Alvaro Lopes Suasso< no role > Petitioner
against
John How< no role > }

John How< no role > of the Parish of Woodford in the County of Essex Gentleman maketh
Oath that he verily believes the Apparation made to the Court by the Petitioner
touching the Party Wall between the Deponents [..] and the Petitioners house
[..] occassioned by an Agreement that has been lately made between the Petitioner and
Mr Looni for building of a new house to be adjoining to the said house of this Deponent
and within View of Gaining (if he can prevail in Getting an Order for pulling down
this Deponents Wall) a Considerable Number of Fleet to the Enlaseying the Petitioners
house and not out of any Apprehension of the said walls being ruinous or ready to full
And this Deponent is in [..] so to believe because this Deponent has at the Request
of the Petitions met the said Petitioner Three severall times touching the said party
Wall at one of which times the Petitioner to let this Deponent that the Persons who
were to build his house had signed Articles with him a net that he could oblidge them
to perform their Articles with him, which he said could not be done without pulling
down the said Party Wall or used Words to that Effect and he further said that by pulling
down the said Wall he should Gain a Considerable Addition of Ground the old Wall
being as he said, above Thirty Inches Thick and by the Act of Parliament they
were not Obliged to make the new Wall above Eighteen, and he proposed to have what
Ground worth be Gained thereby entirely on his Side, and this Deponent further
Saith that upon Enquiry and Examination made by Surveyors that have been since
Employed by the Deponent to Survey the said Wall the same is from the Foundation
thereof to about a Yard high (as this Deponent has been informed by the said
Surveyors and easily believes) above Fifty Inches Thick: And from thence Four
Foot higher; the same is about Forty three Inches Thicks and from thence to the
[..] of the next stairs is Two Bricks Thick; And this Deponent dues verily believe
from the Information of the said Surveyors that the said Wall is very Substantiall
and would stand for a Great Number of Years for which Reason this Deponent
does verily believe the Petitioners Application to this Court does proceed from the
above mentioned Justises and no other. And this Deponent saith that he
neither directly or indirectly ever influenced or endeavoured to influence or
requested the Surveyors appointed by this Deponent to Survey the said Wall with the
Petitioners Surveyors not to sign any Certificate touching their Judgment and
Opinion of the said Wall And this Deponent verily believes that they never did
refuse to sign a Certificate but only the Certificate as Drawer by the Petitioners
Surveyors, which they refused as this Deponent believes, because it was Contrary to
their Judgment and from other Reason whatsoever And this Deponent further saith that
he had no notice of the second Appointment Given by the Petitioner till Saturday the
Twenty first of June last, between ten and Eleven of the Clock at Night which was
then last at this Deponents house in the County upwards of Sight Miles distant from
London so that this Deponent had only Monday to Come to know to Town and look for
Surveyors to attend the said Survey which this Deponent is advised was by no means
Regular and sufficient for that purpose

John Howe< no role >

Sworn in Court the 8th. of July 1735