Court Pleas regarding Mashantucket Land
New London County, February 1758
Action of disseisin, etc.
The defendant defends and says he hath done no wrong nor disseisin to the plaintiffs in manner and form as the plaintiffs in their declaration have alleged and thereof puts himself on the country
Dyer and Elderkin for the defendant
And the plaintiffs say the defendant’s plea is insufficient
Griswold and Stedman for the plaintiffs
And the defendant says it is sufficient
Dyer and Elderkin for the defendant
In the jurisdiction of Norwich Superior Court, March term 1758
And now the plaintiffs charging in court put themselves on the country in like manner
Stedman and Griswold for the plaintiffs
Notation: Pleas in court about Mashantucket land
Court’s Judgment, etc. / Deam
Copy: A true copy as on file / Test, Daniel Coit, Clerk
A true copy as on file / Examined per George Pitkin, Clerk
Cataloguing: Pequots / Copy1
- 1. Written in pencil and supplied by Sylvester Judd