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August Court 1762 169 Which the Said Ezekiell Sealed with the Seal of the afd. Elijah here in Court Shews whose date is the day and Year did Acknowledge himself to be held and firmly bound unto the Said Ezekiell in the afd. Sum of Seventy Eight pounds Curt Money to be paid unto the Said Ezekiell when he Should be thereto Afterwards Required he would pay & Content Nevertheless the afd. Elijah altho often Required the afd. Sum of Money unto the Said Ezekiell he hath not Rendred but the Same to him to Render hath denyed and Still doth deny and unjustly detain Whereupon the Said Ezekiell Says he is Worse and hath damage to the Value of One hundred pounds Curt Money & thereof he brings Suit &c Pledges &c. J: Doe & R: Roe And the afd. Elijah Wood by his Attorney afd. Comes and defends the force and Injury when &c & Prays Leave thereof to Imparle here untill next Court to be held at Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of June then next following and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the afd. Ezekiell here also &c Att which day here Came the afd. Ezekiell as the afd. Elijah by their Attorneys afd. And hereupon the Said Elijah prays further Leave thereof to Imparle here untill next Court to be held at Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of August then next following and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the afd. Ezekiell here also &c. Att which day here Came as well the afd. Ezekiell as the afd. Elijah by their Attorneys afd. And hereupon the Said Elijah prays further Leave thereof to Imparle here untill next Court to be held at Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of November then next following and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the afd. Ezekiell here also &c Att which day here Came as well the afd. Ezekiell as the afd. Elijah by their Attorneys afd. And hereupon the Said Elijah by their Attorneys afd. And hereupon the Said Elijah prays further Leave thereof to Imparle here untill next Court to be held at Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of March then next following and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the afd. Ezekiell here also &c Att which day here Came as well the afd. Ezekiell as the afd. Elijah by their Attorneys afd. And hereupon the Said Elijah prays further Leave thereof to Imparle here untill next Court to be held at Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of June then next following and he hath it And the Same day is Given to the afd. Ezekiell here also &c Att which day here Came as well the afd. Ezekiell as the afd. Elijah by their Attorneys afd. And hereupon the Said Elijah prays further Leave thereof to Imparle here untill next Court to be held at Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of August then next following and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the afd. Ezekiell here also &c Att which day here Came as well the afd. Ezekiell as the afd. Elijah by their Attorneys afd. and hereupon the Said Elijah as before defends the force and Injury when &c. And Saith that he Cannot deny the Action afd. of the afd. Ezekiell nor but that the Writing Obligatory afd. is the deed of him the Said Elijah nor but that he Owes the afd. Ezekiell the afd. Seventy Eight pounds Curt Money in Manner and form as the afd. Ezekiell Above Against him hath declared Therefore it is Considered that the afd. Ezekiell Mathis Recover Against Elijah Wood his Debt afd. and his Damages by Occasion of the detention of that Same debt to 302 : Pounds of Tobacco to the Same Ezekiell of his Assent by the Court here Adjudged and the afd. Elijah in Mercy &c
before the Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somerset to be held at Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of November Anno Dom. one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty To Answer unto Ezekiell Mathews of A plea that he Render him the Sum of Seventy Eight Pounds Curt Money of Maryland which to him he Owes & Unjustly Detains and So forth And the Same day is Given to the afd. Ezekiell here &c Att which day here Came the afd. Ezekiell Mathis by Littleton Dennis his Attorney and the Sheriff to Witt John Dennis Gent now here Returned that he had taken the afd. Isaac Mathis Whose body here at this day he had Ready to Answer the afd. Ezekiell Mathis of the afd. plea as to him it was Commanded Whereupon the Said Isaac Mathis at the prayer of the afd. Ezekiell Mathis is Adjudged to Give Special Bail to the Action afd. Thereupon a Certain Benjamin Benston of Somerset County Planter present herein |
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