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he Render unto him the sum of one hundred pounds sterling money of great Britain which unto him he oweth and unjustly detaineth &c And Whereupon the same Thomas Fletcher by William Beckingham his attorney saith that whereas the af.d Thomas Lambden the second day of february Anno Dom seventeen hundred thirty and six at Somerset County af.d by his certain writing obligatory had granted himself to be bound unto the af.d Thomas Fletcher in the af.d sum of one hundred pounds sterling money of great Britian to be paid unto the said Thomas Fletcher when thereof afterwards he should be required Nevertheless the af.d Thomas Lambden altho often required the af.d sum of one hundred pounds sterling money of great Britain or any penny thereof unto the af.d Thomas Fletcher hath not paid but that unto him hitherto to pay altogether hath refused and still doth refuse and still doth refuse to the damage of the same Thomas Fletcher one hundred and fifty pounds sterling money of great britian and thereupon he bringeth suit &c And doth bring hereinto Court the Writing obligatory af.d which the debt af.d in form af.d testifies the date whereof is the same day and year af.d &c Pledges &c John Doe & R Roe And the aforesaid Thomas Lambden by William Goldsborough his attorney Cometh and defendeth the force and Injury when &.c and saith that he Cannot deny the action afd of the afd Thomas Fletcher nor but that the writing obligatory afd is the deed of the same Thomas Lambden nor but that he oweth the Same Thomas Fletcher the afd one hundred pounds Sterling money of Great Brittain in manner and form as the aforesaid Thomas Fletcher above against him declared Therefore it is Considered that the afd Thomas Fletcher recover against the afd Thomas Lambden his debt afd and his damages by Occasion of the detaining of the Same debt to Two hundred and ninty Nine pounds of tobacco to the Same Thomas Fletcher of his assent by the Court here adjudged and the afd Thomas Lambden in Mercy &c
af.d Clerk of a plea that he render unto him the sum of two hundred pounds Curr.t money of the province |
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