Tattnall County GaArchives Court.....Holland, Frederick & El Al April 1825 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Paul Christensen pchriste@tampabay.rr.com October 13, 2009, 8:12 am Source: Relative Of Party Written: April 1825 [Comment: This is the court document – one part deals with the serving of the defendant, another the finding, another the judgment, and the last appears to be the plea/defense of Rueben Nail. This was exceptionally hard to read – handwriting was bad and many words were blurred. The only names I’m comfortable with were the plaintiff and defendant. The attorneys match names of attorneys in the 1850 census and were from adjacent counties. There are some notations to the effect that costs were $4.00 for something unreadable, another $4.00 for something else unreadable and $1.00 for Jury. The notation also mentions $15 retained for the attorney.] Tattnall Superior Court April Term 1824 Fredk Holland} vs Rueben Nail} ------ Served the defendant Ruben Nail personally on the 18 March 1824 A Johnson ------ We the jury find for the plaintiff two hundred dollars with interest and cost of suit. John . Gilmore Foreman ------ It is therefore considered by the Court that the plaintiff recover from the defendant the sum of two hundred dollars for his principal debt with the interest due thereon from the first day of January 1822 until paid for his debt & damages as also the sum of ____ for his costs expended in this recovery thereof and defendant. in …cey Judgement signed 11th October 1824 John Shly Plff atty ----- [Comment: I have no idea who Moses Smith is and his position in this case.] It is therefore considered by the Court that the plaintiff recover from the defendant and Moses Smith his …. on appeal the sum of two hundred dollars with interest thereon from the first day of January 1822 until paid for his debt and damages as .. the sum of nine dollars for his costs expended in the …. Thereof and defendant be in ….. Judgement signed 13th April 1825 John Shly plff atty ------ [Comment: This appears to be the plea, that William Conyers and Rueben Nails were making a deal on some land. Nails gave Conyers a note for the land, but Conyers apparently didn’t own the land. Nails asked for the note back and Conyers said he didn’t have it. So by Conyers endorsing the note to Frederick Holland, Conyers was in fact committing a fraud against Nails. At least that’s the way I read it. This section appears to be in the handwriting of Schley – the attorney for Nails. It is very hard to read – there are many gaps where words cannot be read, but the gist is there.] April Term 1824 And now at this term comes the defendant by Philip . Schley his attorney and defends … wrong and injury .. and for plea saith that he did not ……… in manner and form as set forth by the plaintiff in the ….. declaration and for further plea saith that the note on which the within declaration is brought was given to William Conyers the buyer of the said note for the interest of the said … in a certain bond which the said Conyers held on one Matthew Jones the said bond having been given to make title to a certain tract of land the said Conyers having represented to this defendant that the interest which he conveyed had in said bond was a valid and legal one and well worth the sum of money for which said note was given and this defendant … that he was deceived by the said Conyers in the said trade and that he committed a fraud on this defendant in the said trade as the said bond was of no value and that the said Conyers had no legal or equitable title or interest in said bond and that a ….. not he had nor was not on said bond as the said Conyers had no interest either legal or equitable in said bond and for further plea saith that this defendant when he came to knowledge of the fraud committed on him by said Conyers went to said Conyers and demanded his note back and that said Conyers ….. to return the same but that afterwards when this defendant went to get his note said Conyers put him off by saying that he had lost said note and could not find it then to give up to this defendant and that this defendant believing it to be a fact said more about said note and therefore this defendant pleads a … and failure of consideration to said note and a fraud committed on him in the taking from him said note … and of … thereto matters and things he puts himself afor the County. Philip . Schley Defendants attorney File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/tattnall/court/holland815wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb