State of Indiana, Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County
A Shep vs. A Morehouse
before alb Slat a justice of the peace in and for said County and township
Assumpsit
personally appeared before me Alb Sla an acting justice of the peace as aforesaid the above named defendant A Morehouse who being by me duly sworn say that the said plantiff ought not to have or maintain his aforesaid action against him because he says that at the time the said suit was commenced and from henceforth up to the present time he the said A M were not and have not been a resident of said township of Fairfield nor was he a resident of said township but was and have since been and now are a resident of another township to wit the township of Wabash in said County and at the time of commencing suit (he was and now is) there was an acting justice of the peace in said township of Wabash who is neighther father, son or brother to him and in no manner interested in the event of said suit wherefore the said defendant pray that the said plantiff may be nonsuited and judgment rendered against him for the costs and charges of said suit laid out and expended
