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March Court
1741
255 in the aforesaid Sum of forty pounds on demand Nevertheless the said Samuel the aforesaid Sum of forty pounds or any part thereof to the Same James hath not paid altho' Often Required but the Same to pay or Content hath hitherto altogether denyed and still doth deny and unjustly detaine whereupon the Same James saith he is damnifyed and damage hath to the Value of forty pounds Curr.t money of Maryland and thereof he brings suit &a pledges &c Jno Doe & R Roe And the aforesaid Samuel Mills by George Douglas his attorney Comes and defends the force and Injury when &.a and Saith that he Cannot deny the action aforesaid of the aforesaid James Stephen Bredell nr Can he say but that the Writing Obligatory afd is the deed of the Same Samuel Mills nor but that he Owes the Same James Stephen Bredell the aforesaid forty pounds Curr.t money of Maryland in manner and form as the aforesaid James Stephen Bredell ^above^ against him declared &a Therefore it is Considered that the aforesaid James Stephen Bredell Recover against the aforesaid Samuel Mills his debt aforesaid and his damages by Occasion of the detention of the Same debt to 294 Two hundred and Ninety Four pounds of tobacco to the Same James Stephen Bredell of his assent by the Court here adjudged and the aforesaid Samuel in Mercy &c
And Whereupon the said Denton by Robert Jenckins Henry his attorney says that whereas the said William on the XX day of August Ann Dom MDCCXL at the County aforesaid by his Certain Writing Obligatory which the said Denton sealed with the Seal of the said William hereinto Court brings whose date is the day and Year aforesd did Acknowledged himselfe to be held and firmly bound to the said Denton in the said Sum of Eighteen pounds Eight Shillings Currant money to be paid to the said Denton when ^thereto^ he should afterwards be required Nevertheless the said William the said Sum of Eighteen pounds Eight Shillings to the said Denton he hath not Rendered but that to doe hitherto hath denied and Still doth deny and unjustly detain altho' ^thereto^ afterwards to witt on the first day of Janry Anno Dom MDCCXL at the County aforesaid and Often Since that time by the said Denton required to the damage of the said Denton of thirty pounds Currant money afd and thereof he brings Suit &a Pledges Jno Doe & R Roe And Whereupon the said William Beavins by George Douglas his attorney Comes and defends the force and Injury when &.a and Saith that he Cannot deny the action aforesaid of the aforesaid Denton Carroll nor Can he say but that the Writing Obligatory afd is the deed of the Same William nor but that he Owes the Same Denton the aforesaid Eighteen pounds Eight Shillings Curr.t money of Maryland in Manner and form as the aforesaid Denton above against him hath declared &.a Therefore it is Considered that the aforesaid Denton Carroll Recover against the afd William Beavins his debt aforesaid and his damages by Occasion of the detention of the Same debt to |
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