1782-11-20 (static/transcriptions/1782/11/014.jpg)

1782 4 Sittings [[Wednesday]] Nov. 20

Benud Behary Seat
V
Bharotchurn Metre and Mahadeb Dutt

An Action on a Joint Bengal Promissory Note.
The Evidence relative to the Jurisdiction was first heard, both for the Plaintiff and for the Defendant, before any Evidence relative to the proof of the demand.
It was first insisted for the Defendants that Mehadeb Dutt was not an Inhabitant of Calcutta but lived over the River, and that therefore the Plaintiff must be Non Suited, because
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