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and for DeKalb County in the State of Alabama the following oath in substance, viz; to well and truly inquire into and impartially to determine the matters submitted to them according to the evidence, and the manifest justice and equity of the case to the best of their judgement without favor or affection and whereas the said Defendant having applied for a continuance upon the grounds of the absence of a material witness in his behalf, and that his Counsel was sick. The arbitrators granted his application, and continued said cause till the 28th December, 1865; December 28th 1865: The arbitrators and parties together with their attorneys and witnesses all appeared and the parties having announced themselves as ready the trial was commenced. And whereas on the 2nd day of January 1866, after all the Testimony had been advanced, on both sides and argument, duly had, by the counsel of both parties. The said arbitrators declared as their award in the case. That the Exchange of Lands between said parties which took place in March 1864 should be recinded and the Deeds of Conveyance