MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS 561

Twenty four Thousand pounds of Tobacco to recover the Said Land Last
mentioned to the Def^t which he the Said Adams Afterw^as refused to do Al-
ledging that his So doing would be an Evidence of fraud and give the Compl^t
Some advantage Agt him but yet keeps every foot of the Land having paid in
all to the Compl^t only Three Thousand Six hundred and forty pounds of
Tobacco or Thereabouts that this Def^t Knows of that the Def^t made over all
his Cattle to the Said Adams and Deliv^t part of them to him or his ord^r and
carried Some of his Household Goods to his house with Intent to prevent
their being Taken in Execution by the Comp^ll with the Said Adams Consent
and privity without that any Matter or thing in the Compl^ts bill Contained
and herein and hereby well and Sufficiently answered Traversed or Denyed
all which Matters and things this Def^t is ready to aver and mantain as the
Court Shall Direct and prays to be hence Dismissed with his reasonable Costs
most Wrnngfully Sustained.

21^st Feb^ry 1722. The Defendant W^m Brewerton Makes Oath that the
facts Contained in the foregoing Answer as of his own knowledge are true
and what relates to the Acts of Others he believes to be True

Sworn to before Benj^a Tasker

Thereupon the Said Cause Stands further Continued Untill the Next
Court at w^ch Said Court (To Witt) the Ninth Day of July Anno Dom 1723
Comes as well the Said Complainant by his Council as the Def^t Adams by his
S^d Council and thereupon the Def Adams his Demurrer to the Complainants
Said Bill Coming to be Argued before his Honour the Chancellor in pres-
ence of the Complainants and Defendants Adams Council and the Allega-
tions on Both Sides being fully heard and Mature deliberation thereupon
had it was ordered that the [755] Demurrer be overruled and that the De-
fendant Adams answer be filed by the Next Court and also Decreed that the
Defendant Adams Pay Six hundred pounds of Tob^o for the Delay etc.

And Thereupon this Cause Stands Continued from Court to Court Un-
till the 18^th Day of Feb^ry Anno Dom 1723 At which Said i8^th Day of Feb^ry
Come as well the S^d Compl^t by by [sic] his Councill af^d as the Def^t Adams by
his Council and thereupon the Said Adams by his Said Council Exhibited
his answer which follows in these words Viz^t

The Seperate answer of Alexander Adams of Somersett County Clerk one of
the Def^tB to the Bill of Complaint of John Caldwell Complainant

This Defend^t IMJW and at all Times hereafter Saving and reserving to
himself all and all manner of Benefitt and Advantage of Exception to the
Manifold incertainties and Insufficiencies of the Compl^ts S^d Bill of Compl^t
for answer thereto or to So much thereof as this Def^t is Advised is anywise
materiall for him to answer unto Answereth and Saith he believes that W^m
Brewerton the other Def^t in the Bill mentioned was indebted to the Compl^t