This is an example of a writ for case on indebitatus assumpsit:
The King to the sheriff &c. as in Trespass to show: for that,
whereas the said X heretofore, to wit (date and place) was
indebted to the said A in the sum of for divers goods wares and
merchandises by the said A before that time sold and delivered to
the said X at his special instance and request, and being so
indebted, he the said X in consideration thereof afterwards to wit
(date and place aforesaid) undertook and faithfully promised the
said A to pay him the said sum of money when he the said X should
be thereto afterwards requested. Yet the said X, not regarding his
said promise and undertaking but contriving and fraudulently
intending craftily and subtly to deceive and defraud the said A in
this behalf, hath not yet paid the said sum of money or any part
thereof to the said A (although oftentimes afterwards requested).
But the said X to pay the same or any part thereof hath hitherto
wholly refused and still refuses, to the damage of the said A of
------ pounds as it is said. And have you there &c.
This is an example of a writ for case for trover:
The King to the sheriff greeting &c. as in Trespass to show: for
that, whereas the said A heretofore to wit [date and place] was
lawfully possessed as of his own property, of certain goods and
chattels to wit, twenty tables and twenty chairs of great value to
wit of the value of ___ pounds of lawful money of great Britain;
and, being so possessed thereof he the said A afterwards, to wit
(date and place aforesaid) casually lost the said goods and
chattels out of his possession: and the same afterward, to wit
(date and place aforesaid) came into the possession of the said X
by finding; Yet the said X well knowing the said goods and
chattels to be the property of the said A and of right to belong
and appertain to him, but, contriving and fraudulently intending
craftily and subtly to deceive and defraud the said A in this
behalf, hath not as yet delivered the said goods and chattels, or
any part thereof, to the said A (although often requested so to
do) but so to do hath hitherto wholly refused and still refuses;
and afterwards to wit (date and place aforesaid) converted and
disposed of the said goods and chattels to his the said X's own
use, to the damage of the said A of ____ pounds as it is said; and
have you there &c.
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