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''Cloyd v. Cloyd'', 1 Jefferson’s Memorandum Books 113 (1769),<ref>''Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826''. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd Series, James A. Bear, Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton, eds. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997): 1:113.</ref> was a suit at chancery for an injunction to force the defendant (the plaintiff’s father) to convey certain lands on a pretended promise. [[George Wythe]] represented the defendants and the case was in progress only having depositions with no answer yet filed for the complaint.

==Text of Jefferson's Entry==
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|Joseph Cloyd (Augusta) v. David Cloyd and James Cloyd (Augusta). A suit in Chanc. or an injunction to oblige the def. David father of the pl. to convey certain lands on a pretended promise. G. W. is emploied for def. The suit of two years standings. There have been some depons. taken by consent: the def. will not admit them, so a commn. must issue generally as usual. No answer yet put in. Recd. £3.<ref>''Jefferson’s Memorandum Books'', 1:113.</ref>
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==See Also==
*[[Wythe the Lawyer]]

==References==
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[[Category: Cases]]