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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1733-1735
Volume 846, Page 23   View pdf image
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June Court          1733                23

and afterwards Immediately Came thereof the Jurors &.c  and the Jurors of that Same Jury by Joshua
Caldwell Gent sheriffe of the the County afd to this Impannelled being Called Came to witt William Handy
John Scarbrough Michael Disharoon, John Webb Edward Beachamp, Joshua Sturges, Hutton Hill, John
Johnson David Hutson William White David Hazzard & Thomas Collins who to say the truth of
and upon the premisses being Elected tryed and Sworne upon their Oath did Say that the afd Luke
Bowen did assume upon himselfe in manner and form as the afd Grace Webb above against him hath
Complained and did assess the damages of the Same Grace by Occasion of the Non performance of
the promise afd and assumption afd beyound her Costs and Charges by her about her Suit in that part
apposed to five pounds Currant money of Maryland and for those Costs and Charges to one pounds of
tobacco &c                  thereupon the said Luke Bowen by his attorney afd prays that noe Judgment
may be given on the verdict afd against him on the part of the afd Grace Webb for the Reasons following
viz.t that the damages are Intire where they ought to be severed      that it does not appear
by the declaration that there was any note in Writing Concerning the promise about the Land

             Whereupon all and Singular the premises by the Court here seen heard and fully understood
and mature deliberation thereupon had wherefore it seems to the Justices here that the declaration
afd of the afd Grace Webb in manner and form afd declared and the matter in the same specified
are not Sufficient in the Law to give Judgm.t on the verdict afd for the damages afd by the Jurors
afd in form afd assessed &.c
                                              Thereof it is Considered that the afd Grace Webb take nothing by her
writt and declaration afd but be in mercy for her falce Clamour and that the said Luke Bowen
goe thereof without day &c
                                           Whereupon the afd Grace Webb by Francis Allen her attorney prays
the Court that according to an act of assembly in Such Case provided; that in a Sumary way
they would dissolve themselves into a Court of Chancery and determine the Caus afd according to
the Rules of Equity and good Conscience which is to her Granted      Whereupon all and Singular
the Severall allegations as well on the part of the afd Grace Webb as on the part of the afd
Luke Bowen being by the Court weighed and Maturally and Equitably Considered &c

    Therefore by the Justices it is decreed and adjudged that the afd Grace Webb Recover against
the afd Luke Bowen the afd five pounds Currant money of Maryland her damages by the Jurors
1284   afd assessed as also Twelve hundred & Eighty four                           pounds of tobo by
the Same Court for her Costs and Charges by her about her Suit in that part apposed and ye afd
deft in mercy &c


TB:  Robert Boardman et uxor
          admrx of Nicholas Murphy
                              @
FA  Edward Cluffe
 Somerset County ss  Edwd Cluffe Late of Somerset County
Blacksmith als dict Edwd Cluffe of Duck Creek Kent
County upon Delaware smith was Sumoned to Answer
to Rob.t Boardman and Mary his wife as the said
                                                                            (Mary



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