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March Court 1716 132 his body before his Said Lordships Justices of the next Court to be held at our Court house in the Town of Chester in Said County to answer unto William Woodland of a plea of Trespass upon ye Case . and that he have then & there the Said writ &ca. Att which Said next Court vizt the nineteenth day of March the Same Year last mentioned the day of return of Said writ Came William Frisby Gent high Sherf of Said County and made return thereof in these words thereon endorsed as folls viz.t Cepi Corpus pr Wm Ffrisby Sherf. And a Decln being fild and a Copy thereof Served therewith accord: :ing to Act of Assembly of this Province in Such Cases made &ca Kent~ County Maryland Ss William Ringgold late of Kent County Gent~ was Sumoned to Answer unto William Woodland of a plea of Trespass on the Case. And whereupon the Said Plt by John Johnson his attry complains that whereas the afd Deft~ the first day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred & Sixteen at the Parish of St. Pauls in the County afd & within the Jurisdiciõn of this Court in Consideration that the afd Plt had at the Special instance & request of the Said Deft~ and for his the Said Defts proper use and behoofe done and performed divers works labour & Services as in the Accot. hereunto annexed menconed did then and there upon himselfe assume & to the Said Plt then and there faithfully promised that he the Said Deft So much Merchantable leafe Tobacco as the Said Plt for the Said work labour & Services at the time of . the doing & performing thereof Should reasonably deserve to the Said Plt when he Should be thereunto required would well & truly content & pay And the afd Plt in fact Saith labour & Services then & there done and performed as afd at the time of the doing & performing thereof he well & reasonably derved the Sum of quantity of Seven hundred pounds of Tobacco as pr^theAccot. annexed Appears of which the Said Deft the day and year afd at the Parish County & Jurisdiciõn afd had Notice Neverthe: :less the afd Deft his promise & assumpcõns afd as to the Said Sum of Seven hundred pounds of Tobacco he hath not minded But altho’ he hath paid & Satisfied to the Said Plt the Sume of one hundred and fifty pounds of Tobacco of the afd Seven hundred pounds of Tobacco part yet the afd Deft his promise and assumption afd - as to the Sume of five hundred & fifty pounds of Tobo of ye afd Seven |
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