Enrolled pleadings on parchment by plaintiff and defendant in a common-law action of ejectment. The document is technically called a “nisi prius roll,” supplied to judge and jury for trial in a county court, in this case Albany County. On the reverse is a note of the jury’s award of damages and court costs to plaintiff. “Peter Quiet” was a fictitious plaintiff; the real plaintiff was John Small.

Identifier
NYSA_JN519-17_124_D_05

Date Original
August 3 1770

Language
English

Source
New York State Archives. New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature. New York State Supreme Court of Judicature judgment rolls and other documents on parchment. Series JN519. Portfolio P-124, file D-5. 

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