MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS 557

That Y^r Petitioner Conceives he is Agrieved by the S^d Decree for that
it is not Agreeable to Equity and humbly beggs Leave to Appeale from the
Said Decree to the High Court of Appeals on the Petitioners Entering into
Bond for the Due prosecution of the Said Appeale and that Transcript of
the Proceedings in this Court relating to this Cause may be made out to be
filed with the Clerk of the Court of Appeals that y^r Pet^r may According to
the usual Time file his reasons in the Court of Appeals.

And Y^r Pet^r as in Duty Bound will ever pray

Alex^r Adams

On the fourth Day of May Anno Dom Seventeen hundred Twenty and
Seven his Excell^y the Chancl^r granted the aforegoing Petⁿ upon giving good
Security in Three hundred pounds Sterling Penalty for the Due Prosecuting
of the Appeale mentioned in the Petⁿ af^d

Thereupon the fifth Day of May af^d the Said Alexander Adams with Ja"
and Henry Donaldson his Sureties Signed and Executed a Bond in the
Penalty aforementioned for the Due Prosecuting the Appeale af^d w^th Effect
from the Said Decree of the High Court of Chancery which Decree and the
Whole Proceedings thereunto relating (amongst other things in the Records
of the Chancery Court) are as follow Viz^e

MARYLAND ss^t At a Chancery Court held at the City of Annapolis in
Ann" County on Tuesday the i6^th Day of Feb^ry in the io^th year of his Lord-
ships Dominion etc. Annoque Dom 1724.
[751] Present: the Hon^rble Rich^d Tilghman Ward Esq^r, Chanl^r

John Caldwell v Adams and Brewerton

Be it Remembred that Heretofore (To Witt) the fifth Day of Aug^t
Anno Dom one Thousand Seven hundred Twenty and one before the
Hon^rble W^m Holland Esq^r then Chancellor of Maryland and Keeper of the
great Seale thereof came into his Lordships the Right Hon^rble the Lord
Propry's High Court of Chancery John Caldwell of Somersett County and

Exhihifterl his Rill of Complaint Ag^t Alexander Adams Clerk and W^m Brew-
erton of the Same County in the following words Viz^t

To the Hon^rble W^m Holland Esq^r Chancell^r of Maryland Most Humbly
Complaining Sheweth unto y^r Honour y^r daily [sic] Oral¹" John Caldwell of
Somersett County that one W^m Brewerton of the Same County became In-
debted to y^r Orat^r in a Considerable Quantity of Tobacco at a Time when
Tobacco was very Valuable w^ch the S^d Brewerton Through the Instigation (as
y^r Orator believes and Doubts not to Prove) of one Alexander Adams Clerk
refused to pay Wherefore Y^r Orator to his Inclination was Constrained to
Commence his Action or Actions at Law Ag^t the Said Brewerton in Somer-
sett County Wherein he recovered Damages and Costs of W^ch Recovery he
Could have the disired Effect Through the Artifices of the S^d Adams who