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
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
not stay to wait for performance perhaps then he may stay as long as he lives but as on Bonds of Abritrament on breach of either Party hath remedy 2 Keble 674. Modern Rep. 64. Siderfin 464. Humlock and Blacklow In Debt for performance of Covenants they must be set out in Latin Allen p. 87. Of Assignment of a Breach on Bonds of Covenant IF Breach be assigned after the Action brought its ill the Defendant demands Oyer of the Obligation and it was for performance of Covenants the Plaintiff replies and assigns a Breach in non-payment of the Rent the 20th day of June 17 Car. and the Bill was filed Trin. 17 Car. which Term ended the 14th of June therefore ill Siderfin 307. Champions Case Bond of Covenants to perform the Indenture of a demise the Plaintiff declares he made the Lease the 28th of May to the Defendant and that postea scil 27th of the same month of May the Defendant broke the Covenant Demur because the breach is set forth before the Lease began and so no cause of Action but by Bacon where the postea scil are repugnant as here they are the postea shall be good to signifie the time of the Covenant broken and the scil shall be void Stiles p. 45. Anonymus If an Obligation conditioned for payment of Mony become payable hanging the Action this had made the Action good otherwise where it is conditioned for performance of Covenants and there is a Breach pendent the Action Q. Siderfin in Champions Case p. 308. The Plaintiff must assign a Breach to intitle himself except in some Cases vide infra on a Bond of Covenants that the Defendant should not deliver possession to any but the Lessor or such Persons as should lawfully recover the Defendant pleaded he did not deliver but to such Persons as lawfully recovered it the Plaintiff demurs Judgment pro Quer. Per Twisden on affirmative Covenants general pleading of performance is sufficient and so on negative for its sufficient for the Defendant to plead an excuse and the Plaintiff must assign a breach to entitle himself 1 Keble 380 413. Nicholas and Pullen One Covenant was That J. B. her Heirs c. should perform Covenants in a Deed Poll whereof one was That if I. died before the Plaintiff had satisfaction on Judgment assigned then the Administrators de bonis non of H. B. should farther secure that Assignment the Defendant pleaded performance generally the Plaintiff replies such a day I. died and sets not forth any Breach Judgment pro Defendente 2 Keble 288 301. Trussâ— and Mading The Plaintiff is not bound to alledge a special Breach when the Defendants Plea contains speciall Matter A Condition to perform Covenants in an Indenture one was That I. the Defendant should permit Guy the Plaintiff from time to time to come and see if the House leased by Guy and K. his Wife were in repair I. pleads in Bar that I. B. and K. his Wife were Tenants in Tail of the House and had Issue that I. B. died K. married Guy the Plaintiff and they two make a Lease to him for 20 years and that W. the Issue in Tail such a day entred before which entry the Condition was not broken Guy replies That William came with him upon the Land to see if Reparations c. and traverses the entry of William in manner and form prout and Issue joined upon the Traverse c. and found pro Quer. and Judgment it was assigned for Error that there was not any breach of Covenant in I. assigned and so had shewn no cause of Action but per Cur he need not in this Case for the special Plea of the Defendant had disabled the Plaintiff that he could not assign any breach of Covenant but of necessity ought to answer to the special Matter alledged It s not like the Case of Arbitrament in Debt on Bond to perform Award the Defendant pleads nul â—iel Award then the Plaintiff in his Replication ought to set forth Award and assign his Breach because the Defendants Plea 〈◊〉 general but if in such Case the Defendant should plead a Release of all Demands after the Arbitrament by which he offers a special point in Issue there it sufficeth if the Plaintiff answer to the Release without assigning any Breach Yelv. p. 78. Hob. cont â— Brownl p 89. Jeffry and Guy 2 Keb. 46 74. â—arch and â—lackaâ— The Condition was That wherâ— Ed. Tailor had bargained c. to the Plaintiff a Close c. and whereas the said Ed. T. hath already â—ort gaged to J. S. divers Lands in G. whereby the said Close is either mortgaged or supposed to be mortgaged c. if therefore the said Close of Pasture at the day mentioned in the said Indenture of a Mortgage be redeemed and set free c. the Defendant pleads the Close was not mortgaged to J. S. sic dicit quod clausum praed c. fuit redempt liberat exonerat c. the Plaintiff replies That the said Close was mortgaged to the said J. S. and upon this Issue joined and found pro Quer. and 't was moved in Arrest of Judgment that the Replication was not good for he ought to have replied quod pignoratum fuit to the said Smith and is not redeemed for it might be redeemed before the day Per Cur. it s a good Replication 1. The Defendant hath offered a particular point in Issue that it was not mortgaged and the Plaintiff answers it when he saith it was mortgaged and need not alledge that it was not redeemed for there shall never be intended any redemption because the Defendant pleads it was not mortgaged as J. S. is bound to marry the Daughter of J. D. upon Easter-day next in Debt on this Obligation if J. S. pleads in Bar that the Daughter of J. D. died before Easter-day it s a good Plea and its a good Replication that the Daughter was living on Easter-day without saying farther that he had not married her because a special Plea in Bar is always answered with a special Replication in the Point alledged 2. Because the Mortgage is supposed to be made between a Stranger and the Defendant to whose Acts of Redemption c. the Plaintiff is not privy and cannot have conusance or notice of theire Acts its excellent Learning which hath made me more at large recite it Yelv. M. 44 and 45 Eliz. R. R. fol. 24. Baily and Tailor Cro. Eliz. p. 899. mesme Case the difference is such pleading after Verdict should be good but not if demurred to as the Condition was the Defendant should render account of all such Goods of A. as came to his hands or pay his part for them The Defendant pleads nothing came to his hands The Plaintiff replies a silver Bowl came to hands Demurrer Ill Replication for he should have said and had not paid for it Siderfin 340. 1 Keb. 275. Hayman and Gerrard Though in Obligations put in Suit for
his Election to accept the Estate tendred or the Mony and there cannot be an acceptance but where there is a tender on the other part Therefore the Conisor ought to have devised the Estate and procured the Conisee to accept thereof otherwise he ought to pay the Mony Crook Eliz. p. 718. Mills and Wood. A Covenant to make a Lease on such Covenants as the Plaintiff or his Counsel shall advise the Plaintiff must tender the Lease 3 Keble 183. Twiford and Buckly The Covenant is to make a Lease for three Lives before Michaelmas the Defendant pleads that none of the Lives were named by the Plaintiff The Plaintiff demurs Judgment was for the Defendant the Plaintiff must name them 3 Keble 183 203. Twiford and Buckly The Defendant pleads the Condition was if the Defendant make an Estate to the Plaintiff of certain Land before such a day in Fee by Feoffment Fine or otherwise as his Counsel learned in the Law shall advise The Plea was Concilium non dedit advisamentum The Defendant is not bound to request his Counsel to make advice and the advisement doth not come on the part of the Plaintiff but on the part of the Defendant This is not like the Case of Obligors being bound to pay to the Obligee 10 l. or enfeoff him of the Mannor of S. he ought to make tender of the Monies and in the other Case he oughâ— to tender that he will make a Feoffment because all comes from the Defendant 6 H. 7.4 as in this Case The Plaintiff replies J. S. was of his Counsel and no more and he made such advice which advisement the Plaintiff notified to the Defendant so it is good ibid. If I am bound to make you such an assurance as J. S. shall devise I am bound at my peril to procure notice but if I am bounden to make such assurance as your Counsel shall advise there notice ought to be given to me 1 Leon. p. 105. Case 141. in Atkinsons Case A Condition to perform Covenants Breach assigned whereas the Covenantor covenanted with the Covenantee that he at the costs of the Covenantee would assure such Lands unto him before such a day that the day was past and no assurance tendred by the Covenantor not costs by the Covenantee Per Cur. the Covenantor is to make the assurance and to give notice what assurance he will make and his readiness that the other may know what Costs to tender Crook Eliz. 517. Hallings and Connard The Covenantor ought to do the first act viz. notifie the Covenantee what manner of Estate he will make so that the Covenantee may know what Sum of Mony to tender and it is all one whether the Covenant be general or particular as to make a Feoffment c. and so if nothing were done before the day the Obligation is forfeited 5 Rep. mesme Case 22. b. The Obligor having election what manner of assurance he will make ought first to give notice to the Obligee that he will make such assurance More n. 595. mesme Case W. covenants for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns within seven years upon Request to convey to the Plaintiff a Copyhold Estate for life W. dies a Request must be made to his Executors though W. was seised in Fee the Executors are bound to see it done 2 Bulstr 158. Thursdens Case A Condition to perform Articles one was the Defendant covenanted before such a Feast to make to the Plaintiff and his Wife a Demise of c. Hebendum immediately after the death of E. F. for 30 years if E. W. to this assent then Habend after the death of E. F. for 21 years The Defendant pleads E. W. denied his assent and farther that the Plaintiff did not require the Defendant to make him the Lease for 21 years Demurrer and Judgment pro Quer. For the Plaintiff need not make Request but the Defendant at his peril ought to have made the Lease for 21 years before the Feast 1 Anders n. 124. f. 49. Henry Cage versus Tho. Furtho The Condition is if the Obligor make all reasonable Acts c. which shall be for assurance c. to be required by the Obligee before such a day c. a general Request is sufficient Aliter if the assurance were to be advised by the Obligee or his Counsel there he must shew he had required such a particular assurance as Fine c. and as to this the Case was thus The Condition was if the Defendant before M. do make acknowledg and suffer c. all and every such reasonable Acts and things whatsoever they be for the good and lawful assuring and sure making of the Mannor of D. to J. S. and his Heirs that then c. The Defendant pleads that before M. the Plaintiff rationabiliter non requisivit le def ad faciend c. aliqua rationabilia actum acta quae forent pro bona legitima assurantia del mannor de D. c. The Plaintiff replies that such a day before M. he requested the Defendant quod ipse conveiret assuraret manerium de D. al J. S. c. secundum tenorem conditionis And Issue found pro Quer. Moved in arrest of Judgment that there was no sufficient Breach for that the Plaintiff ought to have required an assurance in certain viz. Fine or Feoffment but per Cur. the Condition is broken for by the Condition the Defendant is to do all and every act whatsoever c. so that if the Plaintiff request a Fine Recovery Feoffment Bargain and Sale the Defendant ought to do all but not to make any Obligation or Recognisance for the enjoying the Mannor for that is but collateral Security and not any Assurance Then when the Plaintiff requests the Defendant to convey the Mannor in the generality the Defendant ought at his peril to do this by some kind of Assurance and if upon this Request the Defendant makes a Feoffment of the Mannor yet if after this the Plaintiff request a Fine he ought to acknowledge a Fine also and so upon every several Request Yelv. p. 44. 1 Brownl p. 84. More n. 889. Pudsey and Newsam The Condition was to make an Estate of Inheritance to the Obligee at such a day and place The Defendant pleads he was ready at the day and place to make it c. The Plaintiff demurs Per Cur. ill Plea he ought to have shewed that he gave notice what Estate of Inheritance he would make him Stiles p. 61. Allen p. 24. Brook and Brook 5 Rep. 22. If a Man be bound to make a Conveyance of certain Lands if a Warranty or Covenant be put into the Deed he is not bound to seal it 1 Rolls Abr. p. 424. sect 13. The Condition is to make such Assurance to the Obligee as the Obligee shall devise and after the Obligee deviseth an Indenture and tenders this to him and he requires time to shew it to his Counsel he must seal
that he cannot do sans Licence Moor n. 294. Crocock and White An Action is brought against the Heir of Edmund A. the Condition Whereas the said Ed. A. such a day hath granted and given to the Plaintiff the Presentation to the Church of D. if therefore the said Ed. A. from time to time shall make good the said Grant from all Incumbrances made or to be made by him and his Heirs that then c. the Grantor died the Church became void the Heir of the Grantor presented this tortious Presentation is no Breach but this extends only to lawful disturbance by the Heir for it appears by the pleading the Heir had no right to present his Father having granted that before Per Hobert the words shall be construed as if it had been said that he shall enjoy the same from any Act or Acts made by him or his Heirs and in this Case there ought to be a lawful Eviction to make a breach of the Condition but otherwise if the Condition had been that he shall peaceably enjoy from any Act or Acts made by him or his Heirs for in this Case a tortious disturbance would have been a Breach of the Condition Winch p. 25. Dr. Hunt versus Allen. The Condition was That he should enjoy such Lands sans Eviction the Breach was assigned in the Recovery by Verdict in Ejectione Firmae upon a Lease made by one Essex and doth not shew what Title Essex had to make the Lease but avers that Essex had good Title and it might be he had Title derived from the Plaintiff himself after the Obligation made and therefore he ought to shew that he had good and eigne Title before the Lease made and in the Exchequer-Chamber the Replication held ill Cro. Jac. p. 315. Kirby versus Hansaker 2 Sanders Hele and Wotton though this was after a Verdict 2 Sanders 177 178. Id. The Condition was If the Obligee peaceably enjoy an Acre of Copyhold Land according to the Custom of the Mannor the Defendant pleads by Custom of the Mannor the Obligee ought to pay to the Lord a Rent and for non-payment the Lord to re-enter and that the Obligee did not pay it and the Lord entred and demanded Judgment si Actio bon Plea Benl p. 32. The Condition was to enjoy peaceably against M. Breach assigned that M. had entred and cut down five Elms upon Evidence it was A. Servant of M. by commandment and in the presence of his Master had entred and cut and good 1 Leon. 157. Seaman and Browning Debt on Obligation for performance of Covenants Breach assigned was the Defendant Lessor covenanted that it should be lawful for the Plaintiff being Lessee quietly to enjoy the Land and that the Lessor himself ousted him this illegal ouster was a Breach of the Covenant Cro. El. 543. Corus Case The Condition is If such Lands be discharged of all Incumbrances made by him except the Estate and Title of Jointure of his Wife Elizabeth that then the Breach is assigned that the Defendant before the Obligation made had surrendred these Lands to the use of Elizabeth his Wife it s no Breach vide Cro. El. p. 761. Woodward vers Dannock In Debt on Bond against Baron and Feme being made in her Widowhood with Condition that she her Heirs or Assigns keep Contracts and Covenants made between former Husband and his Lessee the Plaintiff and there was an Agreement that the Plaintiff should enjoy a Warren of the Demise of the former Husband and that he entred till put out by the Defendant Issue on the Agreement found pro Quer. Jones moved there was no Estate alledged in the former Husband in jure Uxoris whereby though the second Husband be assigned in Law yet he enters of his own wrong and not as claiming under her but per Windham it s not requisite that the Husband be Assignee of the Estate but her Assignee of Contract 1 Keble 348 512. Hall versus Creswel and his Wife Judgment pro Quer. A Covenant to save harmless from lawful Eviction the Defendant pleads performance the Plaintiff replies That J. S. took out a Writ of Hab. fac poss in B. I. debito modo exeunt ' and by vertue thereof entred and expelled him per Cur. debito modo is not sufficient without shewing particulars he ought at least to recite the Term of the Judgment but not the Title of him that evicted 1 Keble 379. Nicholas and Pullâ—n The Condition was That the Obligor should not enter nor claim a certain House the Defendant said he did not enter nor claim the Plaintiff replies he claimed no Plea he should say he came to the Land and claimed the Land and entred into the Land and nothing shall be traversed but the Claim 4 H. 7.13 not the Entry A Condition to discharge a Mesuage of all Incumbrances there one may plead generally that he did discharge it of all Incumbrances but if it be to discharge it of such a Lease he must shew how 1 Brownl 63. The Condition was That he shall suffer his Lessee for years to enjoy c. and that without the trouble of him or any other Person a Stranger enters per eigne Title the Condition is not broken for this word suffer is a passive and all the rest is to be referred to this but if any procurement or occasion of disturbance be by the Lessor his Executors or Assigns then he forfeits the Obligation 2 Ed. 4.2 b. 1 Rolls Abr. 425. Q. 1. A Man is bound to warrant Lands by Obligation in Action de Det port pacifice gavisus est is no Plea for it s but an Argument that he had warranted and it s but a fallible Argument for the Party may enjoy peaceably without having Warranty Dyer 42. b. 43. a. 2 Co. fol. 3. A Condition peaceably to enjoy from the 1st of Febr. usque Michaelmas-day Tithes paying half yearly during the Term and on default of payment the Defendant Lessor to be free from all Obligation to the Plaintiff he replies he assigned a Breach in non-payment of Rent at Michaelmas which is after the Term ended and so the Defendant demurs Also the substance of the Suit is quiet Enjoyment and therefore ought not to be taken by protestation sed per Cur. enjoyment need not be answered where it s defeasanced by payment of the Rent yet Judgment pro Def. 3 Keb. 594. Biggin and Bridge A Condition that he shall suffer his Lessee for years to enjoy his Lands during the Term and that without trouble of him or any other Person a Stranger enters per eigne Title per Cur. the Condition is not broken for that this word suffer is a passive and all the residue is to be referred to this but if any procurement or occasion of disturbance by the Lessor his Executors or Assigns then he hath forfeited the Obligation a Man is bound to permit Land to descend to his Son he need not aver that this had descended to him