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Charles County Court, Court Record, 1746-1747
Volume 862, Page 415   View pdf image
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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


JChase  Mess.rs Stephenson & Steel
                               vs
   PP     Joseph Shaw Senior
 Debt

Judgment P Cognovit Actionem

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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