Territory of MissouriMissouri
The Several answer of JeduthanJeduthan Kendal KendalJeduthan Kendal
to the
Bill of Complaint of PeterPeter Primm.
Complainant
against JohnJohn Boly BolyJohn Boly & others.
The said JeduthanJeduthan Kendal KendalJeduthan Kendal
now and at all
times
here after saving to himself all and all manner of advantage of
exception to the many untruths,
errors, and uncertainties, and other
imperfections in the said Bill of
Complaint contained for answer there unto or
to so much thereof, asismaterial
for him domake
answer
to answerethsaith
that he knows nothing of the matters and
things charged in
the said Bill of Complaint except what so herein after
set
forth. To wit that sometime in the
last
part of the
year the thousand eight hundred and fourteen or the beginning
of
the year One thousand eight hundred and
fifteen. JamesJames Mackey MackeyJames Mackey
wished
to buy
of this defendant a concession for four Hundred
acres of
Land, and proposed to assignover to
him a note of
hand on the JohnJohn Lane LaneJohn Lane &
PeterPeter Primm,
for two hundred dollars
which note was dated the twenty third of
March One thousand
eight
hundred and eleven, payable twelve months afterdate
John BollyJohn Bolly or order, and
assigned by said BoliBolly , to said
MackeyMackey .
That this deponent did
notthen
know of the circumstances as by property of the said
John LaneJohn Lane but
he knew the said PeterPeter Primm,
tohaveproperty, and believedhim
to be able to pay said sum: and that he did
agree
to receive the said note, and
did receive as assignment
thereof of
said JamesJames Mackey MackeyJames Mackey .
without recourse, because
he thought the
said Primm an honest man and able
to
pay
the said sum :- and he allowed the said Mackay, the
full amount of
said note & theintentone
thereon - that
he neitherknew nor
was informed that there was any pretense
orsuspicion of fraud relative to said
note
. - . that
soonafter
receiving said note he called on said Primm
for the money, and
Primm told him that he signed
pocket Book & some paper, containing a title to a lot of
land on the State ofOhio OhioOhio, as his security and if LaneLane would
confess a Judgment withhim on the honorhe would join in
said confession - or that if LaneLane could be induced to pay one
half he would be glad& wouldpay the balancebut
neversuggested any fraud or oppression in obtaining the
saidnote, or his signature: - . - That this defendant was
therein the said pocket Book & paper. by said Primm and
One of said paper was a deed for a Lot of land in Turn
Lancasteror, the state of OhioOhio, or a part of a debt.
That the said PeterPeter Primmneglecting to pay the said
note, he
did give
the said notetoEdwardEdward Hempstead HempsteadEdward Hempstead
his attorney to himandof theprocuring afterwards he
know
nothing, butsupposes
the record of the case will
show
them at large - That said Primmneverpretended
to him that he was
intoxicatedwhen he
executed the
said notenordoeshebelieve
that was the case: nor
the same was obtained by fraud or
imposition - and
this defendant
would nothave
taken any assignmentof
said
note had he thought or believed it had been
unfairly
a obtained . - and this defendant denies all
and all
manner of unlawful combination and conspiracy
in the complainants
Bill set
forth against him. - without
that that there is any othermatter a
thing in the said
complainants Bill of Complaint contained material
effectual
for this defendant to
make answer unto - and not herein and
hereby
sufficiently answered unto, confessed or avoidedtraversed
ordenied
is how
to the knowledge and belief of this
Defendant - all
which matters and things


