State v. McCullough
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Opinion
In the second action on recognizance for wheat etc. for [-].1
[123]*123James Riddle sworn. The price of wheat is from 12/6 to 13/2. I have sold three hundred bushels of wheat I believe at 13/. Good merchantable wheat is worth 13/ if it weighs sixty pounds per bushel. Valuation for 4577 bushels of such wheat:
[Since] y6 = 762
[Therefore] % = 3814
y2 [of 3814] = 1907
.[With] interest at 6% [for] eighteen years = 2160
We claim = 4067% bushels at 13 shillings per bushel.
The jury in this case return inquisition:
For damages - -- -- -- -- -- -- £2643.17.6
Costs - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - 10.0 .6
Amount - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2653.18.0
First action - - 288.14.4
£2942.12.4
Order granted for the sale of the whole of Solomon Maxwell’s real estate. List of debts:
Returned by Cooper, Daken, and Nevin, administrators 15,000
Debt sperate and desperate returned ------ 5,000
Deficiency - -- -- -- -- -- -- - 10,000
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