| Volume 839, Page 172b View pdf image |
|
March Court
1723
172 of march ann Dom one thousand seven hundred and twenty three Come again the said partys by their attorneys afd and the attorney of the said deft says that he is not Informed by the same deft his Clyant of any answer to be given to the afd plft in the plea afd and nothing Els thereof says whereby the same plft remains agt the same deft thereof undefended Butt because it is unknown to the Justices here what damages the said Levin Covington hath sustained by occasion of the premises afd thereupon the Justices hereat the prayer of the afd Levin Covington and by the Consent of the said John Evans according to act of assembly do asses the damages of the said Levin by occasion of the premisses besides his Costs and Charges to seven hundred & fifty pipe staves Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here the same day & year Last mentioned that the said Levin Covington Recover against the said John Evans as well the sum of seven hundred & fifty pipe staves (275) his damages afd in form afd assesed as also the sum of Two hundred & seventy five pounds of tobacco by the Court here adjudged unto him for his Costs and Charges by him about his suite in this behalf Laid Out & Expended & the deft in Mercy &c
And whereupon the same Lazarus and Sarah by Levin Gale their attorney Complain that whereas the afd Randall in his Lifetime the tenth day of may one thousand seven hundred and twenty at Somersett County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court was Indebted unto the afd Levin Woollford in his Lifetime in the sum of three pounds five shillings & Eleven pence halfe penny Curr.t money and Ninty six pounds and a halfe of Pork and forty pounds of tobacco as by acco.t herewith in Court produced may appear and so thereof being Indebted the same Randall in his Lifetime afterwards to witt the day & and year afd at ye County afd within the Jurisdiction afd upon himselfe assumed and to the same Levin Woollford in his Life time then and there faithfully promised that he when afterwards should be thereunto requested he the afd sum of three pounds five shillings and Eleven pence halfe penny Ninty six pounds and a halfe of porke and forty pounds of tobacco to the afd Levin Woollford he would well and faithfully Content and pay Nevertheless the afd Randall in his Life time and the afd Charles since his death the promise and assumption afd of the afd Randall in his Life time in form afd made Little regarding but plotting and fraudulently Intending the afd Levin Woollford in his LIfe time and the afd Sarah since the death of the sd Levin Woollford and the afd Lazarus and Sarah since the Espousalls between them Celebrated in that part to defraud & deceive Neither the afd Randall in his Life time nor the afd Charles since his death the afd sum of three pounds five shillings & Eleven pence halfe penny and Ninty six & a halfe pounds of pork and forty pounds of tobacco or any part thereof to ye afd Levin Woollford in his Life time or the afd Sarah since his death the afd Lazarus & Sarah since the Espousalls between them Celebrated hath not paid or in any ways Contented altho' the afd Randall in his Life time afterwards the tenth day of June One thousand seven hundred and twenty one and the afd Charles since the death of the afd Randall that is to say the tenth day of June one thousand seven hundred and twenty three two by the afd Lazarus and Sarah since the Espousalls between them Celebrated at the Somersett County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court was thereunto requested but they and Each of (them) |
||||
|
| ||||
|
| ||||
| Volume 839, Page 172b View pdf image |
An Archives of Maryland electronic publication.
For information contact
mdlegal@mdarchives.state.md.us.