The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH042
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1743-07? Memo, Schermerhoorn Litigation Attorneys Fees Divided in 9 Equal Parts
This is a cost memorandum for the Schermerhoorn litigation, breaking down the legal expenses to be shared among the patentees.
Image: BH042.jpg
Transcription
Thomas Williams — — — £33 : 0 : 0 Sherif — — — — — — — 6 : 15 : 0 Attorny & Clarke at N York 1 : 16 : 9 — — — — — — — — —————— — — — — — — — — — 41 : 11 : 9 paid by Joh' Ten Broeck — 3 : 6 — — — — — — — — —————— — — — — — — — — — £38 : 5 : 9 Divided into 9 parts is each £4.5.1
Commentary
See also BH010 ~ 1739-06-20 Litigation Bond, Huyck Patentees vs. Cornelius Schermerhoorn, Witnessed by Philip Livingston Jr. and BH043 ~ 1743-07-25 Receipt, Discharge of an Action Brought By Thomas Williams Against Burger Huyck and Others.
Notes:
- This is a cost memorandum for the Schermerhoorn litigation, breaking down the legal expenses to be shared among the patentees.
- Thomas Williams — likely the attorney, with a fee of £33 — the largest single item and consistent with legal fees for protracted litigation in the Albany Court of Common Pleas.
- Sheriff — £6 15s — court and process serving fees paid to the Albany County Sheriff.
- Attorney & Clarke at New York — £1 16s 9d — suggesting the case or some aspect of it involved New York City counsel or court fees as well, perhaps an appeal or provincial court matter.
- Total: £41 11s 9d
- Paid by Johannis Ten Broeck — 3s 6d — a partial credit reducing the total to £38 5s 9d
- Divided into 9 parts — each share £4 5s 1d
- The division into 9 parts rather than 11 is interesting — it suggests that by the time costs were tallied, either two of the original patentees had dropped out, or Schermerhoorn and one other were excluded from the cost-sharing as defendants rather than plaintiffs. It may also reflect that Burger Huyck as lead plaintiff absorbed his own share differently.
- Johannis Ten Broeck appears here as one of the patentees making a partial payment — connecting back to the bond where Johannis Tenbroeck was listed as one of the nine obligors.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-01 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH042
Date: DATE
Language: English
Type: Memo
Subject: Land records, Legal
Principals: Thomas Williams, Johannis TenBroeck
Other Persons Mentioned: Attorney Clarke
Places Mentioned: N York
— page revised 2026-05-30 - jhc
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