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August Court Anno Domini 1747
(169) M.cQuid sealed and here in Court Produced whose date is the day and year afs.d acknowledged himself to be held and firmly bound unto the said Mess.rs Stephenson and Steel in the afs.d sum of Three Thousand Pounds of Tobacco to be paid to the said Stephenson and Steel when thereunto afterwards he should be requested Nevertheless the said Patrick M.cQuid altho' often Requested the said sum of Three Thousand Pounds of Tobacco as afs.d or any Part thereof to the said Mess.rs Stephenson & Steel hath not Paid or in any sort Contented but the same to them the said Mess.rs Stephenson & Steel to Pay or in any sort to Content hath hitherto altogether Refused and still doth Refuse to the Damage of them the said Mess.rs Stephenson & Steel Six Thous.d Pounds of Tobacco as afs.d and therefore suit is brought and so forth John Doe Pled.s &c.a & Richd Roe and the aforesaid Patrick M.cQuid by Jeremiah Chase his attorney Comes & Defends the force and Injury when and so forth and prays a hearing of the s.d Writing obligatory and it is Read unto him in these words following to wit The Condition of the above obligation is such that the above bound Patrick M.cQuid do and shall well and truly pay or Cause to be paid unto the said Stephenson and Steel or their Certain Attorneys Executors Adm.rs or Assigns the just sum of Nine Pounds Seven shillings and Six pence Currency or Fifteen Hundred w.t of Tobacco as above Mentioned at or upon the Tenth day of May Next Ensuing the date hereof with Legal Interest for the same then the above obligation to be Void Else to Remain in full force and Virtue in Law but if Default be made in the payment of the said sum of Tobacco or money of said Province then I Impower ay attorney in any Court of Record in the Realms of great Britain France or Ireland or within the Province of Maryland or other his majesty's Dominions to appear for me at the suit of the above mentioned Stephenson & Steel and to Receive a Declaration on the above obligation & thereupon to Confess Jud by Nildicit Cognovit Actionem Nonsum Informatus otherwise hereby Releasing all the Errors that may happen upon the said Judgment suing out Exception thereupon or in any of the proceedings thereunto Relating Which being Read and heard the said Patrick by his attorney afs.d Comes and Defends the force and Injury when &C.a and the said attorney saith that he is not Informed by the same Patrick of any answer to make for the said Patrick to the said Stephenson and Steel in the Premises nor hath he any other thing to say thereof in Barr or Preclusion of the action ^of the^ afs.d Stephenson & Steel by which the said Stephenson & Steel Remains against the s.d Patrick thereof without Defence Therefore it is Considered that the said Stephenson & Steel Recover against the s.d Patrick his Debt afs.d and his Damages by occasion of Detaining that Debt to Two Hundred and Eighty one pounds of Tobacco to the said Stephenson & Steel of their Def.t in mer Assent by the Court here adjudged and the said Patrick in mercy &Ca Mem.o the Plf.s Releases the penalty on payment of Prin.l Int and Damages |
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Charles County Court, Court Record, 1746-1747
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