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June Court
1730
269 and twenty Nine Came againe as well the afd John Williamson by his attorney afd as the afd Nathaniel Horsey by his attorney afd and the afd Nathaniel Horsey by his said attorney and hereupon prayed further Leave to Imparle hereunto untill the next Court and he hath it and the Same day is Given tot eh afd plft here also &c Att which said next Court to witt the Eighteenth day of November anno Dom One thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Nine Came againe as well the afd Plft as the afd deft by their attorneys af and hereupon the Same deft by his said attorney prayed further Leave to Imparle hereunto untill the Next Court and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the afd Plft here also &c Att which said next Court to witt the seventeenth day of March anno Dom One thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Nine Came againe as well the afd John as the afd Nathaniel by their attorneys afd and whereupon the afd Nathaniel by his said attorney prays that the afd John May Give security for Costs in Case nonsuite be obtained against him in the plea afd which is by the Court Granted Thereupon a Certain William Marchment of somerset County Planter present herein Court in his proper person undertakes for the Said John Williamson that in Case he be nonsuited in the plea afd or Otherwise Legally Cast that then the said John Williamson Shall pay the Condemnation of the Court thereupon and all Costs accrewing to the said Nathaniel Horsey or that he the said William Marchment will doe it for him Whereupon the afd John Williamson by his said attorney prays that the afd Nathaniel Horsey to his declaration afd may answer but the same attorney ^of the^ afd Nathaniel says that he is not Informed by the same Nathaniel his Clyant of any answer for the same Nathaniel to the afd John in the plea afd to be given and nothing else thereof says by which the Same John Remaineth against the afd the afd Nathaniel thereof Undefended For which the Same John his damages by Occasion of the Non performance of the promise and assumption afd Command is Given to the Sherr of Somersett County that by the Oath of honest and Lawfull men of his baylywick or County afd he diligently Enquire what damages the afd John hath sustained as well by occasion of the non performance of the promise and assumption aforesaid as for his Costs and Charges by him about his Suit in that part apposed and the Inquisition which thereupon he takes to his Lordships Justices of the County Court of Somersett to be held at dividing Creek the third tuesday of June next under your Seal and the seals of them by whose Oath you make ye Same Inquisition you send together with his said Lordships writt thereof to him directed and the same day is given to the afd Nathaniel there also &c Att which said third tuesday of June to witt the Sixteenth day of The same month anno Dom one thousand Seven hundred and Thirty before his said Lordships Justices for Somerset County Court at dividing Creek Cometh the afd John Williamson by his attorney afd and the sherrif to witt John Purnall Gent.m Sherr of somerset County afd and returned a Certain Inquisition before him at the Court house in somersett County afd the sixth day of June one thousand seven hundred and thirty by the Oath of honest and Lawfull men of his bayliwick taken by which it appears that the afd John hath Sustained Damage by Occasion of the non performance of the promise and assumption afd beyound his Costs and Charges by him about his suit in that part apposed to four pounds and five pence Currant money of Maryland and for those Costs & Charges to One pound of tobacco Therefore it is Considered that the afd John Williamson Recover ag.t the aforesaid Nathaniel Horsey his damages afd ^as^ by the Inquisition afd above appears as also five hundred & thirty three pounds of tobacco for his Costs and Charges by him about his Suit in that part apposed to ye same John by ye Court here at his request ^of Increase^ adjudged which Certain Damages in the whole amount to four pounds and five pence Currant money of Maryland and five hundred and Ninty four pounds of tobacco and ye afd deft in Mercy &c |
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