Court of Common Pleas Law suit brought before the Court of Common Pleas

GLC03107.04929

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GLC#
GLC03107.04929-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
circa 1585-1763
Author/Creator
Court of Common Pleas
Title
Law suit brought before the Court of Common Pleas
Place Written
Albany, New York
Pagination
1p. : docket : Height: 40.7 cm, Width: 32.3 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Early Settlements

In the law suit, Reyer Schermerhorn charged that Karel Hamsen Toll defamed his character by speaking ill of him in the Dutch tongue, not realizing that Schermerhorn could understand. Schermerhorn therefore sued Hansen for slander.

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