousand pds of tobacco the remainder
        of the said debt being ailready paid Therefore itt is granted by the
        Court here, that the said Edward Husbands recover agt the said
        John Coode as well the sume of nine hundred & forty pds of tobacco
        debt As also five hundred & Sixty pds of tobacco costs of suite

        Stephen Murty Adr Philip Lynes late of Charles County gentl was p. 593
        John Bailey Attached To answer unto Stephen Murty Adr
           agt        of all & singuler the Goods Chattels rights &
        Philip Lynes creditts of John Balley deceased of a plea of
                      trespas upon the case
          And whereupon the said Stephen Murty by Robert Ridgely his
        Attorney complaineth, that whereas the said Philip Lynes the second
        day of April one thousand six hundred seventy three in consideracon
        that the said John Balley would buy & procure for him of Marke
        Cordea thirty barrels of Monadoes beare att two hundred pds of
        tobacco p barrell the said Philip did assume upon himself e & to the
        said John Bailey in his life tyme did faithfully promise, that he the
        said Philip the said John when thereunto required the sume of six
        thousand pds of tobacco for the said thirty barrells of beere would