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<p n="47">be paid for the Purchase thereof which after various meetings held<lb></lb>
for that purpose was at length effected and that too in the most amicable<lb></lb>
manner</p>
<p n="48"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15096_date9">1st. Feby 1785</rs>
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<lb></lb>
The Jury this day viewed the Premes and afterwards adjourned<lb></lb>
to the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15096_geo53">Globe Tavern</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15096_geo54">Moorgate</rs>
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where they were attended by Mr. Evered<lb></lb>
the sole acting Trustee under the Will of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15096_n48-1">John Stevens</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15096_n48-1" type="surname" value="Stevens"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15096_n48-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
deced (vide the<lb></lb>
Abstract of the Title with the Recorder's opinion thereon herewith left<lb></lb>
And <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15096_n48-2">John Pretty</rs>
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Father of the above named <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15096_n48-3">John Stevens</rs>
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Pretty an<lb></lb>
Infant and Uncle of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15096_n48-11">Ann Huntly</rs>
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like wise an Infant who agreed to<lb></lb>
accept for the Purchase of the before mentioned Premes the Sum of<lb></lb>
£205 being £53 more than they were estimated at by the City<lb></lb>
Surveyor</p>
<p n="49">The Clause in the Act directing inter alia that in<lb></lb>
the case of a defective Title the Court of Mayor and Aldermen<lb></lb>
solely are empowered to order the Sum assessed by the Jury to be paid<lb></lb>
into the Bank as therein particularly mentioned altho the Premises<lb></lb>
are in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15096_geo55">county of Middlesex</rs>
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It is therefore submitted that the<lb></lb>
Court of Session had no further or other Jurisdiction herein than that<lb></lb>
of receiving the Verdict of the JuryOffice Copy of which Verdict and<lb></lb>
Judgment must its presumed be applied for in order that the Court<lb></lb>
of Mayor & Aldermen may direct the Sum awarded to be paid into the<lb></lb>
Bank for the benefit of the Parties intitled thereto</p>
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