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March Court Anno Domini 1747
(415) And the afs.d Thomas in his proper person Comes and defends the force and Injury when &C.a and saith that he Cannot deny the action afs.d of them the said Stephenson and Steel nor but he owes to the said Stephenson and Steel the sum of one Thous.d Two Hundred and fifteen pounds of Tobacco and no more Therefore it is Considered by the Court here that the said Stephenson and Steel Recover against the said Thomas their Debt aforesaid and their Damages by occasion of Detaining that debt to one Hundred and Eighty four pounds of Inspected Tobacco to the same Stephenson Def.t in mea and Steel on their assent by the Court here adjudged and the said Thomas in Mercy &Ca
Charles County ss.t Ralph Shaw Senior late of Charles County Planter was summoned to answer unto Mess.rs Daniel Stephenson and Henry Steel of a Plea that he Render unto them the sum of Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty six pounds of Merchantable leaf Tobacco which to them he owes and unjustly detains & so forth And Whereupon the same Daniel and Henry by Jeremiah Chase their attorney say that whereas the said Ralph Shaw Sen the Tenth day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty seven in Charles County afs.d by his Certain Bill obligatory sealed with the seal of the said Ralph and here in brought whose date is the day and year afs.d Acknowledged himself to owe to the said Daniel and Henry the sum of one Thousand four Hundred and thirty Three pounds of Merchantable leaf Tobacco to be paid to the said Daniel and Henry on the first day of December Next Ensuing the date of said Writing Obligatory and to the same paym.t well and truly to be made and done the said Ralph Shaw Sen bound himself his Hiers Executors and Administrators in the said sum of Two Thousand Nine Hundred & Twenty Six pounds of like Tobacco firmly by the said Will and the said Daniel & Henry in fact saith that the said Ralph Shaw Sen hath not Paid to the said Daniel and Henry nor to Either of them the aforesaid sum of one Thousand four Hundred and Sixty Three Pounds of Tob.o nor any part thereof on the said first day of December which to them on the said Day he Ought to have paid according to the form and Effect of the Bill aforesaid by which Action hath accrued to the said Daniel and Henry to have and Demand of the said Ralph the said sum of Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty Six pounds of Tobacco as aforesaid Nevertheless the said Ralph altho often Required hath not Paid to the said Daniel and Henry nor to Either of them the said sum of Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty six pounds of Tobacco nor any Part thereof but hither to altogether hath and still doth Refuse to pay the same Wherefore the said Daniel and Henry say they are the worse and have Damage to the Value of Two Thousand pounds of Tobacco and therefore suit is brought and so forth John Doe Pled.s &C.a & Rich.d Roe And the afs.d Ralph in his proper person Comes and defends the force and Injury when &C.a and Saith that he Cannot deny the action afs.d of them the said Stephenson & Steel nor but he owes to the said Stephenson and Steel the Sum of one Thousand four Hundred and sixty Three pounds of Tobacco and no more Therefore it is Considered by the Court here that the said Stephenson and Steel Recover against the said Ralph their Debt aforesaid and their Damages by occasion of detaining that Debt to One Hundred Eighty Eight and a half pound of Inspected Tobacco to the said Stephenson and Steel on their assent by the Court here Def.t in Mea adjudged and the said Ralph in Mercy &Ca |
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