Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679. 181

1679. cometh as well the said p^lts as the said Defend^t by their At-
torneys aforesaid And the said Defend^t by his said Attorney saith
that he is not informed by the said Defend^t of any answer by him
to the p^lts action to be given, & nothing else saith thereupon, by
which the aforesaid p^lts remaine against the said Defend^t thereof
wholy undefended Therefore itt is considered that the said Henry
Stocket & James Stavely Adm^rs as aforesaid recover against the said
John Ireland as well the sume of two thousand two hundred ninety
& six pounds of tobacco debt As also five hundred forty foure pounds
of tobacco costs of suite And the Defend^t in mercy &c

Liber N N

Robert Ridgely

ag^t
Samuell Leadbeater

Samuell Leadbeater late of Charles County
M^rchant was Attached to Answer unto Robert
Ridgely gentt one of the Attorneys of this
Court according to the liberties & priviledges

&c allowed of a plea of trespas upon the case
And whereupon the said Robert Ridgely in his proper person
complaineth, that whereas the said Samuell the twenty eighth day
of November one thousand six hundred Seventy six in consideracon
that the said Robert would be retained for the said Samuell as At-
torney of the said Samuell in all his busines that should happen
either before the Judge of probate of Wills touching the Will of
John Cuningham M^rchant deceased or in any other Court, he did
assume upon himselfe, & to the said Robert did faithfully promise
that he the said Samuell would pay the said Robert what he should
reasonably deserve for his ffees in appearing in his said busines, &
also would pay him what he should disburse in & about the managem'
thereof And the said Robert further in fact saith that trusting to the
promise of the said Samuell to him the said Robert so as aforesaid
made, he the said Robert as Attorney or Procurator of the said
Samuell did out of the Office & Court of probate of Wills sue out
a Citacon against the Exec^rs of the said Cuningham, & there in the
said cause before the judge Testamentory did appeare, & the Will
of the said Cuningham on the behalfe of the said Samuell did en-
deavour to make void for the prosecution of which said suite the said
Robert doth reasonably deserve the sume of Eight hundred pounds
of tobacco And further the said Robert in fact saith, that he the
said Robert on behalfe & att the request of the said Samuell did
exhibite a bill in Chancery & prosecute a suite there against the said
Exec^rs for which he doth reasonably deserve Eight hundred pounds
of tobacco more And also the said Robert did pay & disburse unto

W^m Harper for the serveing of speciall proces from the said Judge
Testamentory upon the Ex" of the said Cuningham the sume of
three hundred pounds of tobacco Yet the aforesaid Samuell his prom-
ise & assumpcon so as aforesaid made not reguarding, but deviseing
& fraudulently intending him the said Robert of the said Nineteen

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