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392 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8. Liber N N the Value of five thousand pds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his suite. And the said Garret by Robert Carvile 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 ptt also. Now here att this day to witt the thirteenth day of June in the third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Doni 1678. came the said George Markes by his Attorney aforesaid p. 619 And the said Garret in his proper person came also And the Said Garret saith nothing in barr or avoidance of the action aforesaid of him the said George Markes whereby the said George remaineth agt the said Garret thereof wholy undefended Therefore itt is granted by the Court here that the said George Markes recover agt the said Garret VanSweringen Admr as aforesaid as well the sume of foure thousand three hundred sixty & one pounds of tobacco debt As also five hundred thirty six pds of tobacco costs of suite Marke Cordea Garret VanSweringen late of St Maryes Citty gentt agt otherwise called Garret VanSweringen of St Maryes G VSweringen County in the Province of Maryland genti was sumoned to answer unto Marke Cordea of a plea that he render unto him the full & just sume of Eight thousand three hundred sixty & two pds of good sound Mrchtble tobacco & cask which to him he oweth & unjustly detaineth And Whereupon the said Marke Cordea by Robert Ridgely his Attorney saith, that whereas the said Garret the Eighteenth day of May one thousand six hundred seventy seven by his certaine bill obligatory sealed with the seale of him the said Garret & here in Court produced whose date is the day & yeare aforesaid, did acknowl edge himselfe to owe & stand indebted unto the said Marke Cordea the full & just sume of Eight thousand three hundred sixty & two pounds of good sound Mrchantable tobacco & cask to be paid to the said Marke Cordea his heyres Exrs Admrs or assignes convenie[nt] in the County of St Maryes itt being the ballance of all accompts from the begining of the world to that day To the which paymt well & truely to be made the said Garret did binde himselfe his heyres Exrs Admrs or assignes firmly by those prsents Notwithstanding which the said Garret VanSweringen the said sume of Eight thou sand three hundred sixty & two pds of tobacco to him the said Marke Cordea according to the tenor of the said bill obligatory although often thereunto required hath not paid but the same to pay hath refused & denyed & to pay the same as yet doth refuse & deny Whereupon the said Marke Cordea saith that he is damnified & hath losse to the Value of tenn thousand pds of tobacco, & thereupon he bringeth his suite |
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