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1781 4 Term
Monday Nov. 12th 1781
Present
Sir Robert Chambers}
and} at 10:50
Mr. Justice Hyde }
In the Goods of Francis Peacock, Deceased.
The Opinion of the Court was now delivered, that the Principal Creditor meant the Principal in Degree, and not the greatest in Sum. And consequently that a smaller Creditor whose debt was due on bond was to have the Administration in Preference, to a greater Creditor whose debt was on simple Contract. And the Court
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