Document: Proceedings in a case of appeal of Joost van Beecq against Maria Varleth

Joost van Beecq, plaintiff, in a case of appeal against Maria Varleth, defendant; the plaintiff claims to have seized justly the three hogsheads in question from his deceased brother Johan van Beecq, because the aforesaid Van Beecq still owed him payment for some merchandise; owing also because he does not acknowledge that someone is his brother’s heir, such as his father and brothers to whom he consigned the same, because it was never proven to him that the defendant was legally married to his brother.[1]

The director general having heard the parties, ordered them to submit their suits in writing, as charge and response according to the code of law. Ady ut supra.

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