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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1723-1725
Volume 839, Page 179b   View pdf image
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March Court                1723                179
Tobacco his damages afd in form afd by the Justices assesed as also the sum of three hundred & Twenty five
325   pounds of tobacco by the Court here adjudged unto him for his Costs and Charges by him about his suite in this behalfe
Laid Out & Expended & ye Deft in mercy &c


G: D:  Christopher Piper
                        agt
F A:  James Feillett
 Somersett fs:    James Feillett Late of Stepney Parish in Somersett County Doctor
was attached to answer unto Christopher Piper of a plea of trespass upon the Case &c
And whereupon the said Christopher by George Dashiell his attorney Complaines that whereas
             the afd James the tenth day of march ann Dom one thousand seven hundred and twenty One at the parish afd
within the Jurisdiction of this Court was Indebted unto the Said Christopher in the sum of One thousand four hundred
and fifty pounds of tobacco as P acco.t hereunto annext may in Court appear and the said James Being Indebted as afd
for and in Consideration afd at the time and place afd did upon himselfe assume and to the said Christopher then and there
did faithfully promise that the afd one thousand four hundred and fifty pounds of tobacco he would well faithfully pay when
he should be thereto requested and altho' seven hundred and thirty pounds of tobacco part of the said debt the said James
hath paid yett as to the residue being seven hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco part of the said debt unto the said Christopher
the said James according to his promise and assumption afd hath not paid (altho' often thereunto requested)
but that the same to pay hath refused and still doth refuse to the Loss and damage of the said Christopher of Fourteen
hundred and forty pounds of tobacco and thereupon he brings this Suite   Dashiell P Quer Pledges &c Jno Doe Richd Roe
M.r James Feillett
To 3 sows and Piggs at 100
To 1 Bedstead at 100
To halfe a barrell of Corn
To ye rent of a plantation

Ballance due to me Chr Piper
 Dr
0300
0100
0050
1000 
1450
  730
 march ye 10th day 1721
         By Creditt in 1721 march
By 2 Narrow axes at 42 pence
By 2 adzes at 86 P adz
By 1 hilling hod at 36
By 1 pair of hinges at 20
By 2 gall Mollasses 60
By pair of Compasses at 48
By 1 Curb bridle at 30
By Physick had for my wife he Charged
084
072
086
020
060
048
030
380
730
                                                 Errors Excepted P me Christopher Piper
November ye 16.th 1723 Came Christopher Piper and made Oath in due form that the above accot is Just and
true   Sworn before me   Jno Handy
          And the the said James Feillett by Francis Allen his attorney Comes and defends the force and Injury when &c and says
prays Leave to Imparle hereunto untill the next Court and he hath it and the same day is given to the plft
also      A which said next Court to witt the seventeenth day of March ann Dom one thousand seven hundred
twenty there Come againe as well the said plft by his attorney afd as the said deft by his attorney afd and the same
attorney says that he is not Informed by the same James Feillett his Clyant of any answer by the same deft to the afd
plft in the plea afd to be given and nothing Else thereof says by that the same plft remains thereof against the afd
Deft thereof undefended &c  for which him the said plft ought to recover his damages against the said deft by reason
of the premisses afd &c   Whereupon at the prayer of the same plft and by the Consent of the afd deft the Justices
here do assess the damages of the same plft (according to act of assembly in Such Case provided) by occasion of the premisses
afd besides his Costs and Charges by him about his Suite in this part Expended to six hundred and Nine pounds of tobacco &c
             Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here the same day & year Last mentioned that the said Christopher
Piper recover against the said James Feillett as well the sum of six hundred & Nine pounds of tobacco by the Court his
damages afd in form afd by the Justices assessed   as also the sum of three hundred & seventy five
(275)   pounds of tobacco by the Court here adjudged unto him for his Costs and Charges by him about his Suite in this part Expended
& ye deft in mercy &c


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