Suit: Joseph Brown, Stockly Donaldson

Joseph Brown recovered damages and costs against Stockly Donaldson for breached covenants; jurors found Brown had paid and rejected tender and refusal defenses.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

May 1796 term, 25 May 1796

People

• Joseph Brown (plaintiff)
• Stockly Donaldson (defendant)

Jurors

Charles Christmas; Wm Jackson; And[rew] McCulloch; James Ray; Dan’l Cloud; Samuel Clenny; Owen Lindley; Geo Johnston; John Taylor; Wm King; Ezekael Trice; John Kelly

Amounts

one hundred pounds; £875; 6d

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

• Minute book 5, page 89
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1796 term
• Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).