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plains
the case for that whereas the said defendant
on the
& eighteen
to the plaitniff in the sum of Two hundred and
Forty dollars for so much money before that
time had
plaintiff and being so
=tion
then & there faithfully promise to pay the same
to the plaintiff on request
And also for that afterwards towit on the
teen
said defendant was
in the sum of One thousand dollars for
large quantities of furs &
time sold & delivered by the plaintiff to
defendant & at his special instance & request
and also for
wares
special instance
like sum of money before that time paid
laid out
for his said defendants use & benefit and at
his special instance request and also for
so much money before that time lent and
defendant & at his like
and
the said defendant then & there undertook &
faithfully promised the plaintiff to pay to
whenever
=unto requested
aforesaid several sums of money to the plain
tiff nor any part thereof but the same to
him to pay hath hitherto wholly
still
plaintiff one thousand Dollars
Therefore he
We command you to summon
the Judge of our
term thereof to he held at the
within and for the county of
monday in august next then and there to
answer unto
trespass on the case to the damage of said
plaintiff of One thousand Dollars, and have
you then there this writ
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Witness
of our said court at office this
hundred & nineteen
Independance the forty fourth
And the said defendant comes & defends the wrong
and injury when & c and says that he did not
undertake and promise in manner & form as the
said plaintiff hath above thereof complained against
him and of this he puts himself upon the country & c
and the plaintiff doth likewise
The plaintiff will take notice that the above named de
fendant on the trial of this cause will give in
evidence and insist that the said plaintiff at the time
of the
to the defendant in the sum of five thousand dollars, for
diverse goods wares and
fendant
account stated and that the said defendant will set off
and allow to the said plaintiff on the said trial so much
of the said sum of five thousand dollars so due &
owing from the said plaintiff to the said defendant
against any demand of the said plaintiff to be proved
at the said trail as will be sufficient to
discharge such demand and claim a judgment for
the residue according to the form of the statute in
such care made & provided Dated
nor
This is an action of
Let
$ 1000
Filed
Served this writ
on
by
with his
at his
the town of
on this
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We reposing special trust and
confidence in your integrity and
-tion
cause to come before you such persons as
shall be named to you by
attorney or agent and them examine upon
their corporal oath to be by you administered
touching their knowledge of any thing that
may
sy now pending in our
the county of
is plaintiff and
defendant on the part of the said defendant
and having
taken by you as aforesaid into writing you
are required to send the same together with
this commission enclosed under your seal
to our said
venient
On motion of the
Attorney for the defendant it is
that a
Justice of the peace of the
to take the Depositions of Witnesses to be read
on the trial of the above cause on the part
of the Defendant
Served
To
Sir Please to take, notice that on monday the third day
of
A.
M. and five o clock P.
M. of that day at the house
of
County of
to take the depositions of witnesses to be read on
the trial of the above cause on the part of the
defendant at which time and place you can
attend if you wish.
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay he be and appear in proper person before the Judge of our cir-
cuit court on the forthwith
then there to testify
and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said
court, wherein
Defendant and have you then there this writ.
forthwith
for Deft.
(
Executed on Jos. K. Garnier
January 1826
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Personally appeared before the
undersigned Benjamin
of the peace in and for said county in
conformity with
Circuit Court of the
Territory of
Justice of the peace in the state of
take depositions in a certain suit now pending
in said
plaintiff and
behalf of the defendant
cott
deposeth and saith That the said deponant
was in the employ of the said defendant as
clerk and book
of September in the year eighteen hundred and
eighteen,
tember
said plaintiff and the said defendant was
made in the books of the said defendant
that in the said account settled on the said
now appear a credit given to the said plain
tiff for the payment of one hundred and
thirty five dollars which said credit or
knowledgement
is under date of the
the year eighteen hudndred and eighteen
said and that in the said settlement of
accounts between the said plaintiff and the
dred and thirty five dollars was allowed
and deducted besides other credits from
the amount charged to the said plain
tiff on the books of the said defendant, and
that the balance due from the said plain-
tiff to the said defendant on the said
the sum of one hundred and thirty five
dollars appears by the said books to have
ty seven dollars which said balance was
settled by a certain order on
for sixteen hundred dollars, two other orders
on
the sum of sixteen hundred dollars and
by the note of the said plaintiff payable
as said deponent beleives, to the said de-
fendant for the sum of thirteen hundred
and twenty seven dollars, besides a keel
valued at the sum of three hundred and fifty
dollars which said several sums were
to the credit of the said plaintiff on the
books of the said defendant. Deponant
further states that he verily beleives an
ticle
of
and the said defendant
between them, was entered into at the time
of the said settlement and that the said
settlement was agreed to by the said plain
tiff The said deponent further states that
that at the time said deponent went into
the employ of the said defendant, the notes
of the
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not be disposed of to the knowledge of the
said deponent for any valuable consideration
and that the notes of the said Company have
not been considered by the said deponant as
worth any valuable consideration from the
said time of entering into the employ of said
defendant which was on or about the
day of june in the year eighteen hundred and
eighteen
the said deponant was not so well acquainted
with the value of said notes before the said
saith not
Affirmed and subscribed before me at the
house of Thomas
County of
January in the year one thousand eight hundred
and twenty
Filed
1820