Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80. 375

Henry Mitchell] agt William Taylor]

William Taylor late of Charles County in the Prov- ince of Maryland Planter, Otherwise called Wil- liam Taylor in Charles County of the Province of Maryland was Sumoned to answere unto Henry

Liber W. C.

	Mitchell of Calvert County in the Province aforesaid of a plea that hee Render unto him the Sume of Two thousand pounds of Mar- chantable Tobacco in Casq wch to him hee oweth and unjustly detaineth And Whereupon the said Henry Mitchell by George Parker his Attorney sayth That Whereas the said William Taylor upon the thirteenth day of September in the yeare of our Lord god 1676 By his certaine bill or writeing obligatory Sealed wth the Seale of the said William Taylor and here in Court produced, whose date is the day and yeare above written Did acknowledge himself to owe and bee indebted unto Henry Mitchell of Calvert County in the Province aforesaid in the sume of Two thousand pounds of Marchantable Aronoco Tobacco in Casq, To bee payd to the said Henry Mitchell or to his Certaine Attorney his heires Executors Admrs or assignes upon Demand att some Convenient Plantation in Calvert County aforesaid, Itt being for a Valluable Consideration in hand already received, To wch payment well and truely to bee made the said William Taylor did binde himself his heires Executors and Adm™ firmely by those prsents, Notwithstanding wch the said William Taylor the said sume of Two thousand pounds of Tobacco to him the said Henry Mitchell though often demanded hath not paid or satisfyed but the same to pay and Satisfy hath hitherto denyed, and still doth denye & refuse to pay the same Whereupon the said Henry sayth he is Damnifyed and hath Losse to the Vallue of three Thou- sand pounds of Tobacco And thereupon hee brings his suite And the said William Taylor by George Thompson his Attorney cometh & defendeth the force and Injury when &c and prayeth Lib- erty to imparle thereunto untill next Provinciall Court and Itt is granted unto him, The same Day is given to the Plantiffe Likewise
	Now here att this day to witt the Eighteenth day of ffebruary in the Sixth yeare of the Dominion of the right Honoble Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Domini 1680 Came the said partyes by their At- torneys aforesaid, and the said William Taylor by his sayd Attorney sayth That hee is not informed by the said William of any answere by him to the action of the said Henry to bee given, and nothing else sayth thereupon, By wch the said Henry Remaineth against the said William thereof wholly undefended Therefore Itt is Considered that the said Henry Mitchell Recover against the said William Taylor aswell the sume of Two Thousand pounds of Tobacco debt, as also the Sume of Thirteene hundred and eighty pounds of To- bacco Costs of Suite and the defendant in mercy &c	? 344