T. 22 Car. Rot. IN an Assumpsit the Plaintiff declares that the Defendant in consideration of a Marriage Promise inter alia not good ought to set forth the whole Promise c. Inter al' promisit de payer tant puis Verdict pro Querent ' Judgment fuit done vers luy because he ought to set forth the whole promise which is entire Hinacre versus Lemon M. 22 Car. Rot. SLander Words charged with procuring Felony good The Defendant said of the Plaintiff she caused Mr. Langly's Servant to steal and purloin 30 and received them and sold them which was the cause why his Master broke and upon a Verdict and Iudgment in the Common Bench in a Writ of Error the Iudgment was affirmed because she is charged with procuring of Felony and receiving stollen Goods Haines versus Finch Debt upon a promise for bringing up Children good without saying they were the Plaintiff's AN Executor brought an Action of Debt upon a promise made with the Testator for bringing up of Children and Teaching and after a Verdict for the Plaintiff upon nil debet pleaded it was moved that Debt would not lie in the Case because it was not layed that they were the Plaintiff's Children But the opinion of the Court was for the Plaintiff for Debt will lie upon a promise made by a stranger Debt upon a promise of money to marry a poor Virgin as in N. B. 122. k. If one promiseth money to another for marrying a poor Virgin Debt lieth but the parties agréed and so no Iudgment was given And Roll said that in Trevilian's Case Servant retain'd an Attorney for his Master and promises him his Fees Debt lies against the Servant where a Servant retained an Attorney for his Master and promised he should have his Fées an Action of Debt was brought thereupon by the Attorney against the Servant in C. B. and the Plaintiff recovered but upon Error in this Court a rule was given for the reversal of the Iudgment notwithstanding the like President shewn in Bradford's Case but he said that the Iudgment was not reversed upon the Roll and his opinion was that the Iudgment was good Edwards versus French T. 22 Car. Rot. 675. Slander whereby he lost his Marriage And no agreement of Marriage or mutual Love alledged and the words were spoken only in the innuendo yet good SLander The Plaintiff declares that whereas there was a Communication of Marriage betwéen the Plaintiff and one Mary Hicks who was worth 300 li. and that she deferred Marriage with the Plaintiff q. d. that verisimile fuit that they should be Married the Defendant in the hearing of divers persons said Mary Hicks is Mr. Edwards his Whore innuendo the Plaintiff whereupon Mary Hicks was refused to Marry the Plaintiff And after a Verdict for the Plaintiff it was moved that there was no agréement of Marriage nor mutual love alledged betwéen the Plaintiff and M. H. 2. That the words were not alledged to be spoken of the Plaintiff but only in the innuendo yet upon good debate Iudgment was given for the Plaintiff Osborne versus Brooke Trin. 22 Car. Rot. 677. SLander Captain Osborne is forsworn Slander Is forsworn and his Oath appears upon Record Act ' gist and his Oath appears upon Record The Defendant as to the first words pleads not guilty and as to the latter justifies that he was forsworn in finding of an indictment of Forcible Entry and upon de injuria sua propria as to the justification both issues were found for the Plaintiff And upon motion of Latch in arrest of judgment First if the Words themselves were actionable Secondly if the Iustification made them good and actionable and upon great debate judgment was given for the Plaintiff in both points First the Court did take the words being spoken together to be the same as if he had said he is forsworn upon Record Justification explains the Parties meaning to be of perjury which is as much as to call him perjured Secondly his justification hath explained his meaning in them to be of perjury And Tuke and Condie's Case was cited for this where the Defendant in an Action brought for saying You are forsworn justified that he was forsworn in an indictment of Battery and the issue upon the justification being found for the Plaintiff he had judgment in Common Bank which was afterwards affirmed in this Court and now allowed for good Law by both the Iudges yet two Objections were made by Latch against this judgment First that the Declaration of it self being insufficent in substance could not be made good by the Defendant's bar Secondly that the ground of the Action is the disgrace that the Plaintiff incurs before the Auditors now they must understand the words according to the common acceptation as they were spoken and not in the sense wherein the Defendant justifies the speaking of them and he cited a Case 21 Jac. betwéen Wheeler and Abbot where in Slander for saying Thou hast stollen my Piece innuend ' a Gun the Defendant justified that the Plaintiff did steal his Gun and though the Iustification which shewed the Defendant's meaning to be of a Gun was found against him and Piece was a word of an incertain signification which could not be explained by the Innuendo Iudgment was given against the Plaintiff for the Reasons aforesaid Pasc 23 Car. Banco Regis Water's Case Ten in common makes a Wall against the house to prevent the others getting in no disscisin IN an Assise of a House in Westminster upon null ' tort c. pleaded and a tryal at the Bar the Evidence was that there were two Tenants in common of the House and one of them nailed up the Doors and made up a Wall against the House to prevent the others getting into the House and this was resolved no Disseisin and so the Iury were discharged But the point in Law would have béen that a Tradesman purchased Lands in fée to himself and his Wife and after became Bankrupt c. whether the Commissioners had power to sell so as to bar the Wife Taylor versus Usherwood Hill 18 Car. Rot. 87. Demise IN an eject ' firmae upon a special Verdict the Case was That one devised Land to one Elizabeth for her life and after her death to the eldest Heir male of her body and to the Heirs males of such Heir male so that he be of twenty four years of age at the time of the death of Elizabeth and if he be not of twenty four years of age at that time then that the Husband of Elizabeth shall hold them till he comes to that age and the profits to be disposed among the younger Children Elizabeth dieth her Heir male within the age of twenty four years and after he attained to that age and entred and demised to the Defendant And Hales argued for the Defendant That if the demise had rested in
Slander You are a Rogue you are a traitorly Rogue you cheated your Father you are a branded Rogue you have held up your hand at the Bar you have deserved to be hanged and I will have you hanged And after a Verdict for the Plaintiff for all the words except traitorly Rogue the question was whether the words branded Rogue would maintain the Action for it is clear none of the others would because as was pretended the most that they impart is if he hath been branded for a Rogue by virtue of the Statute of 1 Jac. cap. 7. then his punishment is past and consequently the words not actionable because they cannot be any damage to him But upon debate Iudgment was given for the Plaintiff for by the Statute if a branded Rogue wander again it is Felony and so the words put him in a nearer degree of Felony than otherwise he should be Brown Wood. ADministration was granted to the Sister of the half Blood of the Intestate and her Husband by the Prerogative Court and the Brother of the whole Blood sued there to have the Letters repealed and upon motion for a prohibition upon this suggestion it was agreed by the Court that the Sister of the half Blood is in equal degree of Kindred with the Brother of the whole Blood within the Statute And so was it resolved 1 Car. between Glascock and Wingate known by the name of Iustice Yelverton's Man's Case And if the Ordinary hath once executed his power according to the Statute he cannot repeal the Letters upon a citation but it was resolved that the Statute was not observed in the Grant of the Letters in this case because the Husband who is not of kin to the Intestate is joyned with the Wife and if she should die before him he should continue Administrator against the meaning of the Statute And for this cause a prohibition was denied but it was said that if it had been granted to them only during the Coverture perhâ—ps it might have been good because the Husband might have administred during the Coverture though it had been granted to the Wife only Hil. 23 Car. Banco Regis Hilliard Ux. vers Hambridge H. 22 Car. Rot. 1010. Action sur le Case IN an Action upon the Case against an Executor upon a promise of the Testator made to the Husband and Wife in consideration of their Marriage had at his request to pay 8 li. per annum to the Wife during the Coverture after a Verdict for the Plaintiff upon non Assumpsit pleaded it was moved Termino Hil. 22 Car. in arrest of Iudgment that it should be brought by the Husband only the promise being made after the Coverture because the whole benefit thereof is to redound to the Husband and thereupon Iudgment was stayed But this Term the Case being moved again Iudgment was given for the Plaintiff for it is in the election of the Husband to bring the Action alone or to joyn with his Wife as 43 E. 3. 10. 15 E. 4. 10. c. 7 E. 4. 6. a. 7. a. Br. Baron Feme 55. in case of a Bond made to them both after Coverture And the Case was held to be stronger because it is an Executory promise of a thing of continuance than if it had been to be done unica vice Vide 48 E. 3. 18. f. 16 E. 4. 8. e. Eels versus Smith SLander Slander She hath married the Husband of another Woman And after a Verdict for the Plaintiff it was moved in arrest of Iudgment that the words would not bear Action for the Plaintiff's Wife might be dead or beyond Sea by the space of seven years and then the Case is out of the Stat. of 1 Jac. cap. 11. And though it be alledged in his Declaration that he had no other Wife yet the words must be taken as they were spoken before the auditors And perchance the meaning might be that the Plaintiff was contracted to and so in Conscience was the Husband of another Woman and Iudgment was given against the Plaintiff Yates versus Lindall SLander Slander She is a Sorcerer and a Witch and can witch and unwitch she is a white Witch and can witch and unwitch And after a Verdict for the Plaintiff Iudgment was given against her because she is not accused of any offence within the Statute Gawdy Congham Mich. 23 Car. Rot. 348. IN a Writ of Error Error upon a Iudgment in C. B. in an Action of Debt against Executors who pleaded fully administred and the issue being whether Assets or no it was found that they had Assets for part onely and Iudgment was given for to recover the whole Debt And it was moved by Hales for Error that it should have been for so much only as was found in the Defendants hands and so are all the Presidents in that Court which he said he had caused to be searched but the Iudgment was affirmed for it is good either way and in this Court it is the course to give Iudgment for the whole according to Mary Shiplie's Case l. 8. 134. Eeles versus Lambert Mich. 22 Car. Rot. 357. IN an Action of Covenant Covenant the Plaintiff declares That Sir Moulton Lambert the Testator did demise to him a Wharf called the Wharf-ground near the Common Dike and other Tenements for 21 years and Covenanted that he might quietly enjoy them without the interruption of the said M. L. his Heirs or Assigns vel aliquar ' personar ' clamantium per praed ' M.L. haered ' vel assignat ' suos vel per eorum medium consensum vel procurationem nisi c. and assigns for breach that one Mich. Clavel clamans titulum à praed ' M. L. postea scil 20. Feb. 17 Car. did enter upon him and eject him c. the Defendant pleads plene administravit and Issue being joyned thereupon the Iury found that Sir M. L. 15. Jun. 1634. made his Will and made the Defendant his Executor and by the same Will dedit diversa legata bonorum in specie separalibus personis in dicto Testamento nominatis ac postea obiit post cujus mortem the Defendant 11 Car. bona praed ' sic ut praefertur in specie dat' ad valentiam 500 li. in executionem Testamenti praed ' praed ' separalibus personis in eodem Testamento nominat ' deliberavit and find the breach of Covenant to be six years after and that no other Goods of the Testators came to the hands of the Defendant si c. pro querent ' c. And the Case was argued by Green and Latch ex parte querentis that the Goods delivered for Legacies are Assets in the Executors hands as to this contingent Covenant 1. That the Executors shall be intended conusant of all Contracts and Duties of the Testators as well present as future as well contingent as certain and that therefore this contingent Covenant lay as a charge upon the
And if it were his Deed modo forma prout c. was referred to the Court. And Maynard argued for the Plaintiff 1. Inst 185. b. Dyer 133. h. That the Plaintiffs might declare as upon a Bond made to the Testator only because the Duty accrued to him only by survivorship And cited 35 H. 6. 38. h. where a Lease was made to two persons rendring Rent and one dying Debt was brought against the survivor as upon a Lease made to him only so where two Iointenants were joyned in a Lease and one released to the other in an Action of Waste he counted of a Lease made by himself only and adjudged good 46 E. 3. 17. c. 33 H. 6. H. 6. E. 3. 12. 4. h. so it is where a right only survives as Mich. 18 E. 2. in a Case not printed 2. Infants Iointenants joyned in a Feoffment and one died the survivor brought a dum fuit infra aetatem and declared that the Tenant had not the land nisi ex dono of the Demandant dum fuit infra aetatem And the Tenant pleaded in abatement that it was conveyed to him by them both the Demandant replied that the other was dead and adjudged for the Demandant Note the same Law holds where a charge survives as if two joyn in a Bond the Obligee may have Debt against the one only And it was no plea for him to say it was made by him and another unless he say he is in full life as appears 28 H. 6. 3. c. fu 11. a. But where nothing survives there the Case ought to be alledged as the truth was as if two Iointenants make a Feoffment and the one dies the Feoffor cannot plead this as a Feoffment made by the survivor only Otherwise where a Feoffment is made to two and one dies 14 E. 4. 1. h. 3. The matter of variance goes but in abatement and therefore cannot be pleaded in Bar also non est factum is no plea in the Case And Whelpdale's Case l. 5. 119. was cited and Iudgment was given for the Plaintiff without further argument Nota if the Defendant in this Case had demanded Oyer of the Deed and caused it to be entred in haec verba he might have demurred to the Declaration as should seem by 36 H. 6. 16. d. g. 32. a. l. 5. 76. e. And the Court ex officio ought to have abated the Bill So Note the difference And see Blackwell and Ashton's Case su 11. a. Royston versus Cordrye Trin. 23 Car. Rot. 1677. IN an Action of Debt Debt brought against an Executor upon a Lease for years made to the Testator for Rent due after his death in the detinet after a Verdict for the Plaintiff quod detinet it was moved by Hales in arrest of Iudgment that the Action ought to have been in the debet and detinet for the reasons in Hargrave's Case l. 5. 31. for nothing shall be Assets but the surplus of the value of the Land exceeding the Rent And therefore the profits of the Land proportionable to the Rent are taken to his own use and therefore he is to be charged as for his proper Debt and it cannot be presumed that the Land should be of no value but contrarily that they should be of greater value than the Rent And therefore in an Avowry upon an Abbot for Rent he cannot disclaim generally unless he shew that the Land is of less value then the Rent 43 Ass pl. 23. 16 H. 7. 2. so that if the Land here had been worth nothing or of less value than the Rent the Plaintiff ought to have shewen it in his Declaration for this cannot be made up by the Verdict for besides that the intendment is too remote to be supplied for which see King and Somerland's Case su 9. a. the Verdict is true though it be otherwise for he that is said debere detinere may well be said detinere 2. The Executor is now charged as Ter-tenant and not upon the privity of Contract with the Testator and therefore the Action will not lie against him after Assignment and for the same reason it ought to be brought where the Lands lies so that he ought to be charged in the debet and detinet in respect of the Land and the profits and not in the detinet as upon the Contract But yet upon debate Iudgment was given for the Plaintiff for the Executor demands his interest whereby the Charge accrues from the Testator so that he may answer the Rent out of the Testator's Estate and the sole inconvenience is to the Plaintiff himself who waives his advantage to demand satisfaction out of the Estate of the Defendant and contents himself with what the Testator's Estate will afford and therefore it was never doubted but that the Action might be brought in the detinet only but it hath been much doubted whether it might be in the debet and detinet Vide Caly and Joslin's Case su 15. Also Roll said that in many places the Land becomes of no value by reason of the troubles and then he ought to be charged in the detinet onely And the Verdict doth supply this Intendment Hil. 23 Car. Banco Regis Page and Harwood PAge and Harwood and one were indicted at the Assises at Nottingham upon the Statute 1 Jac. 8. for stabbing one And the Indictment Indictment was that stabb'd him and Page and Harwood were present abetting c. and contra formam Statuti and all there were found guilty contra forman Statuti and was hanged in the Countrey but Roll doubted whether these two were within the Statute and therefore adjourned them hither And Walker produced a President 16 Car. where one Welsh and five others were indicted at the Sessions in the Old Baily upon this Statute for the death of one Swinnerton and because all five were present and it could not appear upon the Evidence which of them made the thrust Bramston Chief Iustice Barkley and Jones directed the Iury to find them guilty of Manslaughter only at the Common Law for though in Iudgment of Law every one that is present c. is principal so that the Indictment may recite that any of them did make the thrust and the Iury should have found them equally guilty at the Common Law yet in construction of this Statute which is so penal it shall be extended only to such as really and actually made the thrust and not to those which by construction of Law only may be said to make it for the end of the Statute was to restrain the rage and cruelty of such persons as would suddenly stab another And accordingly it was resolved in this case that the offendors should have their Clergy Then another question was made upon the Indictment which is contra formam Statuti and accordingly they were all found guilty by the Iury whereas it appears that these are not guilty within the Statute But it was answered and
Attorney different from the Authority given ore tenus he cannot execute his power by virtue of both 53 Avowry In Avowry the Traverse ought not to be larger than the Avowry 33 In Avowry for taking 100 oves matrices vervices and doth not shew how many Ewes and how many Wethers not good for the Sheriff is to make deliverance according to the Writ and he is not bound to receive information from the party ibid C. Copyhold WHERE the King shall have the Trust of a Copyhold 14 Construction of Words See Words Covenants Where the breach ought to be assigned when and where that it may appear to the Court to be legal 19 The difference between a duty or charge created by Law and when by Covenant or act of the party 27 A Covenant to pay mony upon several Bonds at the several days limited in the several Bonds or 8 days after no breach till after the 8 days 60 Covenants are common Assurances favoured in Law 38 Covenant no Duty nor cause of Action till broken and therefore not discharged by Release of Actions 39 Covenant to perform certain Indentures and to save the Plaintiff harmless he cannot plead generally performance of Covenants because some may be in the Negative and also he ought to shew how he saved him harmless 72 Covenant is intire and cannot be apportioned 9 Where the Contract is in the realty and the Debt ariseth in respect of the profits an Action will lie before the last day 58 D. Declaration DEclaration in Trespass the Plaintiff need not to answer the order of time wherein the Trespasses were done 20 In an Indebitat Assumpsit its set forth in the Declaration in consideratione quod venderet deliberaret and no averment of any sale or delivery not good 61 Demurr He that Demurs upon the Evidence ought to confess the whole matter of fact to be true and not to refer that to the Judgment of the Court 18. Devise By a Devise of the rest of all my Lands what estate passes 28 Where an authority to take the profits implies as much as a Devise of the profits which gives an Interest 45 A Devise to the Issue male with remainders to the younger Sons proviso if the eldest die without Issue male his daughter c. shall hold the lands until c. she shall have but a Chattle 46 47 An actual Devise by words is not sufficient for a stranger to write the Will but there ought to be an actual Will 54 Where the Devisor becomes sensless before the Will is written yet if it be written before he dies it s a good Will 55 A Will gnawn in pieces by Rats yet by help of the pieces put together was afterwards proved and good 2 Discent No Discent without dying seised 33 Discontinuance Where an Action shall be discontinued 20 E Error THE Venire facias bore Teste Pasch 20 Car. and Issue joyned Pasch 21 Car. no Error but holpen by the Statute of 18 Eliz. cap. 4. 20 In Trespass against three and one dies hanging the Writ Judgment against all three shall be reversed because entire 74. Otherwise in an Action at Common Law where damages are given by the Statute 75 Estopple Covenant pleaded by way of Estopple 79 Condition that if the Defendant would pay the Plaintiff so much for carrying so many Billets c. that then the Obligation should be void the Defendant pleads that the Plaintiff did not carry c. and upon Demurrer Judgment for the Plaintiff the Defendant shall be estopped to deny it 52 Executors Debt against Executors in the Debet Detinet 34 Where goods delivered to Executors shall be Assets in their hands where contingent Covenants happen after Executors shall be intended conusant of all contracts of the Testator as well contingent as certain 38 Executors not liable to pay Legacies without caution against contingent Covenants 39 Executors where chargeable in the debet detinet where in the detinet only 43 Where part of arrears demanded were due in the time of the Testator and part after his decease the Action in the Detinet is good for the whole 76 An Action brought in the Detinet against an Executor who pleads nil debet may be holpen by the Verdict Where Damages recovered shall be Assets 1 H Husband and Wife PRomise to the Husband and Wife it 's in election of the Husband to bring the Action in his own name or to joyn his Wife 36 Where the Husband is not charged in the Debet detinet because the Husband is Debtor but because the Husband and Wife are but one person in Law 73 Account by the Husband and Wife after marriage for goods bought by the wife when sole this Accompt doth not alter the nature of the Debt 73 Where the Husband shall be sued upon an Indebitatus assumpsit for necessary Wares sold to the Wife 61 I. Indictment WHere Indictment need not conclude contra formam Statuti 44 Where several are indicted in the Statute of 1 Jac. c. 8. of Stabbing and it doth not appear which gave the thrust they shall be guilty of manslaughter 44 J. S. was Indicted for not taking his Oath being chosen Headborough it must appear that he was warned before a Justice of Peace and there refused 78 Indictment quashed for repugnancy viz. quod pacifice intraverunt adtunc ibidem vi armis dissesiverunt 50 Indictment of forcible detainer and concludes contra pacem only and not contra coronam 49 Where it shall be manslaughter to kill another although he had no intention to do him mischief 12 Acts not warranted by Law the parties that use them ought at their own peril to prevent the mischief that may ensue for consent will not change the Case ib. Infant Where an Infant comes to a stranger and boards with him the Law implies a contract for his Dyet Lodging c. but where another undertakes for his boarding this express agreement takes away the implied Contract 94 Inrolment Debito modo Irrotullat ' in Curia Canc ' c. not good without alledging the Inrolment to be within six moneths or secundum formam Statuti 19 Jury Juror challeng'd because he was tenant of a Mannor to which there was a Court Leet of which the Plaintiff was Steward and no principal challenge 29 Juror challeng'd by the Defendant soit treit said the Plaintiff but not allowed for that must be upon the challenge and not upon the Trial. 30 Jury bound over to the Star Chamber for not finding according to the direction of the Court. 12 L. Leases WHere an Ouster le main is necessary a Lease for years made before is not good 30 A Lease for years habendum from henceforth includes the day of making but habendum from the day of the date excludes the day of the date 76 77 A Lease habendum a die datus and for seven years hence forth how it shall be construed 77 Where Lessee for years
c. And it had been all one case if it had been made determinable upon any other limitation as upon payment of money also in all those Cases the Interest is determinable some way or other but in our case it should be perpetual upon the contingency aforesaid Hil. 23 Car. Banco Regis Petchet versus Woolston Pasc 23 Car. Rot. 497. JVdgment was had against an Administrator in a Scire facias Scire facias upon a Iudgment against the Intestate and a Fieri facias awarded and upon nulla bona returned and a testatum of Waste a special Fieri facias was awarded to the Sheriff quod si sibi constare poterit per inquisitionem vel aliter that the said Administrator vendidit elongavit vel ad usum suum proprium convertit the Goods of the Intestate tunc scire faceret the Defendant why execution should not be had of his proper Goods the Sheriff returns an Inquisition which finds a devastavit and that Scire fac ' c. whereupon the Defendant comes and pleads payment and an Acquittance as to part and to the residue fully administred at the time of the first Scire facias awarded whereupon the Plaintiff demurred and the Case was argued the last Term and this Term that the plea was insufficient 1. Because the plea was argumentative only and did not directly answer the Charge by the Inquisition that he wasted the Goods of the Intestate which being but an inquest of Office is traversable 2. Fully administred is no good plea to a Charge by Iudgment for this supposeth the Goods came to his hand which he hath administred and that he ought not to averr generally in respect of the height of the Charge which being by Iudgment binds the Goods of the Intestate in his hands and therefore he ought to shew specially how he hath administred And Hales said that for this very cause Pasc 39 El. Rot. 14032 between Ordway and Godfrey fully administred pleaded to a Scire facias upon a Iudgment against the Testator upon a demurrer was judged insufficient and the like Iudgment was given upon the same plea to a Scire facias upon a Debt assigned to the King Pasc 2 Car. Rot. 28. Dyer 80. a. in Ireland's Case But he said if Issue were joyned it was helped and so it was adjudged Hil. 11 Jac. Rot. 19063. between Haper and Renold To which it was answered by Maynard 1. That an argumentative plea is sufficient upon a general demurrer but in this Case the Charge is not that he hath wasted the Goods of the Intestate but the Writ requires us to shew cause why the Plaintiff should not have execution of the proper Goods of the Defendant And we shew for cause that we have fully administred which is a more proper plea than to traverse the Inquisition 2. Though the Charge be by Iudgment yet we might have well administred as by paying Debts upon other Iudgments and so ought the plea to be intended which is confessed by the Demurrer And Roll openly declared his opinion the case being argued both the last and this Term that the plea was good upon a general Demurrer and for the Case of Ordway and Godfrey he said it did not appear whether the Demurrer were special but he said that Yelverton after he was overruled in it said openly at the Bar that he would maintain the plea to be good And he said that it is a better plea in it self than to traverse the wasting of the Goods And Bacon at first seemed to be of the same opinion but was moved by the Iudgments cited by Hale But it was agreed that the best pleading were to say that no Goods came to his hands except such and such if any did and shew how he administred them And by perswasion of the Court the Demurrer was waived and the parties pleaded to Issue SImmons alii were indicted for a forceable detainer of the Lands of one Egerton within the County Palatine of Chester and restitution granted there And now the Indictment being brought hither by Certiorari it was moved that their Iurisdiction there is exclusive save only in case of Treason or Writs of Error and therefore the proceedings here would be coram non Judice and the Court doubted what should be done because no priviledge is returned and restitution was awarded below after the Indictment removed But after Bacon openly declared that forasmuch as Indictments upon the Statute of 8 H. 6. ought to be taken before Iustices of the Peace and the Iustices of Peace as well in Chester as otherwhere by the Statute of 27 H. 8. cap. 5. 25. ought to be made by Letters Patents under the Great Seal their proceedings there quatenus Iustices of the Peace are subject to the Iurisdiction of this Court. And the Indictment was that Egerton was seised of the Land ut de libero tenemento pro termino vitae suae seisinam suam praedictam continuavit quousque the said Simmons alii pacifice intraverunt supra possessionem suam existent ' liberum tenementum suum eum adtunc ibidem vi armis dissesiverunt contra pacem Domini Regis contra formam Statuti c. And exceptions were taken to the Indictment 1. Because it did not conclude contra coronam c. but only contra pacem 2. Because it is not said adtunc existent ' liberum tenementum and that is not supplied by the intendment of the words dissesiverunt but those exceptions were disallowed 3. It concludes contra formam Statuti where it ought to be statutor ' for the Statute of 8 H. 6. cap. 9. is relative to the Statute of 15 R. c. cap. 2. and recites it and then the words are joyned thereto the Case of peaceable Entry and forcible Detainer and so this Statute is but supplemental of the other But to this it was answered that this Statute first recounts the defects of the Statute of 15 R. 2. and then confirms it and after provides for the case of peaceable Entry and forcible Detainer to which the Statute of 15 R. 2. did not extend so that as to this clause it is a new distinct Law and consequently the Indictment good But to that it was replied that the Statute 8 H. 6. goes on and provides that in case of forcible Detainer after complaint made to the Iustices of Peace they shall cause the Statute of 15 R. 2. to be duly executed by which Statute the Offendor is to be fined and imprisoned so that this Statute grants only restitution and refers the other punishment to the Statute of 15 R. 2. So then upon this Indictment contra formam Statuti taking it to be that of 8 H. 6. as it must be the Offendor cannot be punished within that of 15 R. 2. And so the King should lose his Fine And for this cause after several debates Roll held the Indictment insufficient but Bacon contra because the ancient
torn in pieces with Rats if a Stranger by laying the pieces together could make the devise appear good if gnawn before the death against the Will IN an Eject ' firm ' upon a tryal at the Bar the Evidence was that one Warner by his Will in writing devised the Lands in question to Henry Etheringham and the Heirs males of his body and bailed the Writing to the Scrivener to kéep and four years after died and about a fortnight after his death this Writing was found in the Scrivener's Study gnawn all to pieces with Rats yet he with the help of the pieces and of his memory and other Witnesses caused it to be proved in the Ecclesiastical Court and now the Court demanded of the Witnesses whether a Stranger that knew not the Contents of the Will before by joyning of the pieces together could tell that the devise of the Lands in question was to Etheringham and the Heirs males of his body for they did agrée that if this clause could be made out though by joyning of the pieces it were a good Will for all that But the Witnesses said that a Stranger could not make out that clause Whereupon the Court directed the Iury that if they found that the Will was gnawn before the death of the Devisor then 't was for the Plaintiff if after for the Defendant and the Iury found for the Defendant in favour of the Will Markham versus Adamson Words I accuse you to be a Witch c. IN Slander The Defendant said to the Plaintiff I accuse you to be a Witch and the next day said I desire to have you searched the Plaintiff asked why would you have me searched the Defendant said because I accuse you to be a Witch and after a Verdict for the Plaintiff judgment was given against him because the words did not import an Accusation of any offence within the Statute But it was agréed that if the Plaintiff had béen accused of bewitching a Man or a Beast though this were not Felony by the Statute the Action would have lain and so hath it béen adjudged Newman versus Zachary ACtion sur le Case The Plaintiff declares that the Defendant was his Shepherd and that two of his Sheep did estray Action sur le Case for his false practice creating trouble c. to the Plaintiff one of which being found again the Defendant affirmed to be the Plaintiff's whereupon the Plaintiff paid for the feeding of it and caused it to be shorn and marked with his own Mark and yet afterwards the Defendant malitiose machinans to disgrace the Plaintiff and knowing the said Sheep to be the Plaintiffs falsò fraudulenter affirmavit to the Bailiff of the Manor that had waifs and strays belonging to it that this Shéep was an Estray whereupon the Bailiff seised it to his damage c. And after a Verdict for the Plaintiff Latch moved that there was no cause of Action for there is no breach of trust in the Defendant as Shepherd and his words cannot endamage the Plaintiff for he shall have his remedy against the Bailiff of the Manor that seised the Shéep wrongfully But it was adjudged that the Action would lie because the Defendant by his false practice hath created a trouble disgrace and damage to the Plaintiff and though the Plaintiff have cause of Action against the Bailiff Upon slandering a Title though the party hath remedy vers Trespasser yet Action lies against him that caused the disturbance yet this will not take off his Action against the Defendant in respect of the trouble and charge that he must undergoe in the recovery against the Bailiff and Hales said that if one slander my Title whereby I am wrongfully disturbed in my Possession though I have remedy against the Trespasser I shall have an Action against him that caused the disturbance Sir Thomas Bowe 's Case If Lessee for years hold over and pay his Rent quarterly that makes a Tenant at will 21 H. 7. 38 E. 14 H. 8. 11. f. Dyer 62 a. 173. IN Debt for Rent upon a Lease at Will of Houses in London upon a Trial at the Bar touching the Title of Sir T. Bowes it was agréed and given in charge to the Iury by Roll that if Tenant for years holds over his term and continue to pay his Rent quarterly as before that this payment and acceptance of the Rent amounts to a Lease at Will Ten. at will begins a new Quarter over shall pay the Rent Inst 56. 69. 13 H. 8. 16. a. Kel 65. 6. 2. That if Tenant at Will rendring Rent quarterly begins a new Quarter and voluntarily determines the Will before the Quarter ended yet he shall pay the Rent for that Quarter Evely versus Livermore H. 17 Car. Rot. 1409. Stat. 3 Jac. that does not extend to a special Action upon his promise and to give a Ticket of his charges IN an Assumpsit the Plaintiff declares that the Defendant reteined him as his Attorney to follow his Causes in the King's Bench Chancery and Court of Request and gave him so much in hand to defray his charges and promised to pay him what more he should lay out and alledges that he layed out 10 li. more then he received for Fees of Counsel and other charges in the Defendants Suits which the Defendant hath not paid c. The Defendant pleads the Statute 3 Jac. 7. that the Plaintiff did not give a Ticket to him of his charges c. and after demurrer it was adjudged for the Plaintiff for the Statute doth not extend to a special Action upon a promise and so it was adjudged in Dobbins his Case Farrer versus Bates P. 22 Car. Rot. Arbitrement Debt and other Controversieslie in Arbitrement though Debt solely does not IN an Indebitatus Assumpsit for 9 li. upon an Insimul computaverunt the Defendant pleaded a submission of all actions and controversies to Arbitrement and that the Arbitrators awarded that the Defendant should pay the Plaintiff 4 li. in satisfaction of all Accounts and upon issue quod non se submiserunt Arbitrio it was found for the Defendant and upon motion in arrest of Iudgment it was agréed Where Arbitrement is no plea in Debt it is no plea in an Assumpsit upon the Debt that though Debt it self doth not lie in Arbitrament yet that and other Controversies doth 10 H. 7. 4. 4 H. 6. 27. But it was likewise agrréed that where Arbitrament is no plea in Debt it is no plea in an Assumpsit upon the Debt 2. Where it does not reach the thing demanded It was resolved that the Arbitrament did not reach the thing demanded for that was only of all Accounts and this is a duty upon the Account and so the Defendant could have no Iudgment then it was moved to have a Repleader Repleader denied but denied by Roll being then sole present Hil. 22 Car. Banco Regis Powel versus Waterhouse
Title And both the Iudges denied that the Chancery could proceed upon the Inquisition now that the same was sent hither upon the Traverse but that the Iudgment in this Court would utterly subvert the Inquisition And therefore Iudgment was given quod manus Domini Regis amoveantur Shalmer versus Slingsby Hil. 22 Car. Rot. 1036. IN an Action of Debt upon a Bond the Defendant pleaded Debt That the Bond was made in another County than where it is alledged in the Declaration and prayed that the Attorney might be examined thereupon by force of the Statute of 6 R. 2. cap. 2. And the Plaintiff demurred as if it had been a plea in bar to the Action And the Defendant joyned in demurrer and concluded quod ab actione praecludatur And it was resolved that the plea was naught and not warranted by the Statute which provides only that the Original shall not be laid in one County and the Declaration upon a Bond made in another County and if so the Writ shall abate but this course of pleading hath been alwaies disallowed Vide 3 H. 6. 35. 2. Because the demurrer was joined as to the Action therefore Iudgment was given quod recuperet c. Wright versus Paul Pindar Pasc 22 Car. Rot. 440. IN a Trover Trover and Conversion brought by an Administrator upon not guilty pleaded the Defendant upon the evidence confesses that he did convert them to his own use but further saith that the Intestate was indebted to the King and that 18. May 14 Car. it was found by Inquisition that he died possessed of the Goods in question which being returned a venditioni exponas was awarded to the Sheriff who by virtue thereof sold them to the Defendant And to prove this the Defendant shewed the Warrant of the Treasurer and the Office-Book in the Exchequer and the Entry of the Inquisition and the venditioni exponas in the Clerk's Book to which the Plaintiff saith that the matter alledged is not sufficient to prove the Defendant not guilty and that there was no such Writ of venditioni exponas And the Defendant saith that the matter is sufficient and that there was such a Writ And it was resolved that he that demurs upon the Evidence ought to confess the whole matter of fact to be true and not refer that to the judgment of the Court. And if the matter of fact be uncertainly alledged or that it be doubtfull whether it be true or no because offered to be proved only by presumptions and probabilities and the other party will demur thereupon he that alledges this matter cannot join in Demurrer with him but ought to pray the judgment of the Court that he may not be admitted to his Demurer unless he will confess the matter of fact to be true And for that the Defendant did not so in this case both parties have misbehaved themselves and the Court cannot proceed to Iudgment But it was clearly agreed that upon Evidence the Court for reasonable cause at their discretion may permit any matter to be shewn to prove a Record Com. 411. b. And the opinion of the Court was that an alias Venire facias should be awarded and not a Venire de novo because no Verdict was given Trin. 23 Car. Banco Regis King versus Somerland Pasc 23 Car. Rot. 140. IN an Action of Debt Debt for Rent the Plaintiff declares upon a Lease for years made by a stranger who bargained and sold the Reversion to the Plaintiff per indenturam debito modo irrotulat ' in curia Cancellariae and after a Verdict for the Plaintiff upon nil debet pleaded it was moved in arrest of Iudgment that he had not alledged the inrolment to be within six months nor secundum formam Statuti And though it were said to be debito modo that would not help because it might be so at the Common Law and the Verdict could not make the Declaration good for want of a convenient certainty for the foundation and therefore upon great deliberation Iudgment was given against the Plaintiff Coleman versus Painter Trin. 23 Car. Rot. IN an Action of Debt Debt upon a Bond with condition to perform Covenants one of which was that the Plaintiff should not be interrupted in his possession of certain Lands by any person that had lawfull Title and particularly that he should not be interrupted by one Thomas Anthony by virtue of any such Title upon performance of Covenants pleaded the Plaintiff replies that 1. Novemb. 20 Car. the Defendant made a Lease for years to the Plaintiff of the Lands mentioned in the Déed and that the 3. of the same month the Plaintiff entred and that before this time viz. 17. Augusti 20 Car. the Defendant made a Lease to the said Tho. Anthony for a term of years yet to come who 20. Aug. 20 Car. entred into the Land c. the Defendant pleaded that the said Lease made to T. A. was with condition of re-entry for non-payment of Rent and that before the Lease made to the Plaintiff the Rent was behind legitime demandat secundum formam indenturae And upon non-payment he re-entred and made a Lease to the Plaintiff And upon a general demurer it was resolved that the Demand was insufficiently alledged for he ought to set forth certainly when and where it was made that it might appear to the Court to be legal but for the flaw in the Plaintiff's replication because he alledged his Entry after the Lease made to T. A. so that it doth not appear that he was interrupted by him the opinion of the Court was against the Plaintiff but the next Term by leave of the Court he discontinued his Action Brown versus Evering Hil. 21 Car. Rot. 354. IN an Action of Debt Debt for Rent after a Verdict and Iudgment for the Plaintiff in the Common Pleas upon a Writ of Error brought and Diminution alledged it appeared that the Issue was joyned Pasc 21 Car. And the Venire facias certified to be in placito praedicto inter partes praedictas bore teste Pasc 20 Car. And this was moved for Error but it was adjudged to be holpen by the Statute of 8 El. cap. 14. as if there had been no such Writ for it is impossible that this should be the Writ in that Action Long versus Bennet IN an Assumpsit Assumpsit the Plaintiff declares That in consideration that he had sold to the Defendant unam acram ligni he promised to pay him 8 li. And after Verdict for him upon non Assumpsit it was moved that the Declaration was uncertain because it doth not appear whether the Soil it self or the Wood only were sold but after much debate the Plaintiff had his Iudgment Vide 17 E. 4. 1. d. Frier versus Prentice Pasc 23 Car. Rot. 416. IN an Assumpsit Assumpsit the Plaintiff declares That the Defendant in consideration that the Plaintiff would permit J. S. to enjoy
invaded the Realm with an hostile Army of men and with the same force did enter upon the Defendant's possession and him expelled and held out of possession from the 19 of July 18 Car. till the Feast of the Annunciation 21 Car. whereby he could not take the profits whereupon the Plaintiff demurred and the plea was resolved insufficient 1. Because the Defendant hath not answered to one quarters Rent 2. He hath not averred that the Army were all Aliens which shall not be intended and then he hath his remedy against them and Bacon cited 33 H. 6. 1. e. where the Gaoler in bar of an escape pleaded that Alien enemies broke the Prison c. and exception taken to it for that he ought to shew of what Countrey they were viz. Scots c. 3. It was resolved That the matter of the plea was insufficient for though the whole Army had been Alien enemies yet he ought to pay his Rent And this difference was taken that where the Law creates a duty or charge and the party is disabled to perform it without any default in him and hath no remedy over there the Law will excuse him As in the case of Waste if a House be destroyed by Tempest or by Enemies the Lessee is excused Dyer 33. a. Inst 53. d. 283. a. 12 H. 4. 6. so of an Escape Co. 4. 84. b. 33 H. 6. 1. So in 9 E. 3. 16. a Supersedeas was awarded to the Iustices that they should not proceed in a Cessavit upon a Cesser during the War but when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself he is bound to make it good if he may notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity because he might have provided against it by his Contract And therefore if the Lessee covenant to repair a House though it be burnt by Lightning or thrown down by Enemies yet he ought to repair it Dyer 33. a. 40 E. 3. 6. h. Nota. Now the Rent is a duty created by the parties upon the reservation and had there been a Covenant to pay it there had been no question but the Lessee must have made it good notwithstanding the interruption by enemies for the Law would not protect him beyond his own agreement no more then in the case of reparations This Reservation then being a Covenant in Law and whereupon an Action of Covenant hath been maintained as Roll said it is all one as if there had been an actual Covenant Another reason was added that as the Lessee is to have the advantage of casual profits so he must run the hazard of casual losses and not lay the whole burthen of them upon his Lessor and Dyer 56. 6. was cited for this purpose Vide Co. 4. 82. g. that though the Land be rounded or gained by the Sea or made barren by Wild-fire yet the Lessor shall have his whole Rent And Iudgment was given for the Plaintiff Wheeler versus Walroone P. vel T. 18 Car. Rot. 600. By devise of all the rest of his Goods Chattels Leases Estates Morgages c. to his Wife passed but an Estate for life Crooke 3. part 447 449. 450. the reason In an Ejectione firmae Vpon a special Verdict the case was that one being seised of the Manor of D. and other Lands in Somersetshire by his Will in writing devised the Manor to A. for six years and part of the other Lands to B. in fee and then comes in this clause And the rest of all my Lands in Somersetshire or elsewhere I give to my Brother and the Heirs of his Body And the question was whether the reversion of the Manor passed or no for it was said that the word Rest did extend only to such Lands as were not devised before but it was adjudged for the Defendant that the reversion of the Manor passed by the devise Baker versus Edmonds Hil. 22 Car. Rot. 222. Action sur le Case In an Action upon the Case the Plaintiff declares That the Defendant was indebted to one Gode in the summ of 43 l. 1 s. for c. And being so indebted promised to pay him which Gode was indebted to the Plaintiff and became Bankrupt whereupon a Commission upon the Statute was sued forth and the Commissioners did assign debita praed ' Gode in quadam schedula continent ' praed ' summam 43 li. 1 s. to the Plaintiff c. the Defendant pleads that he made no such promise to Gode And by special Verdict it was found that the Defendant was indebted to Gode but in 41 li. 1 s. which he promised to pay and that the Commissioners assigned debita praed ' Gode mentionat ' in quadam schedula continent ' praed ' summam 43 li. 1 s. to the Plaintiff And if this be same promise that the Plaintiff hath declared upon they find for the Plaintiff And two Objections were made 1. That it is not the same promise because the Plaintiff hath declared of a promise to pay 43 li. 1 s. and the Iury find the promise to be but of 41 li. 1 s. That upon the whole Record it appears that the Plaintiff hath not made a good Title to his Action for he hath alledged the Assignment to be of a debt of 43 l. 1 s. whereas the debt was but 41 li. 1 s. And this being an entire thing will not pass by the Assignment of a greater sum But it was answered and resolved 1. That it is the same promise for if Gode himself had brought the Action he should have recovered upon this Verdict and the Assignment by the Commissioners vests the Debt in the Plaint And he hath the same remedy to recover as the Bankrupt himself had Dyer 219. g. 21 E. 4. 22. a. And the difference was taken between an Action upon the Contract it self c. for there if the party mistakes the sum agreed on he fails in his Action but if he brings his Action upon the promise in Law Br. Issue joyn 80. which arises from the Debt there though he mistakes in the sum he shall recover and so hath it been adjudged 2. The Assignment is not in question for the Issue and Verdict are concluded to the promise and so that which they find touching the Assignment is not material however the Assignment is not laid to be of such a sum as by that name for then it would have been a question whether good and the Court inclined that it would not have been good Mich. 23 Car. Banco Regis But the Assignment is laid to be of the Debts of Gode mentioned in a schedule containing that sum and so it was found by the Iury therefore the Court shall intend it to be in such a manner as that the Debt of 41 li. 1 s. might well pass thereby And after much debate Iudgment was given for the Plaintiff Munday versus Baily Trin. 23 Car. Rot. 83. or 82. IN an Assumpsit Assumpsit upon an
Testator's Estate 2. That such contingent Covenants are common assurances much favoured in Law which may all be easily defeated if the disposition of the Covenants by his Will should stand good against them for though the Executors should afterwards voluntarily break them yet the recompence must be had only out of the Testator's Estate 3. A diversity was taken between Debts without specialty and Legacies for those are duties of the same nature with Debts upon specialty but differ only in order and dignity but these are meer gratuities for which no Action lieth at the Common Law and therefore are not taken notice of by Law as duties but the remedy for them is in the Court Christian 4. The Executor was not compellable by the Ecclesiastical Court to pay these Legacies unless the Legatees in this case would give caution to repay them if the contingent Covenants should be broken And so it was said is the course in Chancery at this day in the like cases And Hales and Twisden ex parte Defendentis argued to the contrary 1. It was agreed by them and also by the Court that though the Legacies were devised in specie yet the Legatees could not take them without the assent of the Executors And that therefore the Case was the same as if the Legacies had been of money Indeed there is a difference between these Legacies for Legatum quantitatis est Legatario as Legatum in specie est 2. It was agreed that if the Covenant had been broken before the delivery of the Legacies the Administration would have wrought a Devastavit but the Legacies being first delivered it was agrued that the Executors ought not to be charged in a Devastavit upon this Covenant 1. From the nature of the thing it self for a Covenant is no Duty nor cause of Action till it be broken and therefore is not discharged by a release of Actions And when it is broken the Action is not founded meerly upon the specialty as if it were a Duty but savours of Trespass and therefore an Accord is a good plea to it and ends in damages 2. From the qualification of it in respect of the contingency of the breach thereof for it is to be presumed that it will be rather performed than broken 3. From the inconvenience that such a Covenant should obstruct the performance of the Will for it is a present and certain mischief that Legacies should not be paid and it is but a possible and contingent mischief that the Covenant should be broken and the Covenantee unsatisfied and therefore admitting that it were in place where by custome a rationabili parte bonorum would lie it would be very hard that the Children should expect till it were known whether the Covenant would be broken or no which may perchance continue in suspense for ever for such Covenants are commonly annext to Estates in fee. Now the reason is the same in case of Legacies for where it hath been said that the Common Law takes no notice of them so as to give remedy for them it was answered 1. That the Law takes notice of a Legacy so as to create a Duty in the party to whom it is bequeathed though he cannot take it without the assent of the Executors for after such assent the Law vests the property of the thing bequeathed in the Legatee and therefore a Condition imposed upon the assent is void 2. The Probate and ordering of Wills did belong originally to the Iurisdiction of Temporal Courts where the Legatees might have had remedy for their Legacies as appears by Glanvil lib. 6. cap. 6 7. where there is a Writ to demand a Legacy at the Common Law and now that the Iurisdiction is devolved to the Ecclesiastical Court the Common Law takes notice of the remedy there for Legacies for the power of that Court is regulated by these and therefore forbearance of Suit there hath been adjudged a good consideration of a promise and for the same reason Hale said he conceived that if an Executor of his own wrong paid Legacies the rightfull Executor should be bound thereby because he was compellable by Law to pay them 3. Though the Executor were not compellable by Law to pay the Legacies yet now that payment is executed the Law takes notice of it to vest the property of the Goods in the Legatees And this being before any Covenant broken the Administration will be good As to the Objection concerning provisional payment of Legacies it was answered 1. That it is the common case almost of all persons that have any dealing in the Kingdom to make such Covenants and to give Portions to their Children by Will and this is all the maintenance many of them have and therefore it is difficult for them to find security for the payment of that whereof they live 2. Though the Ecclesiastical Court in a prudential way use sometimes to take caution for repayment yet they are not bound so to doe And therefore this Court cannot take notice thereof 3. It hath been agreed that payment of Debts upon simple Contracts is a good administration against Iudgments defeasible upon performance of Covenants and yet the same provisional payment might be made in that case but the Law doth not compell it pur que c. And the Case being thus argued the last Trinity Term and this Term two Exceptions were taken by Bacon to the Declaration 1. That the Plaintiff hath not conveyed to himself a good Title to the Tenements for he alledges a demise of them habendum to the Plaintiff but he is not named in the premises but this was after agreed to be well enough for a Lease so made is good And Latch said it had been so adjudged 2. That the breach was not well assigned for the Covenant is against all persons claiming by the assent means or procurement of Sir Moulton but the breach assigned is that Clavel clamans titulum from Sir M. did enter now he might claim Title from him when as in truth he had no Title from him And for this cause Iudgment was given against the Plaintiff And the Iudges would not deliver their opinions upon the matter in Law but upon the Arguments Roll did incline for the Plaintiff upon the provisional payment that might be made and said that Prohibitions have been denied upon suggestion of a Suit in the Ecclesiastical Court where contingent charges have been pleaded because this Court takes notice of provisional payments which are used to be made there also he approved of the diversity between Debts without specialty and Legacies And Bacon inclined to the Defendant for the reasons before alledged Hil. 23 Car. Banco Regis Holdwich Ux. vers Chafe Pasc 23 Car. Rot. 326. IN an Action of Debt by the Husband and Wife Executrix upon a Bond supposed to be made to the Testator non est factum being pleaded it was found to be made to the Testator and another who died before the Testator
Action because they imply an act done And Roll said that where one said Where is that long lock't shagg-hair'd murdering Rogue And a stranger asked him who do you mean He said Greene of Fauseet the words were judged actionable so he said where one said Bring home the Cushion you stole the words were adjudged actionable But the Iudgment was stayed for further advice Dent versus Scott Trin. 22 Car. Rot. 1151. IN an Action of the Case upon an Indebitatus Assumpsit for Wares it was found by special Verdict Acc'on sur Case that the Wares were sold to the Defendants Wife for convenient Apparel which she wore and if c. And the Opinion of the Court was clear for the Plaintiff for the Wife may charge the Husband for Necessaries as Apparel Dyet and Lodging in case that the Husband doth not provide them for her But if the Husband allow a stipend to the Wife for these things and it be paid her then they held she could not charge him And Roll said that this was endeavoured to be proved at the trial and because it could not he would have had the Iury found generally for the Plaintiff And Bacon said that he and the other Iudges have lately certified the Lords in Parliament accordingly but for a flaw in the Declaration which was in considerat ' quod venderet deliberaret and no averment of any sale or delivery Iudgment was given against the Plaintiff because the Declaration was insufficient and so entered Note also that the promise in this Case is laid to be made by the Husband and the sale and delivery made to him but then it must be deliberasset for if it were in consideration quod venderet deliberaret to him then it may be questioned whether a Sale and Delivery to the Wife would make good the averment Dunsh versus Smith Hil. 23 Car. Rot. 37. IN an Action of Debt Debt brought by an Executor for the arrears of a Rent-charge upon the Statute of 32 H. 8. The Plaintiff declares that the Defendant in the life of the Testator did enter into the Land out of which the Rent was issuing and occupied it and took the profits thereof by the space of five years and demands the arrears of the Rent for the time And after a Verdict for the Plaintiff Mainard moved that the Action will not lye for the arrears against the Occupiers for the Statute gives it against the Tenants of the Land To which Hale answered That at the Common Law the Action lay against him that took the profits of the Land and against the Husband that was seized in right of his Wife C. 4. f. 49. 2. That this Action is given in lieu of a Distress and the Beasts of the Occupiers were chargeable to the Distress 3. That it would be convenient that the Plaintiff should be compelled to inquire out in whom the Estate was of right But Iudgment was stayed And Roll doubte◠of the Case but inclined against the Plaintiff Pasc 24 Car. B. R. Harvy versus Thorne Pasc 24 Car. Rot. 472. IN an Action upon the Case Case against an Executor the Plaintiff declares that upon a treaty of a Marriage it was agréed betwéen the Plaintiff and the Testator that he should pay to the Plaintiff 100 li. and whilst that should be unpaid he should pay the Plaintiff 10 li. per Annum which Agréement was made Anno 1618. And the Action was brought for all the arrears by the space of 28 years The Defendant pleaded the Statute of Limitations whereupon the Plaintiff demurred And upon the motion of Hale who advised the Attorney to bring the Action for all the arrears that it appeared that all could not be barred by the Statute Iudgment was given for the Plaintiff no Counsel being retained in the Cause for the Defendant Loder versus Hampshire IN Debt Debt upon a singel Bill of 50 li. the Defendant after Imparlance pleaded That after the last continuance the Defendant had paid the Plaintiff 5 li. parcel of the 50 li. and demanded Iudgment of the Bill Whereupon the Plaintiff demurred and because the Defendant did not alledge that he had an Acquittance which he ought to produce At the motion of Earle Iudgment was given against the Defendant that he should answer over c. C. 5 E. 4. 139. a. Dod versus Robinson Trin. 23 Car. Rot. SLander Slander The Plaintiff declares that the last of March 13 Car. he was Instituted and Inducted into a Parsonage in Ireland and executed the Office of a Pastor in that Church by the space of four years after and the Defendant said of him He was a Drunkard a Whoremaster a common Swearer and a common Lyar and hath preached false Doctrine and deserves to be degraded And after a Verdict for the Plaintiff it was moved by Hale in arrest of Iudgment 1. That the words in themselves are not actionable because the Crimes charged impute no Civil or Temporal damage to the Plaintiff for which he may have Action But the Opinion of the Court was clear for the Plaintiff in that point for that the matters charged are good cause to have him degraded whereby he should lose his Fréehold which is a temporal damage to him Then it was objected That he did not lay that he was Parson when the words were spoken To which it was answered by the Court That it should be intended he continued Parson because he had a Fréehold in the Parsonage during his life But it was further urged That inasmuch as he hath laid a special time during which he exercised the Office of a Pastor it shall not be intended that he continued so longer then himself hath laid it And of this the Court doubted but inclined for the Plaintiff Morefield Webb Pasc 23 Car. Rot. 51. Acc'on fur Case IN a Writ of Error upon Iudgment in the Palace Court at Westminster In an Action upon the Case upon a Promise and a Verdict for the Plaintiff It was moved for Error that the Habeas Corpora Jurator̄ was not returned served but that there was a Pannel of the Names of the Iurors annexed to it which Case is aided by the Statute of 21 Jac. which aids when there is not any return upon the Writs of Ven. Fac. Hab. Corpora et Distring so as a Panel of the Names of the Iurors be returned and annexed to the said Writs And two Objections were made 1. That this Statute extends only to such by Writ and in this Court it is by Precept and not by Writ 2. It appears that this Court was erected by Letters Patents 6 Car. which was after the Statute But it was resolved 1. That it is within the Intention of the Statute which doth provide amendment in any Action Suit Plaint Bill or Demand And Roll said that it is questionable if this Statute extends to the Grand Sessions in Wales and Iustice Jones was angry that it was made a Question
But it was agréed that the Statute of Ieofails which doth provide amendment by Examination of the Clerks c. shall not extend to inferiour Courts in these points 2. It was resolved that this Statute extends to the Courts made after and so not within the Equity And after upon good deliberation Iudgment was affirmed Inicpit Term ' Trinitat 24 Car. B. R. Rolls only sate Judge this Terme Bacon being sick Beaton versus Forrest Hil. 23 Car. Rot. 355. IN an Action of Debt Debt upon a single Bill the Defendant after Imparlance pleadâ—d payment of part after the latter continuance petit quod billa cassetur c. the Plaintiff denied the payment and the â—efendant demurred And it was resolved by Roll that the Plea was insufficient although pleaded in Abatement only for that there ought to be an Acquittance which is controverted in the old Books where a difference hath béen taken betwéen such a Plea pleaded in Barr and when pleaded in Abatement Vide L. 5. E. 4. 139. 15 H. 7 10. e. 3 H. 7. 3. g. 7 E. 4. 15. e. But Roll said if he had had an Acquittance he might have pleaded it in Barr or Abatement at his election Then it was moved by Yard to have Iudgment peremptory 1. For that this Plea is pleaded after Imparlance 2. For that the Plaintiff hath tendered an Issue upon the Defendants Plea which he hath refused But it was resolved that the Plea was not peremptory For 1. Dyer 228. a. When a Plea concludes in Abatement it is not peremptory but if a Plea in Abatement be pleaded in Barr it is peremptory 2. Though it be pleadâ—d after Imparlance Hob. â—1 c. and Issue tendered upon it yet it is not peremptory upon a Demurrer 34 H. 6. 8. d. In a Writ of Entry upon a Disseisin made to the Ancestor the Tenant pleaded in Abatement that the Demandant himself was seized the Demandant denied his Seisin and concluded to Issue The Tenant pleaded an Estoppel to the Demandant which upon Demurrer was over-ruled and yet not peremptory Br. tit Peremptory But if Issue be joyned upon a Plea in Abatement then it is peremptory 50 E. 3. 20. J. Katesby et K. sa feme port assise the Tenant pleaded that long time before K. was married to J. C. c. And that she is still the wife of J. C. and not the wife of the Demandant J. K. and demanded Iudgment of the Writ and Issue being joyned thereupon the Tenant concluding to the Assise the Demandants demurred as to the Trial viz. that it ought to be by the BB. And it was awarded to be tried by the Assise Dy. 311. a. And the Demandant would have waved his Plea in Abatement and have pleaded in Barr the Marriage of K. with J. C. and a Release from J. C. but was not admitted because the Issue made it peremptory to him And so it is if after Issue joyned the Defendant pleads a Plea in Abatement Hob. 81. c. this is peremptory as well upon Demurrer as upon trial by Verdict because after Issue joyned no Respondes ouster can be awarded and with this agrées L. 5. E. 4. 139. where in Debt after Issue joyned the Defendant at the Nisi prius pleaded payment of part after the latter continuance in Abatement and the Iury being discharged and the Plea adjourned in Banke for that no place of payment was pleaded the Plaintiff had Iudgment to recover his Debt And 2 E. 4. 10. the Tenant in a Cui in via pleaded the Entry of the Demandant after the latter continuance and Issue being joyned thereupon the King dyed and upon a Resummons he pleaded a Recovery of part in an Assise after the latter continuance to which the Demandant pleaded an Estoppel and upon a Demurrer Iudgment was given for the Demandant to recover Seisin And Roll said That if after Imparlance the Defendant pleads a Plea in Abatement which is waved by the Imparlance the Plaintiff must not Demurr but move the Court that he may be compelled to plead in chief but if Demurrer be joyned upon it it is not peremptory to the Defendant although the Demurrer be adjourned till another Terme as it was in this Case 22 H. 6. 55. e. And a Respondes ouster was awarded in the principal Case Nota diversitatem betwéen a Plea in Abatement and a Plea to have Aide for if Issue be joyned upon a Prayer in aide and found for the Tenant the Iudgment is only that he have Aide 7 E. 3. 46. Vide StatÌ„ WestmÌ„ 2. cap. 6. for Counterplea of Voucher that if it be adjourned and adjudged against the Tenant it is peremptory to him 2. In. 242. c. 243. a. Prugnell Anne Gosse Pasc 24 Car. Rot. 217. IN a Writ of Error Error upon a Iudgment in the C. B. in an Action upon the Case for that the Defendant in consideration of a Marriage to be had betwéen the Plaintiff and her Daughter promised to give 100 li. to the Plaintiff and 10 li. for Apparel for her Daughter And whereas the Defendant had a Shop in Basingstooke with divers Wares in it she promised to assign over the Shop to the Plaintiff et transferre negotiationem suam angl ' her Trade to the Plaintiff and that she would not use her Trade any longer in Basingstooke And breach assigned in not paying the Money nor assigning the Shop and for that she used the Trade there still c. And upon Non assumpsit a Verdict for the Plaintiff and entire Damages given And Twisden moved for Error that the promise not to use her Trade was against Law and void and cited More 's Reports Pasc 20 El. p. 182. A Bond that one should not use the Trade of a Mercer in Nottingham is void Vide simile Mor ' Mich. 29 El. p. 284. et Hil. 44 Eliz. C. B. que est enter Mich. 42 et 43 El. Rot. 2217. entr ' Geggot et Batchelor A Bond with Condition that one should not use the Trade of a Haberdasher in Kent for four years was holden void Et Lib. 11. 53. h. et 2 H. 5. 6. And this was agréed by Roll for Law who took these differences that where a Bond or Promise restrains the exercise of a Trade although it be as to a particular place only yet if it be upon no consideration the Bond c. is void But if there were a Consideration for the restraint as if A. assign a Shop or sell braided ware to B. there in respect of the apparent prejudice which may accrue to B. if A. should continue the Trade such a Bond or Promise is good and so was it adjudged in Froward's Case upon a Writ of Error out of Bridgenorth But although there be such a Consideration yet if the Restraint be general throughout England it is void Another Exception was that the words transferre negotiationem suam were of an incertain signification but not allowed and so the Iudgment was
Law And 12 Jac. Iudgment in a Formedon de uno crofto et messuagio was wholly reversed because a Praecipe lyeth not de crofto Pasc 18. Car. betwéen Creetall and Norefeild in Error upon a Iudgment in Canterbury in an Action of the Case upon two Promises where upon a Verdict for the Plaintiff damages were taxed severally and because one of the Promises was insufficiently laid the whole Iudgment was reversed Vide Hobart betwéen Miles and Jacob. et 2. In. 236. d. And Trin. 11 Car. betwéen Ellenhead and Dearman in Error upon a Iudgment in the Marshalsea in Debt upon a Bill and likewise upon a Contract The Defendant pleaded Non est factum to the one and Nil debet to the other and both being found against him the Iudgment was Quod capiatur and because it was not Quod in misericordia also as to the other Issue the whole Iudgment was reversed And Trin. 7 Jac. B. R. Rot. 568. betwéen Beard and Beard in the very same Case with the principal Case the entire Iudgment was reversed But in an Action at Common Law where damages are given by Statute there if the Iudgment be Erroneous as to the damages the principal Iudgment shall stand as in a Writ of Dower and so he said it was adjudged betwéen Tie and Atkins Vide 22 E. 4. 46. e. et L. 5. 59. a. Simile in a Quare Impedit And the entire Iudgment was reversed in the principal Case Hale for the Plaintiff in Error Wilde for the Defendant And Hale cited a Case betwéen Holland and Lee called Damms Case where he in Remainder in Taile in a Writ of Error to avoid a Common Recovery assigned for Error that the Voucher being an Infant appeared by Attorney for which the entire Iudgment was reversed Nota Hoddesd's Secondary told me the Case of Miles and Jacob in Hobart was not Law Trin. 24 Car. B. R. Cornish versus Cawsy Trin. 23 Car. Rot. 1434. IN an Action of Debt Debt against an Executrix the Plaintiff declared upon a Lease made to the Testator by Indenture dated the 25 of March Anno. Habendum à die datus for Seven years And upon Nil debet pleaded the Iury found that the Plaintiff by Indenture dated the 25 of March and delivered the same day demised the Land to the Testator which was to have and to hold from the day of the date for the tearm of Seven years from henceforth next and immediately following c. And upon this Verdict the Question was Whether the Lease in point of Computation was to commence from the making or from the day of the Date For if the Seven years commenced from the making then the Plaintiff had mistaken the Lease but if they commenced from the day of the Date then he had declared right according to the Lease And it was argued that the Seven years were to commence from the day of the Date and not from the making of the Lease for that the words will bear that construction for the words from hence forth may refer to the words from the day of the Date and so to the time of the commencement in point of interest And then the words shall be taken as if the Lease had béen to have and to hold from the day of the date from henceforth for Seven years excluding the day of the Date in the computation and this was probably the intention of the parties and not that the Lease should commence one day in point of computation and the next day in interest Also there is a Rent reserved during the tearm payable annually upon the 25 of March the last day of payment whereof would be out of the tearm if the Seven years commence upon that day And the Case in Dyer 261. was cited where an Abbot made a Lease for 31. years and after made a new Lease in these words Noveritis nos c. dictis 31. annis finitis et completis dedisse concessisse praed ' praemissa to the second Lessée habend'et tenend ' à die confectionis praesentium termin ' praed ' finit ' usque ad finem termini 31. annorum tunc immediate sequentium And it is there resolved by all the Iustices of C. B. that the Lease doth not commence in point of computation till it takes effect in Interest viz. till the first 31. years ended And yet there it might have béen said that the words praed ' termino finito should be a limitation in point of Possession or Interest and the words à die confectionis c. in point of computation But there it is said that the words à die confectionis refer to the Demise after the 31. years ended to have à die confectionis But note in that Case the Opinion of the Court of the Kings Bench was against that Opinion And in this Case two other points were moved and agreed by Roll 1. That where part of the Arrears demanded were due in the time of the Testator and part after his decease the Action in the Detinet was good for the whole as well as if all had béen due after the death of the Testator And that after a Verdict Quod non detinet the Land shall not be intended of any value as it is well known in these times in many places Lands have béen of no value and yet the Executor is liable to the Rent as far as he hath Assets and clearly if he hath Assets he cannot wave his tearm 2. That the Action being in the Detinet and the Defendant pleading Nil debet it is holpen by a Verdict And so it was adjudged as he said in this Court Trin. 10 Car. Rot. 1289. betwéen Porter and Gervise And he said If in an Action upon the Case upon an Assumpsit the Defendant plead Not Guilty it is well enough after a Verdict and as there your Action is placitum trn̄s super casum so here it is placitum debiti As to the principal point he did resolve That the Plaintiff hath mistaken his Lease for a Lease Habendum from henceforth includes the day of the making and a Lease Habendum from the day of the day excludes the day of the date And with this agrées Barwick's Case which he affirmed to be Law but he said That if such ancient Patents be given in Evidence the Iury by presumption to make the Patents good may find that they were made the last instant of the day of their Date and then they are good in Law And so hath it béen resolved in point of Evidence Now the Habendum being à die datus and for Seven years from henceforth c. to make all parts of it stand it must be construed to commence from henceforth viz. as to the computation of the Seven years that they shall begin upon the 25 of March and from the day of the date viz. upon the 26 of March in interest and possession And he resembled it to the Case of More and
holds over his Term and pays his Rent quarterly as before he becomes Lessee at Will 4 Tenant at Will paying quarterly begins a new quarter over he shall pay that Rent although he determine his Will before the quarter expired ibid. Legacies Difference between Debts without specialty and Legacies 39 Executors not compellable by the Ecclesiastical Court to pay Legacies except Legatees give caution to repay them upon contingent covenants broken 39 Legacies devised in specie not to be taken without assent of the Executors ib. Where a Covenant is broken before the delivery of Legacies the Administration shall work a Devastavit 39 40 How far the Common Law takes notice of giving remedy to recover Legacies 40 M. Misnosmer IN a Demise if it appear to be the same person that demised though misnamed it is sufficient otherwise where the name is part of the Issue 59 N. Notice WHere notice is to be given to the Defendant in an assumpsit for so many goods bought by the Plaintiff for the Defendants use at such a rate 24 Condition of a bond to make an estate of inheritance to the obligee by such a day the Defendant ought to give the Plaintiff notice if for the making of a feoffment otherwise for the Plaintiff at his peril ought to attend 25 Where a Broker hath power to sell goods and the Owner sells them and afterwards the same day the Broker sells them he shall not be liable to an Action for detaining though demanded without notice given of the first Sale 24 Promise to pay so much as I. S. was damnified and good without giving notice how much 21 Promise to give the Plaintiff 2 s. for every Piece of Cloth he should buy and averrs he bought 100 Pieces for which he demands 10 l. not good without notice given to the Defendant 24 O. Obligation OBligation void because the condition was for maintenance 60 Condition to save the Obligee harmless concerning buying certain Goods at such a price this extends not to the Price but the Title 95 Office Where the Kings title is found by one Office it is a Record intire of it self and shall not be taken as it stands in comparison with another Office 30 Where the Kings intrest shall commence by Office before Seisure 30 Ouster le main Where land shall continue in the Kings hands for a third part till an Ouster le main sued though the Heir be dead 30 Where an Ouster le main is necessary a lease for years made before is not good ib. P. Perjury ONe convicted for Perjury and Fined 10 l. although there was no malice in it 79 Plea In Debt for Rent where it is no good Plea that Alien Enemies entred and expelled him 27 The difference where the Law creates a duty or charge and the party is disabled to perform it without any default in him and when the party by contract creates a duty upon himself ibid In Debt upon Bond the Defendant pleads the Statute of 23 H. 6. and that he was in custody and that the Bond was for his enlargment and concludes non est factum which ought to have been judgment Si Actio c. and held naught 58 In a Debt upon a single Bill the Defendant Pleads payment of part after imparlance and darrein continuance and not good without acquittance shewn 63 65. Where a Plea concludes in abatement it is not peremptory but if a Plea in abatement be pleaded in Bar it is peremptory ib. A Plea pleaded after Imparlance and Issue tendred upon it yet it is not Peremptory upon a Demurrer ib If after issue joined the Defendant pleads a Plea in abatement this is peremptory as well upon Demurrer as by Verdict 66 The diversity between a Plea in abatement and a Plea to have Aid ib Vpon fully administred pleaded and the Issue whether Assets or no and Assets found for part only yet judgment to recover the whole shall be good 37 Accord a good Plea in Covenant 39 A Bond made to two and the Survivor brings an Action in his own name non est factum is no Plea 42 Plene Administravit a good Plea to a charge by Judgment 48 Where an argumentative plea is insufficient upon a general Demurrer ib. Per dures where it shall be a good Plea to avoid a Bond fraudulently obtained 92 Of a Bond made in one County and the Declaration alledged in another upon the Statute of 6 R. 2. 17 Prohibition After administration granted the Ordinary hath not power to compel the Administrator to make distribution and if he go about to repeal the Letters for not doing it a Prohibition lyeth 56 Promise Vide Assumpsit R. Recognizance A Scire facias against three Baylees upon a Recognizance acknowledged jointly and severally and not good Otherwise in debt upon a Bond for there the Defendants ought to shew that the parties were in full life at c. 21 Releas In debt upon a Bond of 200 l. for payment of 104 l. a Releas of a Bond of 200 l. for the Payment of 100 l. is not good although it be averred there is no other Bond made by the Defendant 71 Rent Debt by an administrator for Rent upon Assignment of a term for years by Deed adjudged no Rent but a sum in gross 57 Debt upon the Statute of 32 H. 8. against Occupiers for arrears of a Rent charge 62. Lease reserving 7 l. Rent and there is 3 l. more behind the Lessor cannot demand 10 l. whereby to take advantage of a Condition because its an intire sum 95 Request Request where to be made by the Defendant before the Plaintiff is to make his Election 25 Request where it shall be well made 25 26 S. Sewers COmmissioners of Sewers Quaere if they may sell a Distress 92 Statutes To what Courts the Statute of 21 Jac. and the Statute of Jeofails shall extend 64 Stat. 1 Jac. 8. of Stabbing how construed where several are indicted and it doth not appear who gave the thrust 44 Surrender If Lessee for life accept of a Lease for years this shall be a Surrender of his Estate for life 59 Survivor A bond made to two and one survives he may bring the Action in his own name so if a charge survive otherwise where nothing survives as in feoffment 42 T. Trespass One cannot justifie a Trespass upon another for fear 35 Trover Trover will lie for money delivered by the Plaintiff to the Defendant to keep though not in Bags 91 Trust Vide Uses V. Varians IN an Action on the Case where one of the Jurors names was Lancester and in the Record it was Lancaster and ruled no Variance 91 Venire facias See Writs Verdict Where a Verdict shall not make a declaration good which wants convenient certainty 19 Where the Declaration varies from the Verdict and good 28 Where in an Action on the Case for words and shall not be supplied by exceptis his verbis 31 Uses What they were at the Common Law 14 Trusts are at this day ruled as Vses were at Common Last 15 Where the Husband shall have a Trust by Survivorship 16 Where a Trust of Copyhold land is forfeited to the King he shall have the Land it self 15 W. Wast TEnant for life the remainder for life and Tenant for life cuts down Timber trees he in the reversion may seise them although he cannot have an Action during the life of him in remainder 81 But where a Lease for years is made without Impeachment of wast such exception is good 82 Lessee for life with a contingent remainder is no bar to him in reversion to bring an Action of wast 16 Lessee for life cuts Timber trees he in Reversion to bring a Trover though he did not seise them ib. Lessee for years cuts down Timber trees and some distance after carries them away Trespass vi armis lies and in such case felony may be committed 83 Construction of Words Per unam acram ligni not only the the word but the soil it self shall pass 20 If where it shall be taken as a limitation subsequent 20 Where Postea shall refer to the time immediately precedent 23 Where Scilicet is but explanatory and for instance and cannot contradict any thing that is precedent 23 24 The word Rest in a devise how construed 28 The construction of the word for in an Action on the Case for words 31 Where the latter words qualifie the former 11 Where a man grants his land totum statum suum habendum for sixty years the habendum shall be construed repugnant 59 Lessee for life with power to make Leases for twenty one years at ten pounds per an payable at Mich. or ten days after whether these words are to be taken in sensu diviso or conjuncto 90 Habendum a die datus and for three years from hence forth how to be construed in a Lease for years 7 Decimae garbarum what is comprehended therein 80 Where words make a contingency by the intention of the party 8 Where words are general in a Bond yet may be limited 10 The difference between the words and and for Writs If a Writ abate one day and another Writ is purchased bearing Teste the same day it shall be intended after the abatement of the first 34 Where an alias Venire facias shall be awarded and not a Venire facias de novo 18 Where a Venire facias shall be awarded for insufficiency of the verdict 31 Scire facias to be brought where the Recognizance was taken but the usual entry in Banco Regis is to express before what Judge it was taken but no place where 13 Venire facias in Chancery retornable in Banco Regis 14 Where abundans cautela makes not the Writ vicious ibid. 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