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March Court
1726
228 Att which said third tuesday of march to witt the Twenty first day of the same Month Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred & twenty six being the day of the return of the said Writt Cometh ye afd Joseph MccClester by his attry afd & the Sher of Somrsett County to whome ye foregoing writt was Directed Likewise Cometh and Maketh return thereof to the Court here Endorsed in these words vizt Cepi Corpus decl.n Delivered in time P Fran Allen Sher And the afd Abraham Ingram by Geo Dashiell his attry Comes & Defends the force & Injury when &c and saith that he Cannot Deny the action afd nor but that he did upon himselfe assume in Manner & forme as the afd Joseph MccClester above against him supposed nor Can he deny but that the afd Joseph hath Sustained Damages by occation of the non performance of his promise and assumption afd to one thousand and Eleven pounds of Tob.o and the same declaration before expressly Confeseth &c Therefore it is Considered by the Court here that the afd Joseph MccClester recover against the afd Abraham Ingram as well the sum of one thousand and Eleven pounds of Tob.o his damages afd in forme afd Confessed as also the sum of two hundred & Seventy one pds of Tob.o for his Costs and Charges by him about his Suite in yt part Expended To the same Joseph by ye Court here of his assent adjudged & the afd Deft in Mercy &c
might have his Body before the Justices of ^his Lordships^ our County Court ^of Somersett^ to be held at Dividing Creek the third tuesday of March then next to answer unto Jos: MccClester of a plea of trespass upon the Case &c and that thereof he should not fail &c And the said Jos MccClester by Levin Gale his attorney Declared against the said Jno Sumers in ye plea afd as followeth viz.t Somersett f John Sumers Late of Somersett County planter was attached to answer unto Joseph MccClester of a plea of trespass upon the Case &c And whereupon the said Jos: by Levin Gale his attorney Complaines y.t whereas the said Jn.o the first day of Novem Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred & twenty six at Somersett County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court was Indebted unto the said Jos in one thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds of tob.o as by Acc.o hereunto annexed may appear and being so thereof Indebted the said Jn.o in Consideration thereof the day and year afd at the place afd upon himselfe did assume and to the said Jos then & there did faithfully (promise) |
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