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643) Him in Talbott County Court upon two of her said penall bonds the Condicons of which the Complt was and all wayes has beene ready to Comply with upon the sd Roberts performeing the agreement aforesd The which to doe he still refused To which the sd Robert Smith Esq.r by his said Attorney answered that true it was he did about the tyme in the bill for that purpose memoved enter into Communicacon and make such Contract and agreement with the Complt for the sale of those Lands therein named but denyes that he ever refused to execute or Acknowledge such deeds as were Essentially requisite for secureing and Transferring the premisses to the Complt And the Defendant further saith that it is true he did alsoe by the sd Agreement sell and dispose of all such dwelling houses out houses stock of Cattle horses sheepe hoggs and other stock them standing growing and being upon the said land soe Contracted for by the Defend.t with the Complt but does possitively denye that any part of the sd Cattle horse sheep or other live stock were taken away by the presponder or any other person by his order privity or Consent after the makeing such Contract or Agreement as aforesaid Although the same was falsly suggested in the bill And as to the sume of Eighteene Thousand pounds of Toba pretended by the Complt to be pd the Defendant in part of payment for the said land soe contracted for by the Defend.t to the Complt The said Defd.t does Aver that he nor any other person by his order did ever receive the sume of Eighteene thousand pounds of Toba or any other sume w.tsoever from the Complt upon the sd Consideracon But did Confess he had received some Tobaccoe of the Complt since the makeing of the sd Contract or Agreem.t but does Affirme the sume was pd him by the Complt towards the satisfaction and upon the Account of a certaine bill or writeing under the hand and Seale of the Complt for seaven thousand five hundred pounds of Toba Which said bill bears date the sixth day of May 1693 and became due and payable long before any of the lands in the Complts bill set forth and that he is ready and willing to give the Complt Creditt for the same by Endorsement on the back of the said bill To all which answer the sd Complt for replicacon sayes that his said bill of Complt is very true cert and sufficient in law to be by him the sd Defendant answered unto and that all and evry the matters and Allegacons therein Contained are by him therein sett forth upon good cause Just ground and occasion of suite and the Complt further saith that the said Defendants said Answer is very uncert untrue and insufficient in the law to be by him this Complt replyd unto Nevertheless all Advantages and benefitt of Exception to the |
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