MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS 563

all the Judgments after November Court This Deft doth further Say that
without the Least Combination or Confederacy with the Said Brewerton to
Defeat the Complainant of his Just Right or any other person that before
the Said Brewerton was Served with any manner of writt by the Said Cald-
well and before the Supposed Extent in the Complainants Bill mentioned
he this Defendant bona fide for a good and Valuable Consideration had a
Demise from the S^d Brewerton of one hundred and Sixty Acres of Land more
or less part of Smiths Adventure in fee Simple without any trust or for the
use of the S^d Brewerton or any other for his use that it is true that Some Time
in the Spring in the year 1719 the S^a Brewerton made over to this DeP his
Cattle in trust that he the S^d Brewerton might have the benefitt of their
Milk that Spring that the Same year this Def^t delivered up the Same Bill of
Sale to the S^d Brewerton before the Execution of the Elegit and told S^d
Brewerton he would be no further Concerned and then and there disclaimed
any property in Said Goods and before the Sherr Jury and Compl^t at the
Execution of the Elegit Disclaimed any property in the S^d Brewertons Goods
and then offered to the Sherriff Some Goods the S^d Brewerton had Lodged
in the Def^ts house w^ch the Sherriff Declined to receive That the S" Brewerton
Likewise was Sued in Two Actions by the Compl^t at August Court the Same
year to Which S^d Actions this Def^t became Special Baile for the S^d Brewer-
ton and the Said Brewerton made over to him this [757] Def^t the rest of his
Land for his Security and Indemnification that the S^d two last Judgm^ts have
Since been Discharged by S^d Brewerton that this DeP hath always Since the
S^d Brewerton discharged the S^d Two Last Judgments been ready and willing
to reconvey to the S^d Brewerton or to any other person by his order the S^d
Last mentioned Land and therefore this Def^t is Somewhat Surprized at the
Compl^ts manner of proceeding Ag^t him without any Just Cause without that
That there was any Bargane and Sale made of any Land by the S^d Brewerton
to this Def^t after the Same Execution or with any Intent to Defraud any the
Creditors of the S^d Brewerton w^thout that That any other matter or thing
in the S^d Compl^ts S^d Bill of Complaint Contained Materiall Material [sic] for
this Def^t to answer unto and not herein and hereby well and Sufficiently an-
swered Traversed or Denyed is true all w^ch matters and things this Def^t is
ready to mantain and prove as this Hon^rble Court Shall award and humbly
prays to be hence Dismissed with his reasonable Costs and Charges in this
behalf most wrongfully Sustained

William Gumming Per Def^t

The af^d Alex^r Adams makes Oath that what is Contained in the afore-
going Answer as of his own Act or Certain Knowledge is true and what is
therein relating to the act or deed of another he believes to be true to the
best of his Knowledge

Sworn to before me the 7^th Day of Dec^r 1723

Benjⁿ Tasker