1874 court case--Conway and Co. v John Hance and Son

NEW JERSEY
OCEAN COUNTY --COURT FOR THE TRIAL OF SMALL CAUSES, HOLDEN BEFORE WARREN G. ABBE, JUSTICE

JOHN M. CONWAY
JOHN LUNION (SP?) AND
LEONARD PAULSON JR.

PARTNERS TRADING AS
JOHN M. CONWAY AND CO.
PLAINTIFFS ON DEBT ON ACCOUNT DEMAND $22.57

VS.
JOHN HANCE AND
CHARLES V. HANCE
PARTNER TRADING AS

JOHN HANCE AND SON, DEFENDANT

1874
NOV 14 A SUMMONS IN THE ABOVE CASE TETURNABLE BEFORE ME ON THE 23D INSTANT AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.

NOV 23 SMITH COWDRICK CONSTABLE RETURNED THE SUMMONS AS FOLLOWS.
SERVED THE -- ON CHARLES V. HANCE, NOV 16 BY READING IT TO HIM AND GIVING HIM A COPY.
JOHN HANCE NOT BEING FOUND I SERVED IT ON HIM NOV 16TH, 1874 BY LEAVING A COPY THEREOF AT HIS OUSE IN
PRESENCE OF CHARLES V. HANCE, HIS SON, ONE OF HIS FAMILY, A FREE PERSON OF THE AGE OF FOURTEEN
YEARS WHO WAS INFORMED BY ME OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF.



NOV 23

THE PLAINTIFFS APPEARED AND FILED THEIR STATE OF DEMAND AND A COPY OF THEIR ACCOUNT WITH AN
AFFIDAVIT OF ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS THAT THE COPY HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM THEIR BOOKS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE ACT CONSTITUTING COURTS FOR THE TRIAL OF SMALL CAUSES, APPROVED APRIL
16TH 1846 AND FURTHER supplement approved april 3d 1873.
THE DEFENDANTS NOT APPEARING AND NO SUFFICIENT REASON BEING ASSIGNED WHY THEY DO NOT APPEAR, I
PROCEEDED TO HEAR AND DETERMINE THEIR CASE IN THEIR ABSENCE.

WHEREFOR I DO RENDER JUDGMENT IN FAVOR THE PLAINTIFFS AGAINST THE DEFENDANT

TO PAY TWENTY TWO DOLLARS AND 57 CENTS DEBT AND FIVE DOLLARS AND FIVE CENTS COST OF SUIT.

THE PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY APPEARED BEFORE ME AND DEMANDED AN EXECUTION. I FOUND EXECUTION
AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS FOR THE AFORESAID DEBT AND PLACED IT IN THE HANDS OF SMITH COWDRICK CONSTABLE.

NOV 25
THE ABOVE EXECUTION AND COSTS PAID INFULL THIS DAY THE AMOUNT OF JUDGMENT (22.57) PAID TO THEIR ATTORNEY.

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