Volume 840, Page 248 View pdf image |
March Court
1726
248 parish in Somersett County Planter was attached to answer unto Henry Toadvine of a plea of trespass upon the Case &c And whereupon the same Henry p George Dashiell his attorney Complains that whereas the said John in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and twenty four at Stepney Parish within the Jurisdiction of this Court was Indebted unto the same Henry in the Sum of Nine pounds six shillings and six pence Curr.t money of maryland as p acco.t hereunto annexed may in Court appear and being so thereof Indebted as afd at the time and place afd for and in Consideration afd did upon himselfe assume and to the said Henry then and there did faithfully promise that he the afd sum of Nine pounds Six Shillings and Six pence he would well and truely Content and pay and altho' three pounds thirteen shillings and Eleven Pence percell of the said debt the afd John hath paid yett as to the Residue being five pounds twelve shillings and seven Pence to the said John tho' often thereto Requested hath not paid nor in any ways Contented but the same to do hitherto hath denyed and Still doth deny and Refuse to the damage of the said Henry of Eleven Pounds five shillings and two pence and thereof he bringeth this Suite Dashiell pro Quer pledges &c Jno Doe R Roe
Jurat In Curiæ Thomas Hayward Cl A Copy of the foregoeing declaration and account were made and sent to be served on the deft with the writt in the Plea afd &a Att which said third tuesday of March to witt the twenty first day of the same month Ann.o Dom One thousand seven hundred and twenty six being the day of the Return of the said writt Cometh the afd Henry Toadvine by his attorney afd and the sherr of Somersett County to whom the foregoeing writt was directed Cometh and maketh Return thereof to the Court here Endorsed in these words vizt Cepi Corpus decl delivered in time Francis Allen sher And the afd John Holder by Levin Gale his attorney Comes and defends the force and Injury when &.c And says that he did not assume upon himselfe in manner and form as the the Plft against him hath Complained and of this he putts himselfe upon the Country &c and the Plft in Like manner Thereupon Command was given to the sherr of Somersett County that Immediately he |
||||||
Volume 840, Page 248 View pdf image |
Tell Us What You Think About the Maryland State Archives Website!
|
An Archives of Maryland electronic publication.
For information contact
mdlegal@mdarchives.state.md.us.