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resusutaâ—i_fw-la fol._n 65._o for_o as_o
the_o say_a collector_n or_o receiver_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o charge_n over_o to_o the_o party_n and_o so_o it_o be_v clear_o affirm_v by_o all_o the_o judge_n of_o both_o bench_n plowden_n 186._o a._n lord_n darcyes_n case_n and_o therefore_o if_o the_o king_n grant_v a_o sum_n of_o money_n to_o i._o s._n to_o be_v receive_v out_o of_o his_o custom_n of_o london_n i_o say_v that_o by_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o talley_n liberate_n and_o asset_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o customer_n the_o customer_n be_v become_v a_o debtor_n to_o i._o s._n and_o he_o may_v bring_v his_o action_n of_o debt_n upon_o this_o matter_n against_o the_o customer_n coke_n 4_o institutes_n 116._o f._n n._n b_o 121._o f._n 21._o h._n 6._o fitzh_n debt_n 43.27_o h._n 6.9_o fitzh_n bar._n 314._o brook_z talley_n d'exchequer_n 1.37_o h._n 6.15_o brook_n ibid._n 3._o nay_o in_o such_o case_n if_o the_o receiver_n die_v the_o action_n will_v lie_v against_o his_o executor_n and_o therefore_o where_o the_o king_n have_v grant_v a_o fee_n by_o patent_n to_o the_o clercke_n of_o the_o parliament_n to_o be_v receive_v out_o of_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o hanapar_n and_o the_o clercke_n of_o the_o hanapar_n die_v yet_o adjudge_v that_o debt_n will_v well_o lie_v against_o his_o executor_n because_o so_o much_o of_o the_o king_n money_n be_v alter_v in_o property_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o testator_n and_o yet_o here_o be_v no_o contract_n privity_n in_o word_n suit_n or_o execution_n of_o law_n between_o the_o king_n and_o testa_n or_o or_o executor_n 2._o hen._n 7.8_o b._n etc._n etc._n fitzh_n bar._n 124._o ploxden_n 36._o b._n and_o 186._o a._n so_o if_o the_o king_n assign_v tally_n upon_o the_o dime_n grant_v he_o by_o parliament_n to_o his_o creditor_n and_o they_o show_v they_o to_o the_o collector_n of_o the_o dime_n the_o king_n be_v hereby_o discharge_v and_o the_o collecto_fw-la s_o be_v charge_v and_o the_o king_n can_v pardon_v the_o collector_n or_o the_o clergy_n which_o grant_v the_o dime_n 1._o hen._n 7.8_o a._n brook_n charter_n de_fw-fr pardon_n 37._o nay_o so_o careful_a be_v the_o law_n of_o the_o subject_n property_n in_o such_o case_n that_o if_o after_o a_o like_a grant_n of_o the_o dism_n the_o king_n shall_v die_v yet_o the_o collector_n be_v chargeable_a to_o the_o king_n be_v grantee_n and_o not_o to_o his_o successor_n 1._o hen._n 7.8_o a._n per_fw-la omnes_fw-la justiciaries_n brook_n quinzime_n 7._o fitzh_n quinzime_n 2._o brook_z talley_n d'_fw-fr exchequer_n 5._o ob._n now_o if_o any_o man_n shall_v say_v to_o i_o sir_n you_o have_v abundant_o prove_v the_o stop_n of_o the_o exchequer_n to_o be_v a_o invasion_n of_o property_n as_o to_o the_o collector_n and_o customer_n and_o the_o like_a by_o the_o common_a law_n but_o nothing_o at_o all_o as_o to_o the_o banker_n or_o his_o creditor_n which_o be_v the_o position_n you_o undertake_v to_o maintain_v to_o this_o objection_n i_o give_v this_o plain_a answer_n that_o the_o stop_n of_o the_o exchequer_n to_o the_o collector_n customer_n etc._n etc._n be_v by_o inevitable_a consequence_n a_o stop_n to_o the_o banker_n and_o their_o credior_n and_o so_o likewise_o their_o property_n violate_v because_o by_o this_o obstruction_n the_o collector_n etc._n etc._n be_v disable_v to_o satisfy_v the_o banker_n and_o the_o banker_n his_o creditor_n and_o that_o creditor_n his_o creditor_n and_o so_o in_o a_o infinite_a rotation_n throughout_o the_o kingdom_n just_a as_o a_o wrongful_a disinheritance_n of_o the_o grandfather_n be_v a_o injury_n to_o the_o father_n and_o son_n and_o so_o to_o all_o their_o line_n in_o succession_n to_o the_o world_n end_n or_o because_o this_o be_v the_o hinge_v of_o the_o case_n as_o to_o the_o common_a law_n and_o i_o will_v make_v it_o plain_a i_o will_v suppose_v twenty_o mill_n to_o be_v build_v upon_o one_o river_n each_o of_o they_o in_o sequence_n one_o below_o the_o other_o a_o person_n come_v and_o dam_n up_o this_o river_n or_o divert_v the_o current_n thereof_o into_o a_o new_a channel_n i_o do_v say_v that_o by_o this_o diversion_n or_o obstruction_n of_o the_o stream_n the_o 20_o mill_n be_v injure_v as_o well_o as_o the_o first_o because_o if_o there_o be_v no_o impediment_n that_o water_n which_o come_v to_o the_o first_o mill_n will_v at_o the_o long_o run_v arrive_v to_o the_o twenty_o in_o so_o plain_a a_o case_n i_o need_v not_o make_v any_o application_n or_o indeed_o use_v any_o far_a argument_n as_o to_o the_o common_a law-part_n of_o this_o discourse_n i_o shall_v therefore_o cite_v but_o one_o other_o case_n and_o that_o a_o far_o strong_a one_o then_n we_o and_o then_o discharge_v myself_o of_o this_o section_n the_o case_n be_v mich._n 1._o hen._n 7._o fol._n 3._o b._n and_o abridge_v by_o fitzherbert_n barr._n 122._o tout_fw-fr les_fw-fr justice_n fueront_fw-fr all_o white_a friar_n pur_fw-mi lour_v fee_n etc._n etc._n say_v the_o book_n all_o the_o judge_n be_v assemble_v at_o white_a friar_n to_o consult_v about_o the_o payment_n of_o their_o salary_n which_o be_v behind_o and_o their_o case_n be_v this_o by_o a_o statute_n make_v 18._o hen_n 6._o it_o be_v enact_v that_o the_o customer_n shall_v pay_v the_o judge_n their_o salary_n out_o of_o the_o first_o money_n arise_v out_o of_o the_o custom_n of_o london_n and_o then_o richard_n the_o three_o grant_v licence_n to_o certain_a merchant_n to_o carry_v wool_n and_o to_o retain_v the_o custom_n thereof_o in_o their_o own_o hand_n which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o little_a diminutive_a stop_v of_o the_o exchequer_n as_o to_o the_o judge_n in_o this_o case_n and_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o the_o customer_n shall_v be_v chargeable_a to_o the_o judge_n for_o those_o reteinment_n of_o the_o merchant_n and_o after_o mature_a debate_n resolve_v by_o they_o all_o that_o the_o customer_n be_v chargeable_a even_o for_o those_o recemment_n though_o they_o never_o come_v to_o their_o hand_n and_o in_o the_o end_n of_o that_o case_n it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o judge_n design_v each_o of_o they_o to_o bring_v his_o action_n against_o the_o customer_n which_o they_o perceive_v they_o forthwith_o agree_v with_o the_o judge_n to_o pay_v they_o their_o gallery_n now_o any_o man_n that_o shall_v well_o consider_v this_o case_n will_v find_v the_o reason_n thereof_o to_o be_v because_o though_o the_o king_n have_v grant_v the_o privilege_n of_o retain_v the_o custom_n to_o these_o merchant_n yet_o in_o contemplation_n of_o law_n the_o customer_n do_v still_o actual_o receive_v those_o custom_n and_o so_o be_v chargeable_a to_o the_o judge_n like_o the_o case_n i_o put_v before_o of_o hen._n 7.8_o a._n where_o the_o king_n remitred_a the_o dime_n to_o the_o collector_n or_o clergy_n and_o the_o rather_o in_o this_o case_n because_o this_o private_a licence_n of_o the_o king_n shall_v not_o prevail_v over_o a_o act_n of_o parhament_n which_o have_v secure_v unto_o they_o their_o salary_n out_o of_o the_o custom_n which_o lead_v i_o to_o the_o next_o position_n which_o i_o have_v propose_v to_o assert_v which_o be_v sect_n 3._o that_o by_o this_o council_n of_o stop_v payment_n in_o the_o exchequer_n the_o subject_n property_n be_v invade_v against_o statute-law_n our_o book_n tell_v we_o and_o not_o without_o reason_n that_o the_o parliament_n est_fw-fr un_fw-fr court_n de_fw-fr tresgrand_fw-fr honour_n &_o justice_n case_n plowden_n 398._o b_o earl_n of_o leicester_n case_n de_fw-fr que_fw-fr nul_fw-fr doit_n imaginer_n choose_v dishonourable_a be_v a_o court_n of_o thrice_o great_a honour_n and_o justice_n of_o which_o no_o man_n may_v presume_v to_o think_v a_o dishonourable_a thing_n and_o we_o can_v but_o suppose_v say_v the_o lord_n chance_v lour_v fortescue_n that_o statute_n law_n carry_v with_o they_o no_o mean_a force_n as_o well_o as_o wisdom_n dum_fw-la non_fw-la unius_fw-la aut_fw-la centum_fw-la folum_fw-la consultorum_fw-la prudentia_fw-la sed_fw-la plusquam_fw-la trecentorum_fw-la electorum_fw-la 8._o fortescue_n de_fw-fr laudebus_fw-la legum_fw-la angliae_fw-la ca._n 8._o etc._n etc._n when_o they_o be_v the_o result_v not_o of_o the_o prudence_n of_o one_o or_o two_o or_o three_o hundred_o only_a of_o the_o select_a man_n of_o the_o kingdom_n but_o of_o a_o far_o great_a number_n in_o this_o orb_n the_o king_n like_o the_o sun_n shine_v in_o the_o exaltation_n of_o majesty_n and_o grandeur_n environ_v by_o the_o illustrious_a member_n of_o both_o house_n and_o from_o the_o conjunction_n of_o this_o great_a and_o lesser_a light_n propitious_a and_o refresh_a influence_n be_v derive_v to_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n vavasor_n hobart_n 256._o duncombs_n case_n 21_o hen._n 7._o a_o per_fw-la vavasor_n the_o act_n of_o this_o court_n be_v the_o high_a security_n this_o nation_n can_v give_v and_o such_o securitye_n that_o do_v in_o themselves_o comprehend_v the_o
universal_a consent_n of_o all_o mankind_n in_o this_o realm_n as_o well_o future_a as_o present_v i_o shall_v not_o here_o insist_v upon_o the_o grand_a charter_n or_o upon_o any_o other_o bulwork_n of_o propriety_n of_o that_o nature_n though_o possible_o pertinent_a enough_o to_o my_o purpose_n but_o shall_v rather_o choose_v at_o present_a to_o apply_v myself_o to_o a_o statute_n law_n of_o much_o fresh_a date_n and_o memory_n and_o design_v for_o the_o relief_n of_o this_o very_a particular_a case_n and_o that_o be_v the_o statute_n of_o 190_o of_o his_o now_o majesty_n chap._n 12._o which_o i_o shall_v recite_v so_o far_o as_o it_o concern_v my_o purpose_n verbatim_o whereas_o it_o have_v be_v find_v by_o experience_n upon_o the_o late_a act_n for_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o pound_n make_v at_o oxford_n and_o other_o act_n of_o parliament_n since_o that_o time_n that_o the_o power_n of_o assign_v of_o order_n in_o the_o exchequer_n upon_o those_o act_n without_o revocation_n have_v be_v of_o great_a use_n and_o advantage_n to_o the_o person_n concern_v in_o they_o and_o to_o the_o trade_n of_o this_o kingdom_n and_o give_v great_a credit_n to_o his_o majesty_n exchequer_n be_v it_o enact_v and_o it_o be_v hereby_o enact_v by_o the_o king_n be_v most_o excellent_a majesty_n by_o and_o with_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a and_o commons_o in_o this_o present_a parliament_n assemble_v that_o every_o person_n or_o person_n native_a or_o foreigner_n body_n politic_a or_o corporate_a to_o who_o any_o money_n shall_v be_v due_a in_o your_o majesty_n exchequer_n and_o shall_v have_v any_o order_n register_v in_o the_o office_n of_o the_o auditor_n of_o the_o receipt_n for_o the_o payment_n thereof_o out_o of_o any_o branch_n of_o your_o majesty_n revenue_n that_o such_o person_n or_o person_n native_a or_o foreigner_n body_n politic_a or_o corporate_a their_o successor_n executor_n administrator_n or_o assign_v respective_o by_o endorsement_n of_o their_o order_n may_v assign_v and_o transfer_v their_o right_n title_n interest_n and_o benefic_n of_o such_o order_n or_o any_o part_n thereof_o to_o any_o other_o which_o be_v notify_v in_o the_o office_n of_o the_o auditor_n of_o the_o receipt_n aforesaid_a and_o a_o entry_n and_o memorial_n thereof_o also_o make_v in_o the_o book_n of_o registry_n aforesaid_a for_o such_o order_n which_o the_o officer_n shall_v on_o request_v according_o make_v shall_v entitle_v such_o assignee_n his_o executor_n administrator_n and_o assign_v or_o successort_v respective_o to_o the_o benefit_n thereof_o and_o payment_n thereon_o now_o it_o will_v be_v plain_a to_o any_o man_n that_o shall_v consider_v this_o statute_n that_o the_o parliament_n do_v therein_o admit_v a_o unquestionable_a duty_n of_o the_o money_n to_o the_o lender_n in_o the_o exchequer_n for_o so_o be_v the_o word_n every_o person_n to_o who_o any_o money_n shall_v be_v due_a in_o your_o majesty_n exchequer_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o maker_n of_o this_o act_n can_v never_o mean_v that_o nothing_o shall_v be_v transfer_v to_o the_o assignee_n for_o indeed_o all_o the_o power_n of_o the_o universe_n can_v never_o make_v i_o donor_n of_o that_o which_o never_o appertain_v to_o i_o nor_o i_o never_o have_v in_o i_o to_o give_v and_o therefore_o this_o money_n must_v first_o of_o necessity_n vest_n in_o myself_o in_o point_n of_o property_n habet_fw-la nit_n that_o quod_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la before_o i_o can_v transfer_v it_o to_o another_o person_n so_o than_o if_o this_o law_n secure_v this_o money_n to_o my_o assignee_n a_o multo_fw-la fortiori_fw-la to_o myself_o now_o that_o this_o statute_n secure_v this_o money_n to_o my_o assignee_n i_o shall_v prove_v by_o three_o unanswerable_a reason_n as_o i_o suppose_v all_o draw_v out_o of_o the_o bowel_n of_o this_o very_a law_n itself_o first_o the_o inducement_n of_o this_o statute_n appear_v in_o the_o 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