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Aprill Court 1702 //
Trespass upon the Case ~ And whereupon the Said Michael in his proper prson in prosecution of the accon afd Complaineth and Sayth that whereas the Said Testr. in his life time to wit ^in the year of our Lord God one thousand Six hundred ninety Eight; one thousand Six hundred ninety nine Annd Anno 1700 in Talbot County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court At the Special Instance And request of the Said Testator and for the proper use and Ser: :vice of him the Said Testatr he the Sd Michael did Severall Services paid Severall Sume of Tobacco and delivered Sevrll Sums of Mony unto the Said Testatr. in his lifetime As by An Account hereunto Annexed and here in Court brought the Same appeares Amounting in the whole to the Sum One thousand three hundred ninety three pounds of tobo. In Consideration Whereof the Said Testatr. in his lifetime upon himself Assumed And unto the Said Michaell faithfully promised that he the Said Testatr. the afd Sume of thirteen hundred ninety three pounds of tobo. unto the Said Michaell he would well and truly pay when thereunto Afterwards required Yet Notwithstanding the Said Testatr. in his life time the thirteen hundred ninety three pds of tobacco According to his promise and Assumption unto the Said Michaell he would not pay altho’ often demanded ~ Neither did the Said Mary when Sole after the decease of the Said Testatr. pay the Same Altho’ often required (and letters Testry in due form of Law Committed &ca.) Neither hath ye: Said Henry and Mary nor either of them Since their Inter: =Marriage paid the Same altho thereunto often required but the Same to pay they and evry of them have denyed and re: : fused and Still doth deny and refuse and unjustly detaine to the damage of the Said Michaell 2700lb tobo. And there :upon he brings this Suit. Earle in prpr prsona plegs &ca. Jno Doe R Roe
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