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For we suspected, men of the jury, that others besides ourselves
would come to lay claim to the estate of Comon. For instance, there was my
brother, on my father's but not my mother's side, who was out of the country;
and, if anyone else wished to put in a claim, there was no way for us to prevent
it; for the laws ordain that anyone who chooses may put in a claim. Foreseeing
all these contingencies, we drew up our articles of agreement and swore our
oaths in order that neither of us might have the opportunity of doing anything
whatever independently, whether he should wish to do so or not, but that we
should do everything by mutual agreement.
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