good against the Heir tho the Executors have Assets he may have his Election 1 Anderson p. 7. Sir Ed. Capels Case Debt lies against the Heir of an Heir upon Obligation of the Ancestor to the 10th degree Noy 56. Dennyes Case The Obligee shall have a joint Action against all the Sons in Gavel-kind 11 H. 7.12 b. Debt against three Heirs in Gavel-kind the Defendant pleads C. one of the Heirs is within Age. The Heir of an Heir shall be chargable with an Obligation simul cum the immediate Heir and such Heir shall have his Age Moor n. 194. Hawtree and Auger 1 Anderson p. 10. n. 22. id Case If a Man bind himself and his Heirs in an Obligation and leaves Land at Common Law and Gavel-kind the Creditors must sue all the Heirs and if there be Land on the part of the Father and on the part of the Mother and both have Land by descent he shall have several Actions and Execution shall cease till he may take it against both so that the Construction of Law is stricter where the Heir is charged with Warranty real than when he is charged with a Chattel Hob. p. 25. Riens per descent pleaded and what shall be Assets J. S. by Will deviseth his Land to his Heir at 24. and if he die without Heir of his Body before 24. the Remainder over he attains 24. a Fee-simple descends for no Tail shall arise before his said Age which Tail shall never take effect 2 Leon. p. 11. Hind and Sir John Lion id Case 3 Leon. p. 70. The Father bound in Obligation and deviseth his Lands to his Wife till his Son comes to 21 years of Age the remainder to his Son in Fee and dies the Son shall be adjudged in by descent 2 Leon. 123. fol. 101. Bashpooles Case 3 Leon. p. 118. The Ancestor was seised in Fee and by his Will deviseth them to the Defendant being his Son and Heir and to his Heirs on Condition to pay his Debts within a year and if he failed his Executors shall sell he entred and paid no Debts the Executors after entred and sold It s not Assets in Heirs hands for though the Heir hath a Fee yet he hath it as a Purchaser being clogg'd with such a Condition Cro. M. 5 Car. p. 161. Gilpins Case Two things requisite to bind an Heir 1. Lien express 2. Lands by descent In Debt against an Heir he is charged as Heir and the Writ is in the debet and detinet and it s not in auter droit but taken as his proper Debt from 18 Ed. 2. till 7 H. 4. If the Executor had Assets the Heir was not chargeable but now the Law is changed in that Point if the Heir sell the Land before the Writ purchased he is discharged of the Debt in regard he is not to wait the Action of the Obligee Trusts descending shall be Assets by the Statute of Frauds and Perjuries so Lands of special Occupancy vid. Stat. The Defendant pleads his Father was seized in Fee and covenanted with J.S. c. to stand seized to the use of himself for Life the Remainder to the Defendant in Tail c. the Father had caused a Deed to be engrossed and delivered the Deed to a Scrivener to the use of J. D. and M. so as J. D. would agree to it J.D. died never having notice of the Deed Per Cur. the Father never covenanted because the Agreement of J. D. was a Condition precedent to the essence of the Deed and so no Deed to raise the Uses contra the Defendant Moor n. 426. Degoâ— and Rowes Case id Case 1 Leon. 152. n. 211. The Heir pleads riens per descent special Verdict find the Father was scised in Fee and enfeoft J. S. of the Mannor of P. excepted and reserved to the Feoffor for life two Acres only the Lands in question and after limited all to the Feoffees to the use of the Defendant in Tail Per Cur. the Lands do descend to the Son the Exception being void 2 Keb. p. 667 â—19 Wilson and Armorer Upon riens per descent pleaded special Verdict find M. seised in Fee de Saliva Anglice a Salt-pan died and his Son entred and was seised and the Defendant entred as Heir per possession fratris this is Assets by descent and such Heir per possession ' is chargable to the Debt of the Ancestor 3 Keb. Tr. 28 Car. 2. f. 659. Clinch and Butler The Heir pleads riens per descent the Defendant had levied a Fine but because no Deed of Uses was produced at Trial the Use was to the Conusor and his Heirs and so the Heir in by descent Mod. Rep. p. 2. Riens per descent pleaded Feoffment pleaded at the Trial it appeared to be fraudulent it need not be pleaded but may well be given in Evidence 5 Rep. 60. Gooches Case Debt vers l'Heir he may plead in Bar a Release made by the Obligee to the Executors and though the Deed belongs to another yet he must shew it forth for both of them are privy to the Testator Co. Lit. 232. a. Upon riens per descent pleaded it was found he had Assets in the Cinque-ports Judgment was general against the Defendants and as to the Moleties of the Lands in the Cinque-Ports the Plaintiff 〈◊〉 have a Certiorari to remove the Records into Chancery and thence by Mittimus to send to the Constable to make Execution 1 Anderson n. 65. p. 28. Hicker and Harrison vers Tirrel 3 Leon. p. 3. The Heir pleads riens per descent the Plaintiff replies he sued a former Writ vers l'heir and the Defendant was outlawed which was reversed and he freshly brought this Writ by journeys accompts and avers he had Assets the day of the first Writ purchased Hob. p. 248. Spray and Sherrat Cro. Jac. 589. id Case cited Debt vers l'heir the Defendant pleads his Ancestor died Intestate and that one J. S. had administred and had given the Plaintiff a Bond in full satisfaction of the former upon Issue joined it was found pro Def. If the Obligor had given this Bond it had not discharged the former but being given by the Administrator so that the Plaintiffs security is bettered and the Administrator chargable de bonis propriis it s a good discharge Mod. Rep. 225. Blith and Hill He pleads riens per descent but 20 Acres in D. in Com. Warwic The Plaintiff replies more by descent in S. viz. so many Acres and found pro Def. and a discontinuance in the Record of the Plea from Term P. to Term M. assigned for Error and per Cur. its Error and not deins Stat. 18 Eliz. because the Judgment was not founded on the Verdict but upon the Confession of the Defendant of Assets Yelv. p. 169. Hill 7 Jac. B. R. Molineux Case The Heir pleads the Obligor died Intestate and J. S. administred and he had given the Plaintiff another Bond in full satisfaction of the former vide Mod. Rep.
was If Tenant in Tail of the Mannor of D. be bound in a Recognizance to J. S. which Recognizance after comes to the King by the Attaindâ— of J. S. of High-Treason and after Tenant in Tail dies and the Issue in Tail alien the Lands bona fide whether the King may extend the Lands in the Hands of the Alience It was resolved That if Tenant in Tail become indebted to the King by Judgment Recognizance Obligation or other Specialty and dies before any Process or Extent and the Issue in Tail alien the Land bona fide this Land shall not be extended by force of this Statute And also that in this Case in as much as the Debt was originally due to a Subject it is not within the Act to charge the Lands in the possession or seisin of the Heir in Tail or of his Alience for this Act extends only to Debts immediately due to the King originally and not to those which accrew to him by way of Assignment Outlawry Attainder Forfeiture Gift of the Party or any other collateral way 7 Rep. 21. Lord Andersons Case The Statute of 7 Jac. makes Assignments of Debts void other than such as grow originally to the Kings Debtor bona fide it restrains Assignments of Debts which are not due to the Debtors themselves but assigned to or by them to other Persons The purport of this Law was That no Debtor of the Kings should procure another Mans Debt to be assigned which was a common practice but a Man may assign his own Debt tho not to his own Use for what he may himself release and discharge by the same Reason he may assign as B. was bound to C. in a Stat. of 2000 l. C. dies Intestate his Wife administers and marries F. F. with others became bound to the King in 6000 l. F. and his Wife by Deed enrolled in Cur. Ward assign the Statute to the King by payment of the 6000 l. the Assignment was good Hob. p. 253. Brediman and Coles Cro. Hill 16 Jac. p. 524. id Case A Duty which is not naturally a Debt but by circumstance only as Debt upon Bond for performance of Covenants or to save harmless may be assigned over to the King for Debt yet a present Extent shall not issue but a Scire Fac. 2 Leon. p. 55. Beaumounts Case Debt against one as Executor and upon fully administred pleaded it was found pro Quer. who assigned the same to the King 2 Leon. p. 67. Noons Case M. indebted to S. by a Note in writing per me but not sealed such a Debt may be assigned to the Queen 3 Leon. 234. March An Obligation may be assigned to the King sans Deed enrolled 3 Leon. p. 234. South and Marsh 21 H. 7.19 Where the King sues for a Debt assigned to him the Obligor cannot plead nil debet for by the Assignment it s become matter of Record ibid. An Obligation forfeited to the King by the Statute 28 Eliz. c. 8.1 Q. if the King may grant before Seisure 2. There are two Obligees and one forfeits Q. if the King shall have all the Bond 1 Rolls Rep. p. 7 12. Jac. B. R. Cullan and Bets. In Assignment of a Bond to the King the â—ead shall only be liable from the time of the Assignment but in Assignment of a Recognizance or Statute the King shall have the Land at the time of the Judgment rendred Lit. Rep. p. 125. Roy versus Hanton By the grant of bona catalla an Obligation passeth i. e. Paper and Wax yet the Grantee may not have Action upon this for that is not transferable Lit. Rep. 87. Dyer 25 H. 8.5 If a Debt be assigned to the King in this Case no priority of Execution 1 Brownl 37. A Condition to save harmless for assigning a Bond vide the Form Bridgmans Presidens Clark was indebted to A. by Bond and after delivers to Andrews certain Hogsheads of Wine to satisfie the said Debt and afterward Clarks Obligation is assigned to the Queen for A's Debt Per Cur. the property of the Goods by the delivery of them to Andrews before the Assignment was altered 2 Leon. 89. Bridget Clarks Case A. was indebted to B. who was indebted to the Queen B. assigned his Debt to the Queen by all the Barons Process shall be awarded out of the Exchequer to enquire what Goods A. had at the time of the Assignment and not what he had tempore scripti praedict fact 3 Leon. 196. Obligation Of Creditors in respect of Statute of Bankrupts and Assignments OSborn and Bradshaw were Sureties pro Churchman and had Counterbonds to save harmless the Sureties paid the Mony and afterwards Churchman became a Bankrupt Resolved that they were Creditors within the Statute 13 Eliz. Cro. Jac. 127. Osburn versus Churchman If an Obligation be taken in the Name of another to the use of a Bankrupt the Commissioners may well assign that unless the other party hath of his own Mony satisfied Debts due by the Bankrupt Noy p. 142. Caâ—â—hman's Case Debt sur Obligation assigned by Commissioners of Bankrupts and doth not shew the Obligation he need not because he comes in by act of Law and hath no means to obtain the Obligation As Tenant per Statute Merchant or Dower shall have advantage of a Rent Charge sans shewing the Deed. Cro. Jac. p. â—9 Gray and Fâ—â—lder R. is indebted to S. and B. joyntly S. becomes a Bankrupt and the Commissioners assign the Obligation to B. Q. 1 Keb. p. 167. Roylston and Ratcliff If I am bound to J. S. and he before Bankrupcy assigns the Bond this is liable to the after Bankrupcy of J. S. being only suable in his Name 2 Keb. 331. Backwell versus Litcott In Debt sur Bond the Defendant pleads before Action brought the Plaintiff became a Banrupt Per Cur. it 's an ill Plea and until an Assignment made the Debtor is defenceless and payment before Commission sued out is good enough and so it is before his Debt be assigned 3 Keb. 316. Andrews and Spicer In Debt sur Obligat the Defendant pleads that it was in trust for Holt who was a Bankrupt virtute Commission ' c. this Debt was assigned to Ashly and Penning aliis Creditoribus The Plaintiff replies It was not assigned The Defendant demurs specially for doubleness The Court conceived the Bankrupcy traversable as well as the Assignment yet the Issue is well enough 3 Keb. 737. Jones and Bolton Condition to give account to the Creditors c. 1 Keb. 815 843. Selby versus Walker The Disposition by Commissioners of Bankrupts saves the forfeiture of the Obligation 2 Keb. 202. in Robin's Case I shall here subjoyn some things respecting Matters of Tort as Forgery Detinue c. of Obligations Forgery IF a Man forge a Bond in my Name I can have no Action of the Case yet but if I am sued I may tho' I may avoid it by Plea But if it were a Recognizance or Fine I shall
do not restrain the Condition to the last part only to wit of the two Obligations but do extend to the Recognizance per the first words The Condition of this Obligation is such and per the word also in the last Clause 1 Rolls Abr. 409. Ingoldsby and Steward For the Matter and Substance of the Condition What Conditions are good and what not A Condition to do any lawful or possible thing is good as to make a Release perform Covenants not to play at Cards and Dice not to be Surety c. But when the matter or thing to be done by the Condition is unlawful or impossible or the Condition it self is repugnant insensible or uncertain the Condition is void and in some Cases the Obligation also Conditions against Law are void Against the Law of God of Nature to do a thing that is malum in â—se as to kill a Man or do any other Felony c. in such Cases the Condition and Obligation are both void Co. Lit. 206. Conditions against Common Law Statute Law Note This difference between a Bond made void by Common Law and a Bond made void by Statute Law If a Bond be made void by Statute Law it s void in the whole as upon the Statute 23 H. 6. If a Sheriff take a Bond for a thing against that Law and also for a due Debt the whole Bond is void for the Letter of the Statute is so 2 Rolls Rep. 116. But the Common Law doth divide and having made void that that is against Law le ts the rest stand Carters Rep. fol. 230. in Pearson and Humes Case A Bond to perform Covenants one is void and the other good the Bond is good for those that are agreeable to Law as in Sir Daniel Nortons Case Hob. p. 14. Cro. Eliz. p. 529. 2 Anderson 116. Lee and Coleshill 3 Rep. 82 83. Lee and Coleshill cited in Twines Case If the Condition be to do a thing contrary to Law the Obligation is void 2 H. 4.9 Co. Lit. 206. b. But here is another Diversity A Condition to a do a thing against the Law of God of Nature a malum in se or against Law and Justice in such Cases the Obligation and Condition are both void as for unlawful Maintenance for a Sheriff not to execute Process and the like But when the thing to be done or not to be done by the Condition is not malum in se but against some Ground of the Law as that a Man shall make a Feoffment to his Wife or is but malum prohibitum only as that a Man shall erect a College contrary to the Statute of 31 Eliz. or a Man is bound to alien certain Lands to a Religious House or repugnant to the Estate as Feoffee of Land shall not alien or take the Profits or that Tenant in Tail shall not suffer a Recovery c. In these Cases the Conditions are only void and the Obligations remain single and yet Equity will relieve against them yet if a Feoffment be made of Land on Condition to kill J. S. the Condition is void but the Feoffment is good for the state of the Land is setled and executed in the Feoffee and cannot be taken back but by the performance of the Condition which is void If a Man make a Feoffment in Fee on Condition that he shall not alien this Condition is repugnant and against Law and the state of the Feoffee absolute but if the Feoffee be bound in a Bond that the Feoffee or his Heirs shall not alien or take the profits this is good for he may notwithstanding alien or take the profits if he will forfeit his Bond Co. Lit. fol. 206. a. b. A Man is bound to do a thing unlawful at present which in time may be made lawful as a Feoffment of a Strangers Lands or of the Lands of an Alien c. in these Cases he is bound to do it and at his peril he must obtain Power to do them Lit. Rep. 86. Condition was That if the Defendant shall procure one J. S. to make reasonable Recompence to the Plaintiff for certain Beasts which he wrongfully took from the Plaintiff that then c. the Defendant saith de facto J. S. had stollen the Beasts and was indicted and so the Condition being against Law the Obligation was void Per Cur. where the Condition shall be said against Law and therefore the Obligation void the same ought to be intended where the Condition is expresly against the Law in express words and not for Matter out of the Condition as it is here Judgment pro quer 1 Leon. Case 99. Brook and King Conditions against Common Law Besides what hath been said before in general take some few Cases of Conditions against Common Law Maintenance A Condition to maintain any Suit unlawfully though no Act be done for if it be unlawful to be done the Bond is void The Condition is If J. S. the principal and J. H. and J. M. do pay c. all such Sums which are due and shall be due in such Suits The Under-Sheriff makes a Bond to the High-Sheriff that he shall not return Venire Fac. not intermeddle with Executions until he be acquainted it is naught and against Law 1 Brownl Rep. 64 65. Hobart p. 14. Norton and Sims That the Under-Sheriff shall not execute any Process of Execution without special Warrant and Assent of the Sheriff the Bond is void 2 Brownl Rep. p. 280 Chamberlain and Goldsmith 1 Rolls Abridg. p. 417. Norton and Sims A Bond to save J.S. harmless from such aâ— Appeal of Robbery as B. had against him is void 18 E. 4.28 A Condition to renounce an Administration is good 25 E. 4.30 A Condition that he should not molest or hurt the Obligee in his Lands or Goods ratione alicuâ— rei cujuscunque it shall be intended he shall not hurt tortiously but not to restrain him from prosecuting the Obligee for Felony or other just cause and so not against Law Crook Eliz. fo 705. Dolson and Crew Conditions against Statute-Law Against the Stat. 32 H. 8. Of Leuses made is Aliens DEbt upon Bond to perform Covenants in an Indenture which was to pay Rent The Defendant pleads Stat. 32 H. 8. which maltes Leases to Alien Artificers void and saith that the Defendant was an Alien born at Paris and avâ—s the three points of the Statute 1. That the House was a Mansion House at the time 2. That â—e viz. the Defendant was an Alien 3. That â—e was an Artificer The Plaintiff replies the Defendant was an Alien Artificer demurr Per Cur. the Replication not double but because he â—ad not said the place where he was born in Enâ—land it was ill Siderfin p. 357. Freeman and King The Form of the Plea Vid. 1 Saunders 5. Jevens â—nd Harwich Vid. Keble Against Stat. 5 6 E. 6. c. 16. Of buying of Offices THE Office of Armourer is within that Statute Stiles Rep. f. 29. Hill and Farmer The
the Court of Requests with a Condition to appear before the Master c. the declaration is general that the Defendant such a year and day by his Obligation did acknowledge himself to be bound to the King in 60 l. to be paid c. and naught because it did not appear to be taken in a Court of Record 1 Brownl p. 68. Rex versus Castle Not to alien A Condition to perform Covenants one was That the Lessee his Executors or Assigns nor any other who shall come to have the Estate or Interest in the Term shall not alien their Estate sans licence of the Lessor but only to his Wife or Children the Lessee deviseth it to his Wife she alieus the Covenant is broken it extends to the Lessee and his Assigns and she is Assignee express so although there was once an Alienation by Licence yet that Assignee cannot alien sans Licence Where a Condition is in a Lease that neither he nor his Assigns should alien without Licence the Lessee died Intestate the Administrator was bound by this Condition Cro. El. 757. Thornil and Adams versus King sa Feme A Condition not to alien without the consent of the Lessor the Lessee makes his Executor and deviseth this to him the Executor enters generally the Testator not being indebted to any this is a Forfeiture 1. Rolls Abr. 429. Dampâ— and Symons Not to continue a Suit A Condition that he shall not continue such a Suit If he continue it by an Attorny it s a Breach alit if the Attorny enters the Continuance without his privity Cro. Jac. 525. Gray and Gray To convey Land upon Marriage THE Condition was That after Marriage of the Plaintiff and having a Son by his Wife that if he conveyed Lands to the 〈◊〉 of â— l. per aâ—n in Tail to the Son to enjoy after the death of the Obligor that then c. the defendant shews the day of the Maâ— and the having of a Son and that he made 〈…〉 to a Stranger to the use of himself 〈…〉 after to the use of the Son in Tail the Plaintiff replies quod non feoffavit the Bar is ill for the Infant was not made party to the Conveyance nor had any Deed to prove his Estate but the Plaintiff by the Replication hath admitted the â—ar to be good and he may traverse the Feoffment or the Uses Cro. Eliz. p. 825. Statfield and Somerset A Condition if the Obligor pay 200 l. by the first of December 1634. that then the Surrenderce should reconvey on request the Plaintiff alledgeth a Request in 1644. the Defendant demurs Per Cur. the Surrender being absolute and in trust only for payment there being no payment at the day this Mortgage is irremediable Judgment pro Defendente 3 Keb. 786. Hancocks Case To perform a Promise A Condition to perform such a Promise made by the Obligor to the Obligee but it not appearing when the breach of Promise was made it was Error Stiles 17. Sanderson and Martin Condition to do things belonging to a Trade A Condition to make all such Linnen as he should want during his living single the Sempstress is not bound to find Linen nor a Tailor Materials the Intent may guide the Contracts contra of a Shoe-maker Gold-smith c. 1 Keble 466. Oates versus Thornel Condition to deliver Goods or pay Value A Condition to deliver all the Tackle of a Ship mentioned in an Inventory under the Hands of four Men or in default thereof to pay so much Mony to the Plaintiff before such a Feast as the four Men should value the Tackle at the Defendant said they did not value the Tackle no Plea for he had election to do two things and if he cannot do the one he is to do the other and it is at his peril to procure the Men to value the Tackle Moor n. 844. More and Morecomb A Condition at the end of the Term of a Lease of Lands and Goods to deliver the said Goods to T. or make him such satisfaction for them as shall be by two indifferent Persons to be elected for review of them thought fit the Defendant pleads two Persons were not elected the Plaintiff replies two were elected the Defendant rejoins that they were not chosen by consent of both for the Defendant conseâ— noâ— to the election Per Cur. the election by the Plaintiff is sufficient for the word indifferent shall be referred to the Parties elected and not to the election of the Parties aliter if it had been by two Persons indifferently to be chosen 2 Rolls Rep. 86. Talbot and Benson 5 Rep. Hungates Case Condition to reap and carry Corn c. over the usual Way A Condition to permit and suffer J. S. quietly to reap and carry c. without any disturbance or interruption of him the Defendant pleads permisit the Plaintiff replies there were some Acres sowen with Rye and shews the certainty and coming to reap he prohibited him saying these words Moneo prohibeo te quod neque metes ibid. neque abcarriabis c. this disturbance is a Breach 1 Anderson n. 188. fol. 137. Bur and Higs Condition to give an Account A Condition for a sub-Collector of the Subsidy to give a sufficient account in the Exchequer of all such Sums he had received and to discharge and save harmless the Plaintiff of these Receipts against the Queen and to procure to the Plaintiff a sufficient Acquittance or Discharge out of the Exchequer as in the like Case is used that then c. the Defendant pleads he had accounted c. and had discharged and saved harmless the Plaintiff c. and had procured Acquittance the Plaintiff demurâ— for he pleads in the affirm actâ—e he had discharged and shews not how 〈◊〉 This being a multiplicity of things if the general pleading be not good Cro. El. p. 253. Actâ— and Hill A Condition to give account of all Monies gathered by vertue of a Brieâ— c. the Defendant pleads he gave account of all such Monies ill Plea he ought to specifie what he had received or else to say he had received nothing 1 Keb. 760. Woodcot versus Cole A Condition to give a just and true account being a Bâ—s Clark the Defendant pleads performance the Plaintiff replies by receipt of 30 l. the Defendant rejoins it was stollen out of the Plaintiffs Count house the Plaintiff demurs the Robbery is a good Bar 2 Keble 761 779 830. Vere and Smith A Condition was to render a full account to the Plaintiff of all such Sums of Mony and Goods which were due and owing to W. N. at the time of his death which shall any ways come to the hands of the Defendant and shall upon such account within the space of one Week when required make an equal dividend of all such Sums of Mony and Goods and pay the Plaintiff his proportion of the same the Defendant pleads no Goods or Sums of Mony came to his
Release of the residue 1 Anderson p. 235 Case Cro. El. p. 182. Cook versus Bacon Sir G. Grisly now Baronet was bound in a Statute-Merchant before the Mayor of Coventry to D. D. upon a Certificate made by the Mayor into Chancery took out a Capias against him by the name of G. Grisly Esq and Writs of extent thereon this the Court would not amend but advised to sue a new Writ out of Chancerâ— upon the first Certificate scil Capias Corpus G. G. Mil. Baronet qui per nomen G. G. Armig. â—ecognovit c. Hobert 129. Sir George Grisleys Case If three are bound to me in a Statute-Merchant and every of them by themselves quemlibet 〈◊〉 per se I may sue Execution against one of them only or against all at my pleasure Declaration DEclaration is That the Defendant per scriptum suum Obligatorium c. concessit se teneri c. solvend cum requisitus esset The Defendant demands Oyer of the Obligatation which is of a Statute-Merchant c. salvend at the Feast of c. It s an incurable Fault Cro. Jac. op 316. Fox and Inkes A Statute for performance of Covenants which perhaps shall never be broken is no Plea in Bar by Administrator but a Statute for payment of Mony is allowable before Debts on Bond and so it differs from Harrisons Case 5 Rep. It s no good Plea to say that such a one was bound in a Recognizance and not to say per scriptum Obligatorium and to conclude it was done secundum formam Statut. doth not help it but in a Verdict it was agreed to be good Marches Rep. p. 76. Harris and Garret 4 Rep. 65. Fulwoods Case If the Jury find a Recognizance before the Mayor and Recorder though they say not per script Obligat or secundum formam Statuti its good enough The Defendant pleaded to Debt on two Bonds that the Intestate was indebted to the Plaintiff in a Statute-Merchant of 250 l. which Statute is in force not cancelled nor annulled and that she hath not above 40 s. assets ultra the Plaintiff replies that the Statute is burnt with Fire Judgment pro Quer. on demurrer for by the demurrer the Defendant hath confest the burning of the Statute and then it can never rise up for the Statute 23 H. 8. c. 6. concerning Recognizances in the nature of a Statute-Staple refers to the Statute-Staple that the like Execution shall be had and made c. and the Statute-Staple refers to the Statute-Merchant and that to the Statute of Acton Burnel 13 Ed. 1. which provides that if it be found by the Roll and by the Bill that the Debt was acknowledged and that the day of payment is expired that then c. but if the Statute be burnt it cannot appear that the day of payment is expired and consequently there can be no Execution If the Conusee will take his Action upon it he must say hic in Curia prolat 15 H. 7.16 Mod. Rep. 186. Buckly and Haward If One acknowledges a Statute and after a Judgment is had against the Conusor now against the Conusor the Statute shall be preferred but not against an Executor 1 Brownl 37. If two Men claim the same Land one by Extent upon a Statute the other by a Judgment the same Term he who claims by the Judgment shall be first satisfied Yelv. 224. A Statute-Merchant removed by Mittimus out of Chancery in Com. p. and Execution awarded there super tenorem Recordi A Writ of Error lies in B. R. though the Original be in Chancery and the Execution in C. B. More n. 738. Worsley and Charneck In what Courts taken and sued REcognisance taken in the Court of the Admiralty is void Noy 24. Record and Johnson How Recognisances shall be taken in London Stat. 14. E. 3.111 8 R. 2.4 5.5 H. 4.12 If a Statute-Merchant be not paid at the day the Mayor c. shall cause the Debtor to be imprisoned if he be Lay and in their power there to remain till he agree the Debt If the Debtor cannot be found they shall send the Recognisance under the Kings Seal into Chancery from whence shall issue Writ to the Sheriff of the County where the Debtor is to take his Body and if he do not satisfie the Debt within a Quarter of a Year all his Lands and Goods shall be delivered upon extent but his Body shall be still in Prison and he shall be allowed Bread and Water And the Sheriff shall certifie the Justices of one of the Benches how he hath performed the Service i. e. return the Writ If the Debtor dye the Body of his Heir shall not be taken If a Statute be rightly entred into as to the substantial Form it is sufficient though there be variance in the circumstantial Form Bendl. 144 145. All Statutes Merchant and of the Staple shall within six Months after the acknowledgment thereof be entred in the Office of the Clark of the Recognisances and it ought to be brought within four Months to enter a true Copy or else it shall be void against Purchasers bona fide and it must be enrolled within six Month 27 Eliz. c. 4. A Statute is to be shewed in Court of B. R. or C. B. when it s to be extended or on Return of Cepi Corpus else the party will be discharged tho it be lost 37 H. 6.6 7. On a Statute Merchant the Conisee may bring Debt on the Stat. and wave all other proceedings or he may have Execution after this manner He must bring his Statute to the Mayor c. and they are to imprison him if he cannot be found they are to certifie the Record in Chancery and if they refuse to do it they may be compelled thereto by Certiorari and upon a nihil returned upon a Testatum est he may have Process in another County Aliter of Goods and he shall have a Cap. directed to the Sheriff and this to be returned in the C. B. or B. R. if he be returned non est inventus his Lands shall be extended Upon a Statute-Staple or upon Recognisance founded on 23 H. 8. c. 6. the Body Lands and Goods may be taken together and this Writ on these Statutes are returnable in Chancery and not in B. R. or B. C. as a Statute-Merchant is Recognisances in Chancery Vid. supra Statutes CApias lies not on a Recognisance in Chancery but only a Scire Fac. per Gawdy Yelverton and Popham Yelv. 42. Weaver and Clifford So Cro. Eliz. p. 576. Conier's Case but in Ognel and Pastons Case Cro. Eliz. p. 164. adjudged contra and that it lies after a Scire Fac. and two Nihils returned And per Windham in Dormers Case 1 Keb. 456. a Capias lies on a Recognisance in Chancery the Presidents are so but in Grimston and Wades Case 3 Keb. 221 229. The Court conceived no Capias lies on a Recognisance in Chancery Debt on a Recognisance is brought in the
221 225. Blith and Hill Declaration IN the Declaration is omitted ad eandem solation faciend obligo me haeredes meos it was amended Cro. Jac. 147. Forger and Sales Alit if one declare in debet detinet where it ought to be in the detinet only ibid. Winch p. 20. If I declare on Obligation against a collateral Heir the Declaration must be special as Debt against the Brother and Heir the Defendant pleads riens per descent from his said Brother but he had Assets by descent from the Son of his Brother but he must be charged by special Declaration and so Judgment pro Def. Cro. Car. 151. Hill 4 Car. 1. Jenkes Case Judgment and Execution DET port en Lichfield against the Heir he pleads riens c. the Plaintiff replies Assets but shews not in what place whether within the Jurisdiction Judgment was erroneous yet per Dodderidge If the Jury find the Assets to be deins Jurisdiction its sufficient though not so alledged Q. if Costs and Damages shall be given to the Plaintiff on such Judgment 2 Rolls Rep. p. 48. Brown and Carrington In all Courts he must shew the place of Assets Q. Cro. Jac. 502. id Case Co. Rep. 6.46 Dowdales Case Det vers l'heir pendant le Action another Action was brought against the same Heir upon another Obligation of the Ancestor Judgment is given for the Plaintiffs in both Actions but the Plaintiff in the second Action obtains Judgment first he for whom the first Judgment was given shall be first satisfied but if the Heir after the first Action brought had aliened and the Plaintiff in the second Action commenced his Suit after such Alienation had obtained Judgment before the first Plaintiff in that case the Plaintiff in the first 〈◊〉 on should be satisfied and he in the second Action not at all Mod. Rep. 253. Anonymus In Det vers l'heir by Bill after riens per dâ—sm pleaded tempore exhibitionis Bills the Defendant excepted at the Trial because the Bill was not shewed and the Plaintiff was non-suit Per Câ— the Bill is confest and need not be shewed 1 Kâ—b p. 793. Rogers and Rogers The Heir shall put in Bail on a Writ of Error per Stat. 16 Car. 2. c. 2 Keb. 320. Coâ—ber and Walton Det vers tres Co-heirs two confess Assets the other pleads to Issue and is non-suited it s a Non-suit against them all though the two have confest and so the Plaintiff lost his Debt there being â—n Alienation before a new Original Siderfin p. 378 Blacks Case He ought to confess the Assets that truly descend to him otherwise his own Land shall be charged with the Debt Plow 440. Pepyes Case Dyer â— Henninghams Case Dyer 344. Qu. if upon â—il dicit or non sum informatus Judgment shall be general but in Sc. fac sur Recognizance of the Ancestor against the Heir he pleads riens per descent which is false here Judgment shall be special for he is not charged as Heir but as Terre-Tenant at the end of Popham 1 Car. B. R. 153. Bowyer and Ricots After Imparlance one is estopt to say that he is not Heir being charged in Debt as Son and Heir so to say he is a Bastard 35 H. 6. 36 37. The Heir pleads riens per descent besides one Acre if the Plaintiff please he may have Execution of that one Acre or if the Plaintiff plead that he hath Assets beyond that Acre and it be found that he hath ten Acres more the Plaintiff shall have Execution of the Land only and not of his Person Where the Heir pleads he hath nothing by descent generally and it s found against him the Land and all other Land that he hath and his Body are â—iable to judgment by Ca. sa Fi. fat or Elegit â—1 Brownl Rep. 254. Qu. what difference between a false Plea and nil dicit 2 Keb. 343. Riens per descent after the death of the Ancestor Prist Such Issue shall be good in a Formedon for if he have Assets at any time he shall be charged and barred of his Formedon intirely in this Case it must be riens jour de brevâ— purchase nec unâ—pâ—is 10 H. 7.8 b. In Det vers 4 Co-heirs on several Issues on riens per descent Assets was found as to one only Judgment given against her that had Assets quod reâ—uperes debitum damâ— sua generally 〈◊〉 de hunis propriis 2 Keb. p. 588. Cary and Brickmâ—r versus Lock On nil dicit the Heirs own Lands and Goods shall be charged i. e. a general Judgment The Heir pleads Lands set out for Portions besides a Reversion of which he hath nothing replies a third part descended Judgment special 1 Keb. 156. Cudmoâ— and Lâ—wis Judgment against the Heir upon nil dicit shall be general and shall extend to his own Lands as well as to those which specially descend Poph. 154. Bowyers Case Mâ—or n. 657. Barâ—r and Borâ—e Capias lies too against the Heir in Case of a false Plea 2 Leon. p. 11. Sir John Lyons Case The Defendant confesseth he hath a seck Reversion beyond which he had no Assets the Plaintiff said he had ouster and were at Issue the Plaintiff comes and prays leave to wave this Issue and to have Judgment of the Reversion quod fuit concessum quando accideret 1 Rolls Rep. 57. Anonymus The Jury find the Defendant had divers Lands in Fee by descent and shews not what yet Judgment good for upon his false Plea Judgment shall be given generally against him if he have any Assets and so the quantity of the Assets is not material but otherwise in Case of Executors for there they must find the value of the Assets for he must there recover according to the Assets found 1 Rolls Rep. 234. Evet and Sucliff M. 13 Jac. 1. B.R. The Judgment and Execution shall be general unless the Heir acknowledgeth the Action and shews that he hath so much by descent Cro. M. 41 and 42 El. 692. Barker and Bourne If the Heir pleads riens per descent and it be a faux Plea it shall be a general Judgment against him and no Writ of Enquiry need to be to enquire what Lands he hath and need have no special Judgment for the Judgment ought to be that the Defendants Body and Goods shall be liable and half his Lands Stiles p. 287 288. Allery and Holden If the Jury find he hath Lands by descent and name them and Judgment accordingly its erroneous Stiles p. 327. Subgrave and Bosvil Cro. Jac. p. 236. Molineux Case Armourer versus Willis 2 Keb. 642 643 667 719. What Bail the Heir shall put in 3 Keb. 803. Lawrence and Blith Bonds of Arbitrament I Shall not here run into the Learning of Awards which is a curious and large Title in our Law and of which Mr. March hath composed a very Methodical Treatise but take notice of some few select Cases which respect the Nature of such
Rowel and Roo The Court seemed in doubt tho' the Secondary said it was in mia ' generally Cro. Jac. 420. Ashmore and Ripley Precedents are both ways 2 Keb. 704. Mortlock and Charlton Judgment in Debt where the demand is in the debet detinet is to recover Debt Damages and Costs of Suit and the Defendant in mia ' but if the Defendant denies his Deed then a Capias pro Fine issues out 1 Brownl p. 50. The Earl of L. pleaded non est facium and found against him The Judgment was ideo Capiatur and good tho' he be a Peer of the Realm for a Fine is due to the King and none shall have Priviledge against him Cro. Eliz. 503. Earl of Lincoln against Flower Condition If Henry and Robert H. pay c. The Defendant Robert pleads solvit ad diem and found against him and Judgment pro Querente quod recuperet debitum damna against the said Robert praed ' Henricus in misericordia where it should have been Robert for Henry was no party to the Record this was ore tenus assigned for Error and it being a misprision of the Clerk it was amended Cro. Car. 594. Pelham and Hemming The Defendant confest the Action and it was entred non potest dedicere actionem quis non solvet Per Cur. he having confest the Action the words quin non solvet are not material but surplusage and the Plaintiff had Judgment Cro. Eliz. p. 144. Long and Woodliff The Defendant pleads per minas the Plaintiff saith he did it spontanea voluntate and Traverseth the minas and at the Nisiprius the Defendant cognovit actionem non potest didicere but that he made it at large which is to a Plea per duress But per Cur. in regard it is entred quod cognovit actionem it is not necessary for him to acknowledge the point in Issue and that which comes after the the cognovit actionem is but surplusage Cro. Eliz. p. 840. Brown and Holland Debt against Baron and Feme on Obligation on made to the Wife dum sola On non est factum and found pro Querente Judgment shall be Capiantur for both Cro. Eliz. p. 381. Perey's Case The Plaintiff declares upon a Bill quod reddat ti imum dolium ferri deliberand within such a time and on non est factum pro Querente Judgment was quod Querens recuperet dolium ferri vel valorem ad damna c. and upon this a Writ Issues ad distringend ' the Defendant quod reddat praedictum dolium ferri vel valorem ejusdem si non reddat dolium tunc per Sacramentum inquiratur quantum idem dolium valet And before any return of this Writ of enquiry the Plaintiff takes out a Capias upon the Judgment Its Error 1. because the the Judgment is in the Disjunctive it ought to be quod recuperet dolium ferri si non valorem inde as in detinue for the Plaintiff is not to have Election which he will have 2. The Judgment is not perfect before the Writ returned and so nothing certain to ground a Capias or other Execution on Yelv. p. 71. Paler and Bartlet versus Hardyman In old times after Judgment given in Debt the Obligation was demanded because the Duty was changed into another Nature but since Writs of Error and Attaints have been so frequent the Judges thought it dangerous to Cancel the Deed 6 Rep. 46. Higgins Case Execution IN Scire fac ' on Judgment in Debt upon a Bond Course of the Rings-Bench is never to recite the Term of the Judgment given aliter in the Common-Bench 1 Keb. Tr. 13 Car. 2. fo 104. Hatton and Jackson A Writ of Error is no Supersedeas to stay Execution without Special Sureties to pay the Condemnation Mony Cro. Jac. 350. Goldsmith versus Lady Platt The Action was laid in Comberland in Debt on Bond and Judgment to Recover against Administrator The Plaintiff cannot bring a Scire facias in Westmorland but in the same County where the first Action was laid Hobart p. 4. Musgrove and Wharton Two are bound in an Obligation joyntly and severally and the Obligee Sues one of them in the Common-Pleas and the other in the Kings-Bench and a Capias against him in the Kings-Bench and took him in Execution and after took Elegit against the other and had Lands and Goods delivered in Execution as he might the other who was in Execution by his Body had an Audita Querela and was delivered and because the Judgment in that case must be that he be Discharged of the Execution he shall never be taken again tho' the Land taken in Execution be Evicted Hob. p. 2. Q. tho' in Elegit the pernancy of the profits be Executory yet it s a present Interest and so a Satisfaction 1 Rolls Rep. â— Cowley and Lydiatâ— If Debt be brought upon an Obligation against two upon a joynt Praecipe and the Plaintiff hath Judgment to Recovery a joynt Execution ought to be sued against both But if the Suit were by one Original and several Praecipe's Execution may be sued against any of them 1 Leon. 288. agreed per Cur. 1 Rols Rep. 44. Bâ—nks Case A. and B. are joyntly and severally bound to C. C. took-out a Process against them by several Praecipe's and had two several Judgments and took out two several Executions of one Test viz. Fieri facias against A. and Ca. Sa. against B. Q. if the Writs are well awarded here the Fieri facias was Executed for all and therefore no Ca. Sa. shall Issue out Winch Rep. p. 112. Holts Case If two are bound joyntly and severally to me and I Sue them joyntly I may have a Capias against them both and the death or escape of the one shall not discharge the other But I cannot have a Capias against one and another kind of Execution against the other because tho' they be two several persons yet they make but one Debtor when I Sue them joyntly But if I Sue them severally I may sever them in their kinds of Executions But yet so if once a very Satisfaction is had of one or against the Sheriff upon an escape of one the rest may be releived upon an Audita Querela Hobart p. 59. in Fosters Case One of the Obligors was in Execution by Ca. Sa. and the Sheriff voluntarie permisit ad Lurgum This was pleaded by the other Obligor Judgment pro Querente for the Execution against one is no Bar but that he may Sue the other and tho' he escaped so as the Plaintiff is entitled to an Action against the Sheriff yet that shall not deprive him of his remedy against the other aliter if he had pleaded the Sheriff c. by the License or Command of the Plaintiff Cro. Car. 75. Whittacre and Hamkinson Two are bound joyntly and severally in an Obligation one was Sued and taken in Execution and afterwards the other was Sued and taken