606 MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS

swer unto Thomas Brooke of Prince Georges County In the Province of
Maryland Esq^r in a Plea that he render unto him four hundred and Ninety
Seven Pounds fifteen shillings Which to him he Ows and Unjustly De-
tains etc:

And Whereupon the said Thomas Brooke by Edmond Jennings his at-
torney saith that whereas the Afores" Thomas Macnemara father of the Said
Michael Whose Son and Heir the Said Michael is In his lifetime Viz^t: The
twelfth Day of June in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
Eighteen in Ann Arundell County afs^d by his Certain Writing Obligatory
Sealed With the Seale of the said Thomas Macnemara in his lifetime Whose
Date is the Day and Year Afores^t Acknowledged himself to be held and
firmly bound unto the said Thomas Brooke in the Sum of four hundred and
Ninety Seven Pounds fifteen shillings Current Money to be Paid to the said
Thomas Brooke When he the said Thomas Macnemara should be thereunto
Requested And to the same Payment well and truly to [803] Be Made the
said Thomas Macnemara Did Bind himself And his Heirs by the Said Writ-
ing Nevertheless the said Thomas Macnemara in his Lifetime Altho' often
Requested And the said Michael Son And Heir of the said Thomas Macne-
mara After the Death of the said Thomas Macnemara (altho' often Re-
quested Viz^t: the first Day of Aprill In the Year of Our Lord One thousand
Seven Hundred and Twenty Six in the County Afores^t the Said four Hun-
dred and Ninety Seven Pounds fifteen shillings Current Money to the said
Thomas Brooke hath not Paid But the same to him the said Thomas Brooke
the said Thomas Macnemara in his Lifetime And the said Michael after the
Death of the Said Thomas Macnemara to Pay hath refused And the said
Michael After the Death of the said Thomas Macnemara to Pay the Same
to the Said Thomas Brooke Still refuses to the Damage of the said Thomas
Brooke Six Hundred Pounds Current Money and therefore he brings this
Suit etc: And the Said Thomas Brooke brings hereinto Court the Writing
Obligatory Afores^d Whose Date is the Day and Year afores^d And Which Tes-
tifies the Debt in forme and Manner Aforesaid.
Pledges etc: John Doe and Richard Roe

And the Afores^d Michael Macnemara by Joshua George and Michael
Howard his attorneys Comes and Defends the force and Injury When etc:
And Prays leave to imparle hereunto Untill Next Court And he hath it And
the same Day is Given to the Plantiff Also. At Which Said next Court To
Witt the Sixteenth Day of May Anno Dom: Seventeen Hundred and Twenty
Seven Come Again the said Parties Plantiff and Defendant by their Attor-
neys Afores^d And the said Defend^t by his Said Attorneys Prays further leave
to imparle hereunto Untill Next Court and he hath it And the same Day is
given to the Plaiiiiir Also. At Which Said next Cuuit To Witt the r/^tk Day
of October Anno Dom: 1727 Come again the Said Parties Plantiff and De-
fendant by their Attorneys afs^d And the said Defendant by his said Attorneys