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June Court
1728
111 Auditors to hear the said accounts of the said francis whilst he was bailife and receiver as afd as fully and amply as any auditors in Such Cases might or ought to doe, which said Auditors have given day untill the next Court to make their award in the premisses afd and the same day is given to the afd Parties here also Att which said Next Court to witt the Eighteenth day of June ann.o Dom one thousand seven hundred and twenty Eight Came againe as well the afd John Donelson & James Martin as the afd francis Lane by their attorneys afds and the afd auditors on the same day between Returned to the Court their award of the Account between the parties afd the tenor whereof followeth in these words viz.t Pursuant to a Commission Ishued out of Somrsett Co.ty Court dated the 22.sd day of March 1727: Directed to us Tho.s Blair, Nathaniel Barber and Isaac Morris to be Auditors Between Jn.o Donelson & James Martin Plantifs and Francis Land Defend.t haveing Duely and Impartialy Examined all Books Papers & acc.ts produced to us by the said Parties as also the Parties themselves doe find Due from the said Francis Lane D.r to Jno Donelson and James Martin P.ts the Sum of Sixty five Pounds two Shill.s Maryland Currency as Wittness our hands & Seals this 28.th day of March 1728 Thomas Blair Nath.l Barber Isaac Morris Which being Read and heard &.c Therefore it is Considered by the Court here the Eighteenth day of June anno Dom One thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Eight that the afd John Donelson and James Martin Recover against the afd francis Lane sixty five pounds Maryland Currentcy their damages afd by the arbitrators afd found as appears by the above award 389 as also three hundred and Eighty Nine pounds of tobacco for their Costs and Charges by them about their Suite in that Part Laid out and Expended to the same Jn.o Donelson and James Martin by the Court here of their assent adjudged and ye afd deft in mercy &c
attorney Complains that Whereas the afd John Dennis the tenth day of November anno Dom one thousand Seven hundred and twenty Seven at Somersett County within the Jurisdiction of this Court was possessed at Six hundred foot of Cyprus Plank of the value of five pounds Curr.t Mony as his proper plank and so thereof being Indebted Possessed ye said Jno Dennis the Same plank afterwards viz.t the Same day and year afd at Somersett County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court out of his hands and possession Causually Lost and was wanting which said plank |
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