County Court: Pinsent v. White: The plaintiff, a brewer of Newton Bushell, claimed the defendant, miller, £4, 11s 6d. balance of account. The defendant paid 6s. 9d. into court, alleging that that was the full amount due: Mr. Templer, who appeared for the defendant, said that his client, in October, 1860, sold the plaintiff quantity of hay at £6 ton, but the plaintiff had only allowed him in his account after the rate of £5 10s. a ton for it, being on the whole £3 9s. 9d. less than it should be. Mr. Pinsent had also charged interest on the debt due, which he was not entitled to do. Mr. Pinsent insisted that he agreed to give only £5 10s. a ton for the hay. He also stated that he bought hay of equally good quality for similar price at the time of Mr. Jabez Mugford. Mr. Harris and Mr. John Lear, farmers, said that they sold hay of similar quality to the defendant’s, in November 1860, for £6 a ton: Judgment for the defendant, with costs.
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901