Read, as "Attorney specially Constituted" summarizes a case against defendants John and William Murphy in the suit of Margaret Grantham vs. John Murphy & William Murphy for a debt of 120 pounds. There is no answer from the defendants or conclusion. Read notes on the verso that the defendants "Come & Confess Judgement to the Plaintiff ... with Cost of Suit &c." As the document was written two months before the debt was due if may have been written for the plaintiff (Grantham) to use in case the Murphys did not pay.
"Read, as "Attorney specially Constituted" summarizes a case against defendants John and William Murphy in the suit of Margaret Grantham vs. John Murphy & William Murphy for a debt of 120 pounds. There is no answer from the defendants or conclusion. Read notes on the verso that the defendants "Come & Confess Judgement to the Plaintiff ... with Cost of Suit &c." As the document was written two months before the debt was due if may have been written for the plaintiff (Grantham) to use in case the Murphys did not pay."@en
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