Friday May 18th 1855

P. Dell Exr &c     }
       vs          }  Asst
S.F. Halliday      }
                      On motion this cause is continued

P. Dell Exr &c     }
       vs          }  Asst
E.R. Power         }
                      The Same Order
Elias Earle        }
      vs           }  Asst
M.B. Hawkins       }
                      The Same Order
J.H. Turnipseed    }
      vs           }  Asst
Patrick Philips    }
                      The Same Order
Merry Child & Co   }
for the use &c     }
      vs           }  Asst
C.W. Merry         }
               And now on this day came the plaintiff
by his attorney Joseputh B. Coker Esqr
and the said Defendant though Solemnly called
comes not but makes default, and the Defendants default
in pleading haveing been duly entered, and the plaintiff
claiming to recover only on the note mentioned and set forth
in his declaration, therefore it is ordered that Judgment
be entered accordingly and that the Clerk assess the damages
and the Clerk having assessed the Damages at two
hundred & Seventeen dollars and Sixteen cents, therefore
it is considered that the plaintiff do have and
recover of, and from the said Defendant the said
Sum of two hundred & Seventeen dollars and Sixteen
cents for his damages, together with the further Sum
of           dollars and       cents for his costs in and
about his suit expended and the defendant in mercy &c