Volume 861, Page 40b View pdf image |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||||
November
Court
1740
40
of a plea of trespass upon the Case &.a And the same day is given to the afd Joshua there &a And hereupon the afd Joshua declared against the aforesaid Alexander in the plea aforesaid in form following Somerset County ss Alexander M.cCants Late of Somerset County Schoolmaster was attached to answer unto Joshua Caldwell of a plea of trespass upon the Case &a And whereupon the said Joshua by Francis Allen his attorney Complaines that whereas the said Alexander the first day of November Anno Dom seventeen hundred and thirty four at the County of Somerset af.d within the Jurisdiction of this Court was Indebted unto the said Joshua in twelve hundred and Sixty pounds of tobacco for Sundrys properly Chargeable in Acc.t as by acc.t hereunto annexed may appear and being so thereof Indebted the said Alexander in Consideration thereof the day and year af.d at the County af.d upon himself did assume and to the said Joshua then and there did faithfully promise that he the said Alexander the said twelve hundred and Sixty pounds of tobacco to the said Joshua when he should be thereunto requested he would well and faithfully pay and Content Nevertheless the said Alexander his promise and assumption af.d in form af.d made nothing regarding but plotting and fraudulently Intending the said Joshua in that pte Craftily and Subtilly to deceive and defraud the said twelve hundred and Sixty pounds of tobacco to the said Joshua hath not paid or Contented altho' the same to do the said Alexander by the said Joshua on the af.d first day of November in the year af.d and often afterwards at Somerset County af.d he was thereunto requested but the same to him hitherto to pay hath refused and Still doth refuse and Deny Whereupon the said Joshua saith he is worse and hath damage to the value of twenty five hundred pounds of tobacco and thereupon he brings Suit &c
A Copy of the foregoeing declaration and account were made and sent to be Served on the defend.ts according to act of assembly in such Case made and provided Att which day here Came the aforesaid Joshua Caldwell by his attorney aforesaid and the Sheriffe to witt John Handy Gent now here returned that he had taken the aforesaid Alexander McCants whose body here at this day he had here Ready to answer unto the aforesaid Joshua Caldwell of the aforesaid plea as to him it was Commanded And further the aforesaid Sheriffe Returned that he had served the afd Alexander MccCants with a Copy of the above declaration and account in Order for a speedy Tryall And and the aforesaid Alexander McCants in his proper person Cometh and defendeth the force and Injury when &c and saith that he Cannot deny the Action of the af.d Joshua Caldwell nor but that he did Assume upon himself in manner and form as the af.d Joshua above against him hath Complained and as to the damage of the same Joshua by him by Occasion of the premisses in that part Sustained the same Alexander McCants saith and Acknowledgeth that the af.d Joshua hath Sustained Damages by Occasion of the premisses |
![]() | ||||||
![]() | |||||||
![]() |
Volume 861, Page 40b View pdf image |
Tell Us What You Think About the Maryland State Archives Website!
|
An Archives of Maryland electronic publication.
For information contact
msa.helpdesk@maryland.gov.