Sr Peyton Ventris Kn t. Late one of the Justices of the Court of Com̄on Pleas. I Royly pinx H White sculp THE REPORTS OF Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. Late One of the JUSTICES of the COMMON-PLEAS In Two Parts The First PART Containing Select CASES Adjudged in the Kings-Bench in the Reign of K. CHARLES II. WITH Three Learned ARGUMENTS One in the Kings-Bench by Sir Francis North when Attorney General and Two in the Exchequer by Sir Matthew Hale when Lord Chief Baron With Two TABLES One of the Cases the other of the Principal Matters The Second PART Containing choice CASES Adjudged in the Common-Pleas in the Reigns of K. CHARLES II. and K. JAMES II. and in the Three first years of the Reign of His now Majesty K. WILLIAM and the late Q MARY while he was a JUDGE in the said Court With the Pleadings to the same ALSO Several CASES and PLEADINGS thereupon in the Exchequer-Chamber upon Writs of ERROR from the Kings-Bench Together with many remarkable and curious Cases in the Court of Chancery Whereto are added Three exact TABLES One of the Cases the other of the Principal Matters and the third of the Pleadings With the Allowance and Approbation of the Lord Keeper and all the Judges LONDON Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkyns Esquires for Charles Harper and the Flower-de-Luce and Iacob Tonson at the Judges-Head both over against St. Dunstan's Church in the Fleetstreet MDCXCVI WE all knowing the Great Learning and Judgment of the Author do for the Benefit of the Publick approve of and allow the Printing and Publishing of this Book Intituled The Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. Late One of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas J. Som̄ers C.S. J. Holt Geo Treby Ed Nevill Joh. Powell W. Gregory N. Lechmere Tho. Rokeby G Eyre Jo Turton John Powell Sam. Eyre April the 20 th 1695. THE FIRST PART OF THE REPORTS OF Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. LATE One of the Iustices OF THE COMMON-PLEAS CONTAINING Select CASES Adjudged in the COURT of Kings-Bench in the Reign of King CHARLES II. WITH THREE LEARNED ARGVMENTS One in the Kings-Bench by Sir FRANCIS NORTH when Attorney General And Two in the Exchequer by Sir MATTHEW HALE when Lord Chief Baron With Two exact TABLES One of the Cases the other of the Principal Matters With the Allowance and Approbation of the LORD KEEPER and all the JUDGES LONDON Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkyns Esquires for Charles Harper at the Flower-de-Luce and Iacob Tonson at the Judges-Head both over against St. Dunstan's Church in the Fleetstreet MDCXCVI TO THE READER THE Name of the Reverend and Learned JUDGE who was the Compiler of these REPORTS will be a sufficient Invitation to the Understanding Reader not only to cast his Eye upon but seriously to peruse them And as my Lord Coke in his Commentary upon Littleton fol. 249. b. says That for the most part the latter Resolutions and Judgments are the surest and therefore best to Season Students with at the Beginning both for the settling of their Judgments and retaining of them in Memory and easier to be understood than the Ancient So it is to be hoped that these following REPORTS Collected with Care Diligence and Experience by the Learned Author thereof will fully answer these Directions given by that before-mentioned Famous Lawyer The Author of these REPORTS was so Eminent in his Profession of the LAWS that should I presume to give a Character of him it would come very short of His great Worth and therefore I shall only commend him to the Courteous Reader where he will find his own Character given by himself Vale. THE NAMES OF THE CASES IN THE FIRST PART A ABram v. Cunningham p. 303 Adams v Guy 109 Amhurst's Case of Grays-Inn 187 Anger v. Brewer 348 350 Anonymus's 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 13 17 18 20 21 24 26 28 31 32 33 34 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 45 46 48 49 51 53 54 55 59 60 61 63 65 69 71 74 75 87 89 92 93 98 100 105 107 108 109 111 114 115 117 120 126 127 132 133 135 142 143 146 165 166 191 211 212 213 214 222 233 234 236 239 247 248 249 252 253 256 257 258 259 261 262 264 265 266 267 268 272 274 276 292 293 295 296 298 306 308 309 310 315 323 325 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 335 336 337 338 343 344 345 346 348 349 350 352 353 355 356 357 359 361 362 366 367 369 Astree v. Ballard 315 Atkyns Sir Robert v. Holford Clare 399 Auberie v. James 70 Aubin St. v. Cox 180 Austin's Case 183 Austin's Katharine Case 189 B BAins versus Biggersdale 5 Baker v. Bulstrode 255 Baker v. Bakers 313 Baldway and Ouston 71 Baltinglasses Lady Case 64 Barber v. Fox 159 Barkly v. Paine 28 Barnard v. Mitchel 114 126 Barnes v. Bruddel 4 Barnes v. Hughes 8 Barrett v. Milward al' 75 Bateman 's Sir Anthony Case 166 Bates 's William Case 41 Batmore Vx ' v. Graves 260 Bayly v. Murin 244 Beasly 's Case 301 Bedniff Vx ' v. Popli Vx ' 220 Bell v. Thatcher 275 Bellew Monsieur Norman sen ' Norman jun ' 254 Bernard v. Bernard 72 Berry v. Bowes 360 Best v. Yates 268 Billingham and Vavasor 6 Biron 's Lord Case 100 Blackamore v. Mercer 221 Blackman 's Case 304 Blake v. 240 Bolton v. Cannon 271 Bosvile v. Coates 58 Bourne v. Mason al' 6 Bovye 's Sir Ralph Case 193 211 217 Bradnox 's Case 195 Braithwaite 's Case 19 Brell v. Richards 165 Brown 's John Case 243 Brown v. London 152 Brown v. Wait 299 Bulmer v. Charles Pawlet Lord St. John 160 Burfoot v. Peale 262 Burgen 's Thomas Case 13 Burrough 's Case 305 Burwell 's Case 48 Butcher v. Cowper 183 C CAptain C 's Case 250 Cabell and Vaughan 34 Calthorpe v. 108 Cartwright v. Pinkney 272 Castilian v. Platt 190 Catterel v. Marshal 99 Chester v. Wilson 78 Chesters Lady Case 207 Clarke v. Phillips al. 42 Clarke 's Case 327 Clayton v. Gillam 363 Clerke v. Cheney 13 Clipsham v. Morris 9 Clue v. Baily 240 Cole v. Levingston 224 Colepepper 's Case 349 Collet v. Padwel 93 Collingwood v. Pace 413 Cooke v. Fountain 347 Coriton Sir John and Harvey versus Lithby 167 Cotton Sir Robert v. Daintry 29 Cousin 's Case 69 Cox v. Matthews 237 239 Crawfoot v. Dale 263 Crispe and Jackson v. The Mayor and Commonalty of Berwick 58 90 Crosse v. Winter 22 Crossing v. Scudamore 137 Curtis al' v. Collingwood 297 Curtis v. Inman 364 Cuts v. Pickering 197 D DAcon 's Case 107 Dacres v. Duncomb 235 Davenant v. The Bishop of Salisbury 223 Davis v. Wright al' 120 Davis v. Price 317 Davison v. Hoslip 152 Day v. Pitts 10 Day v. Coppleston 356 Dean and Chapter of Durham v. The Lord Archbishop of York 225 Debt 233 Denison v. Ralphson 365 Dier v. East 42 146
could not be digged up there might be an Indictment Exhibited to the Grand Jury who might Enquire thereupon Termino Sancti Hillarij Anno 32 33 Car. II. In Banco Regis Anonymus A Motion was made against a Judge of an Inferiour Court of Record for increasing upon a View the Damages in an Action of Trespass and Battery to so much more than was given by the Jury Curia The proper way is to Reform it by a Writ of Error for none but the Courts at Westminster can increase Damages upon View Anonymus IF a Writ of Error in Ejectment c. abates by the Act of God a second Writ will be a Supersedeas Otherwise where it abates by the Act of the Party Anonymus IN a Writ of Error to Reverse a Fine the Proclamations were pleaded in the same Fine and Five â—ears quiet possession and this in barr of a Writ of Error The Court Inclined that the Error being in the Fine Five years possession could not be pleaded Sed Adjornatur Mo. Rep. 8. Termino Paschae Anno 33 Car. II. In Banco Regis NOte This Term Sir Francis Pemberton was made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench in the room of Sir William Scroggs who was displaced Page versus Denton HIll 32 33. Car. 2. Rot. 45. In Debt upon a Bond against an Executor who pleads that the Testator was Indebted to him by an Obligation the Condition whereof was to pay Rent and that at the time of his Decease there was 300 l due for Rent and that he had not more than 60 l Assets to pay it c. The Plaintiff Replied That there was but 30 l due for Rent at the time of the Testator's death Which the Court held to be a good Replication altho' the Penalty of the Bond was forfeited at the time of the Testator's death For if a Bond due to a Stranger be forfeited and this be pleaded by an Executor and that he hath not Assets ultra 't is a good Replication to say That the Obligee would have taken part of his Money in full and it shall be a Bar for no more and here the Defendant ought to take but his due Debt And the Court said that if men would plead their Case Specially it would save many a Suit in Chancery Fitzharris's Case EDward Fitzharris was Indicted of High Treason upon which being Arâ—aigned and demanded to plead he delivered in a Paper containing a Plea to the Jurisdiction of the Court which could not be received as the Court said not being under Counsel's Hand Whereupon he prayed to have Counsel assigned and Named divers whereof the Court assigned Four And he was taken from the Bar three of four days being given him to advise with his Counsel to prepare his Plea as they would stand by him The Counsel prayed that they might have a Copy of the Indictment But the Court denied it and said that it was not permitted in Treason or any other Capital Crimes But Justice Dolben said that sometimes it had been allowed to take Notes out of the Indictment Vid. Mirror 304. Abusion est que Justices ne monstre l'Indictment à les Indictes s'ils demandront Sect. 115. Termino Sanctae Trinitatis Anno 33 Car. II. In Banco Regis Anonymus IN an Action of Debt against an Executor in the Debet and Detinet upon a Surmize of a Devastavit the Defendant was held to Special Bail And so Ruled upon Motion Anonymus IT was said by the Court That if a Corporation that hath been by Prescription accept a New Charter wherein some alteration is of their Name and likewise of the Method in the Governing part yet their Power to remove and other Franchises which they had de temps d'ont c. do continue And if the Power to Remove be at their Will and Pleasure this Will must be expressed under their Common Seal but in Return to a Mandamus debito modo amotus may suffice Note No Writ of Error lies upon an Indictment of Recusancy and Conviction by Proclamation Note In an Ejectment where there are divers Defendants which are to Confess Lease Entry and Ouster if one does not appear at the Trial the Plaintiff cannot proceed against the rest but must be Nonsuit Termino Sancti Michaelis Anno 33 Car. II. In Banco Regis Anonymus IN Covenant the Plaintiff Declared upon several Breaches one whereof was for not paying of 7 l according to the Covenant It was moved for the Defendant that he might be admitted to bring 7 l into Court to pay to the Plaintiff together with his Costs hitherto c. as is usual in Cases of Debt or Assumpsit for Money and that the Plaintiff might proceed for the rest if he thought fit But the Motion was denied because the Plaintiff had Declared of other Breaches and the Matter lay in Damages Anonymus ERror upon a Judgment in the Common Pleas where the Plaintiff Declared in an Action upon the Case that he had Common in the Defendants Lands habere debuit c. The Defendant Demurred because not set out how the Plaintiff was Intituled to the Common whether by Prescription or otherwise Notwithstanding which Judgment in the Common Bench was for the Plaintiff and now the same Matter insisted on for Error here and the Court doubted To make the Declaration good there was quoted the Case of Sands and Trefuses in the 3 Cro. in an Action for Stopping of a Watercourse to his Mill which was held good without saying an Ancient Mill or that he was Intituled to the Watercourse by Prescription or otherwise 2 Cro. 43.122 Dent and Oliver an Action for disturbing of him to take Toll and no Title set forth Sed Adjornatur Vid. Co. Entr. 9. 11. Day versus Copleston IN an Assumpsit for Money the Defendant pleaded the Statute for the Discharge of poor Prisoners and that he had been Discharged by that Act which provides that there shall be no after Prosecution by a Creditor in such case so as to subject the Body to Execution and says that he can say nothing further in Bar of the Action Vpon which the Plaintiff Demurred and the Defendant joyned in the Demurrer and Judgment was Entred up for the Plaintiff but with a Cesset executio quoad Corpus c. And the Court approved of this way of pleading the Statute for otherwise they said if the Matter had not been disclosed in pleading they doubted whether the could have given the Defendant the benefit of the Act but he would be driven to his Audita Querela Anonymus ERror of a Judgment in the King's Bench in Ireland it was suggested that the Plaintiff was in Execution upon the Judgment in Ireland And the Court seemed to be of Opinion that a Habeas Corpus might be sent thither to remove him as Writs Mandatory had been awarded to Calais and now to Jersey Guernsey c. Anonymus THe Case was A. Tenant in Tail Remainder to B. in Tail c. A.
Place assigned from whence the Venue should have come 348 350 No likelyhood of an Indifferent Tryal cause to change the Venue 365 Verdict See Assumpsit What Errors and Omissions are ayded after Verdict 34 100 108 109 114 126 Where a Special Verdict refers one Special Point to the Judgment of the Court all other matters shall be intended 118 After Verdict the Court shall admit any Intendment to make the Case good 123 Want of an averment of Levancy and Couchancy aided by a Verdict 165 Vse See Trust What Words and Considerations shall raise a Use 138 140 141 The use of a Fine or Recovery may be declared by a subsequent Deed 368 In Cases of Uses the Intention of the Parties ought to be pursued 373 374 378 Vsury The Statute against Usury expounded strictly in regard of Broakers 38 No Action of Debt lies for the Interest of Mony but it is to be recovered by Assumpsit in Damages 198 W. Wager of Law WHere admitted and where not 261 Indictment of Perjury will not lie upon an Oath in waging Law 296 Way High way and Private-way the Diversity and who shall repair 189 256 Whether an Indictment lies for stopping a Common Foot-way to a Church 208 Action on the Case for obstructing his way to his Wood 274 Wills A man cannot release a Debt by Will 39 Wills concerning the Guardianship of a Child and not to be proved in the Ecclesiastical Court but they may there prove a Will of Lands 207 Where Suits for Legacies given by Wills ought to be 233 The Effect of a Republication and Paroll Declaration 341 342 Witness See Evidence Statutes A Council Attorney or Sollicitor ought not to be examined against his Clyent because obliged to keep his Secrets 197 A Pardon of Felony though after burning in the Hand restores a man to be a Witness not so of Perjury 349 Whether a Freeman of a City may be a VVitness for that City 351 Writs A Fault in a Mean Process is aided by Appearance but if an Original should bear date on a Sunday the Appearance of the Party would not help it 7 Sr Peyton Ventris Kn t. Late one of the Justices of the Court of Com̄on Pleas. I Royly pinx H White sculp THE SECOND PART OF THE REPORTS OF Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. LATE One of the Iustices OF THE COMMON-PLEAS CONTAINING Select CASES Adjudged in the COURT of Common-Pleas in the Reigns of K. CHARLES II. and K. JAMES II. and in the Three first years of the Reign of His now Majesty K. WILLIAM and the late Q. MARY while he was a JUDGE in the said COURT With the Special PLEADINGS to the same ALSO Several CASES and PLEADINGS thereupon in the Exchequer-Chamber upon Writs of ERROR from the Kings-Bench Together with many remarkable and curious Cases in the Court of Chancery Whereto are added Three exact TABLES One of the Cases the other of the Principal Matters and the third of the Pleadings With the Allowance and Approbation of the LORD KEEPER and all the JUDGES LONDON Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkyns Esquires for Charles Harper at the Flower-de-Luce and Iacob Tonson at the Judges-Head both over against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet MDCXCVI MVNIFICENTIA REGIA 1715 GEORGIVS D. G. MAG BR FR. ET HIB REX F. D. I. P. Sc. THE NAMES OF THE CASES IN THE SECOND PART A ADAMS v. Cross 181 Alleson v. Marsh ibid. Anonymus's 35 39 45 46 47 48 58 73 117 154 171 172 173 174 180 194 195 196 214 215 216 218 262 346 347 349 351 353 358 359 361 362 363 365 B BAiles v. Wenman 74 Barney v. Tyson 359 Bathurst 's Case 40 Baynton v. Bobbet 67 Bealy v. Sampson 90 93 Beaumont v. Weldon 155 Beversham 's Sir William Case 345 Biddulph v. Dashwood 261 Bird v. Blosse 361 Blake v. Clattie 73 Bland v. Haselrig al' 151 Blisse v. Frost 63 67 Blois Charles al' v. Dame Jane Blois and Jane Blois Infants 347 Bockenham v. Thacker 69 71 74 Bond v. Moyle 106 Bonham v. Newcomb 364 Bowyer v. Milner 57 Bracton v. Lister 84 Bright v. Addy 195 Broadhurst v. Richardson al' 349 Brown v. Rands 156 Buckler v. Millerd 107 Burchet v. Durdant 311 Bush v. Buckingham 80 83 Butler 's Sir Oliver Case 344 C CAge v. Russel 352 Carr v. Donne 189 193 Chamberlain v. Cooke 75 78 Chapman v. Flexman 286 291 Chase v. Sir James Etheridge 130 Clarke v. Peppin 97 99 Clarke v. Tucket 182 Clobberie 's Case 342 Coghill v. Freelove 209 Collet v. Collet 355 Colley v. Helyar 135 Cornwallis 's the Lord Case 38 Cooke v. Romney 173 Cramlington v. Evans and Percival 296 307 Craw v. Ramsey 1 D DAwney v. Vesey 249 Dawson v. The Sheriffs of London 84 89 Dennis v. Mazey 210 212 Dickman v. Allen 136 138 Dighton Christopher v. Bernard Greenvil 321 Dod v. Dawson 143 Dodwell the Case of and The University of Oxford 33 Dowse v. Cale 117 126 Draper Sir Thomas v. Dr. Crowther 362 E ELlis v. Yates 153 Every v. Carter 254 259 F FAgg v. Roberts al' 195 Fleet 's The Warden of the Case 154 Fowkes v. Joyce 50 G GAwden v. Draper 217 George v. Butcher 140 Godfrey v. Ward 185 Gower 's Sir Thomas Case 90 Goylmer v. Paddiston 353 Grove v. Dr. Elliot Chancellor of Sarum 41 Guldeford Major probi homines de v. Clarke 243 247 H HAnson Judith v. Liversedge 239 242 Harding 's Patrick Case 315 Harris v. Parker 249 253 270 Harrison Tho. Ux ' v. Dr. Barwell 9 Haslewood v. Mansfield 196 Haymer Vid. v. Haymer 343 Highway v. Derby 174 Hocket Ux ' v. Stegold ux ' 29 Hodges v. Waddington 360 Holland v. Lancaster 131 134 Hollis 's my Lord Case 345 Humphreys v. Bethily 198 222 K KEmp v. Cory al' 224 227 283 Killigrew v. Sawyer 79 King of Grays-Inn v. Sir Edw. Lake 28 L LAde v. Baker and Marsh 145 149 Lade v. Barker 260 266 Lawson v. Haddock 234 237 Lechmere al' v. Toplady al' 156 169 Leigh v. Ward 72 Lexington the Lord v. Clarke and his Wife 223 Littleton 's Sir Thomas Case 351 Lundy 's Colonel Case 314 M. MArks v. Nottingham 196 Marsh v. Lee 337 Mason v. Watkins 109 Massingham v. Durrant 49 Morgan v. Hunt 213 Morley v. Polhill al' 51 56 Mountague the Earl of v. The Lord Preston 170 N NEwport v. Godfrey 184 Noell v. Robinson 358 Norwood v. Woodly 193 O ONslowe 's Case 37 Otwaie 's Sir John Case 31 Oxford 's the City of Case 106 P PAge v. Kirke 36 Pawlet 's the Lord Case 366 Perrot 's Herbert Case 30 Pheasant Peter v. Anne Pheasant The Lord Mayor of London and Sir Thomas Player Chamberlain of London c. 340 Pinager v. Gale 100 Pretious v. Robinson 173 Prynne v. Sloughter 101 104 Pyne v. Woolland 176 179 R RAgget William Vx ' v. William Clarke 364 Rashly v. Williams 59 61 Reeve 's Sir Robert Case 363
void if Livery had been made It was Resolved not to enure as a Covenant to stand seised because the Deed was void in the frame of it The Lords affirmed the last Judgment given by the Lords Commissioners c. and held that no Vse would arise With the concurrent Opinion of Baron Nevil Justice Eyre and Justice Ventris THE ARGUMENT OF Mr. Iustice Ventris IN THE EXCHEQUER-CHAMBER UPON A Writ of ERROR out of the Kings-Bench Christopher Dighton Gent Plaintiff versus Bernard Greenvil Esq Defendant THE Plaintiff brought a Writ of Error upon a Judgment in an Action of Trespass and Ejectment in the Kings-Bench given for the Defendant where the Plaintiff declared upon the Demise of Theophilus Earl of Huntington of a Moeity of the Mannor of Marre and of divers Messuages Lands and Tenements lying in Marre Bentley in Baln in the County of York and also of the Demise of Robert Earl of Scarsdale of the other Moiety of the said Mannor and of the Demise of Elizabeth Lewis of the entire Mannor of Marre and that by Vertue of these several Demises he entred and was possessed until ejected by the Defendant Vpon Not Guilty pleaded the Jury found the Defendant Not Guilty of the Trespass and Ejectment upon the Demise of Elizabeth Lewis and as to the Demises of the several Moieties by the said Earls they found a Special Verdict to this effect Viz. That Thomas Lewis the 9 of April 20 Jac. 1. before the Mayor of Lincoln acknowledged a Statute Merchant to William Knight for 1200 l to be paid at the Feast of St. Philip and Jacob then next following and that the said Money was not paid at the day and that William Knight the 16 of November 1629. made his last Will and one Isaack Knight his Executor and died that Isack proved the said Will and in Trinity Term 20 Car. 1. sued a Cap. si laicus out of the Common Pleas against the said Thomas Lewis directed to the Sheriff of Lincoln returnable in Tres Trin. who returned quod laicus fuit sed not fuit inventus in balliva sua upon which issued a Writ hearing Teste the 7 of July 23 Car. 1. Vic Eborum to estate the Goods and Chattels and all the Lands and Tenements of the said Thomas Lewis tempore Recognitionis debiti praed ' returnable Mense Michael upon which the said Sheriff returns an Inquisition taken the 11 of October then next following whereby Thomas Lewis was found seised of divers Lands and Tenements parcel of the Lands in the Declaration mentioned to be demised by the said Earls which he the same day caused to be delivered to the said Isack to hold by Extent as his Free-hold until he should be satisfied of his said Debt with his Damages and Costs They further find That the said Thomas Lewis and one John Levet and Thomas Lever the 20 of Novemb. 13 Car. 1. acknowledged a Recognizance in nature of a Statute Staple before the Lord chief Justice Brampston to Richard Gerrard for 1000 l payable at Christmass then next following which Money was not paid at the day and that upon a Certificate of the said Recognizance in the Chancery by John Gerrard surviving Executor of Richard Gerrard the 22 of June 24 Car. 1. there issued a Cap. si laicus and an Extent against the said Thomas Lewis to the Sheriff of the County of York retainable in Craft animar ' prox ' at which day the Sheriff returned all Inquisition by him taken whereby it appeared that the said VVilliam Lewis tempore Recogn ' debiti praed ' was sessed in Fee of the Mannor of Marre and of divers Messuages Lands and Tenements being the same Lands in the Declaration mentioned to be devised by the said Earls and the 29 of Novemb. 24. Car. 1. a Liberate was sued out returnable in quinden ' Hillar ' to the said Sheriff who returned that the 29 of Novemb. 24. Car. 1. he had caused to be delivered the said Mannor Messuages Lands and Tenements to the said John Gerrard to hold as his Free hold until he should be satisfied his said Debt will his Damages and Costs They further find That Thomas Lewis and Thomas Lever the 27 of May 15 Car. 1. acknowleged a Recognizance in nature the of a Statute Staple before the Lord Chief Justice Brampston to Sir Gervase Elwaies and William Burroughs for 5000 l payable at the Feast of St. John the Baptist next following which Money was not paid at the day and that upon a Certificate of the said Recognizance in Chancery by the said Sir Gervase Elwaies and William Burroughs the 10 of Decemb. 15 Car. 1. there issued out a Cap. si laicus and an Extent against the said Thomas Lewis directed to the Sheriff of the County of York returnable in Quinden ' Hill prox at which day the Sheriff returned on Inquisition by him taken whereby it appeared that the said William Lewis tempore Recogn ' debiti praed ' was seised in Fee of a Capital Messuage in Marre and of divers Messuages Lands and Tenements being the same Lands mentioned in the Declaration to be demised by the said Earls and that the 10 of Febr. 15 Car. 1. a Liberate ' was sued out returnable in Quidden ' Pasch to the said Sheriff who returned that he had caused to be delivered the said Lands and Tenements to the said Sir Gervase Elwaies and William Burroughs to hold as their Free hold until they should be satisfied the said Debt with their Damages and Costs They find that Thomas Lewis was seised of all the Lands mentioned in the said several Inquisitions at the respective times of his acknowledgment of the said Statute and Recognizance They find that the 15 of July 1651. Isaack Knight and John Gerrard by their respective Deeds granted their said several extended interests to one Edward Lewis by vertue whereof the said Edward Lewis became possessed of the Mannor and the Tenements praed Edwardo sic possessionat existente praedictoque Thoma Lewis de Manerio omnib ' premissis seisit ' existen ' in actual reali possessione inde the said Thomas Lewis by his Indenture of Lease and Release dated the 25 and 26 of May 1657. for 4000 l conveyed the said Mannor and Premisses to John Lewis and his Heirs in which there is a Covenant to Levy a Fine before the end of Trinity Term then next ensuing and that accordingly in Trinity Term 1657. The said Thomas Lewis did Levy a Fine come ceo with Proclamations of the said Mannor and Premises to the said John Lewis to the uses in the said Indenture mentioned by vertue whereof the said John Lewis was seised in Fee of the said Mannor and Premises And that John Lewis being thereof so seised the 21 day of July 1670 made his last Will and Testament in Writing and thereby devised the said Mannor and Tenements to Edward Lewis and the Heirs Males of his Body and for want of such Issue to his
of Jane the second Wife is void and it cannot be returning where the Use is not setled in any Person I agree my Lord Pagets Case because there the Estate was vested in William Paget and the other Use returned by operation of Law and the Estate setled could not be divested but here the Limitation to the Heirs Males being void the ancient Use remained yet in Michael for nothing was out of him he having limited a thing which cannot be And as to a returning Use tho' all be done in an instant yet there is a priority of time in the Eye of the Law for it ought to vest first in him in Remainder and then Return but here nothing vests in the Remainder Secondly It hath béen urged That it shall be made good by Implication of Law and so shall amount to a Covenant to stand seized to the Used of the Covenantor for Life c. and the rather as it has béen said by Wild because Uses are guided by Equity But I answer we are here in case of a Deed where an Estate shall not be raised by Implication as it shall by a Will Cro. Car. Seagood ad Hone 366. A Deed differs greatly from a Will for if a Man Surrenders Copyhold Land to two equally to be divided they are Joynt-tenants but such a Devise would have made them Tenants in Common Admit in some Case an Estate shall be raised by Implication in a Deed yet it shall not be so here for it would be to the disinheriting the Heir As to the case of 13 H. 7. I agree that a Devise to the Eldest Son after the Death of the Wife gives an Estate for Life to the Wife but otherwise it would be upon such a Devise to the Younger Son for there the Eldest Son and not the Wife should have the Estate in the mean time Cro. Jac. Horton and Horton 57. We are not herein Favorabili materiâ and therefore no construction shall be made which does not appear by the words It hath béen strongly urged that this being by way of Use which is a matter of Equity shall be favoured Admit it yet it shall be guided by the Common Law for aequitas sequitur legem There never shall be a Settlement by way of Use to make one capable who is not capable by the Common Law I do not see any difference between a Feoffment to Uses and a Covenant to stand seized for if a Feoffment be made to the use of one for Life the Use shall return which is not disposed of as well as upon a Covenant to stand seized Thirdly It has been urged if these severally cannot support this Limitation yet the intention operating with the Deed will both together make an Estate for Life in Michael But I do not see his intent here to have it for Life the intention even in a Will which is much stronger ought to be collected out of the words of the Will. Cro. Car. Spirt and Bence 368. agreed by the whole Court that words in a Will ought to have an apparent intent to disinherit an Heir and here there is not any apparent intent but rather to the contrary for of some Lands Michael Covenants to stand seised to the Use of himself for Life Remainder c. but of the Lands in question he makes a difference in the Limitation And the words of the Deed are to be considered He Covenants to stand seized to the Uses mentioned declared and limited in the Deed and if Michael shall have an Estate for Life he must have it by operation of Law There was a like case between Flavil and Ventroise in the Common Pleas in which the Court was divided but the same Point came afterwards in question in the Case of Mr. Tape of Norfolk and it was adjudged to be the ancient Use And no Case can be shewn that the Law will create an Estate in the Covenantor where the Use is not vested in any Person but the ancient Use remains in him As to the Cases cited on the other side I have answered my Lord Pagets's Case already And as to my Lord Cokes Case 1 Inst 22. b. I agree the Use returns and the Son is in by discent and so it was adjudged in Fenwick and Mitfords Case there cited But the Paraphrase he makes there I do not understand It is said there when the Limitation is made to his right Heirs and right Heirs he cannot have during his Life the Law doth create an Use in him during his Life Wherefore is this said to make the Heir in by discent No doubt without this he is in by discent and so was the Iudgment in that Case for what Reason then should there be an Estate for Life raised by the Law to be merg'd by the Fee as soon as raised And there 't is said Till the future use come in Esse I do not conceive then where it is so long as the Father lives and what he means by the Future Use I do not know for it always was in Esse and never was out of the Feoffor and this was so adjudg'd in that Case of Fenwick and Mitford and not the construction of my Lord Coke And t is strange that no other Reports should mention his construction Hale Chief Justice for the Defendant If Ralph takes either by Discent from Michael or by Purchase the one way or the other answers the Verdict and the Issue is for the Defendant I shall divide the Case into two Points 1. If he takes by Discent 2. Admitting he does not If he may take by Purchase as this Case is I shall Premise two or three things First It has been agreed if an Estate for Life be raised to Michael the Remainder being to his Heirs Male of the Body of Jane his second Wife the Estate Tail is executed in him be the Estate for Life raised by Implication or express Limitation Secondly It is plain quacunque via It be rais'd that the Estate was long'd in Michael till Ralph the Son be in a capacity to take it either by Discent or Purchase for be it part of the ancient Use or a new Use it ought to be in Michael during his Life for there is nothing to bring it out of him Thirdly In all Cases touching Uses there is a great difference between a Feoffment to Uses a Covenant to stand seized and a conveyance at the Common Law If a Man by Feoffment to uses conveys Land to the use of J.S. for Life he may remit the Use to himself and the Heirs Male of his Body by the same Deed and so alter that wich was before a Fee simple and turn it into another Estate but if A. gives Land to B. for Life Remainder to A. and the Heirs Male of his Body because a Man cannot give to himself the Remainder is void for a Man cannot convey to himself by a Conveyance at the Common Law These things being premised I conceive here is an
the Sheriffs Farm but he made Bayliffs of his own there and they were within the Survey of the Court of Augmentations so I say it refers only to those Hundreds which made a part of the Sheriffs Farm 2. None of these Statutes extend to prohibit a Grant of an Hundred in Fee I apprehend my Lord meant a Regrant of an Hundred which before those Statutes had been granted out in a Fee for 2 E. 3. c. 12. rejoyns and prohibits the Grant of those Hundreds only which were set to Farm by the King for term of Life or otherwise The very words of the Statute 14. E. 3. c. 9. make provision for the Hundredors in Fee 't is said that they which have Bayliwicks or Hundreds c. shall answer for their Bayliffs Fitzh Petition 1. there is a complaint of one who is turned out of an Hundred he had in Fee because of the Statute called there the New Statute And perhaps these Hundreds were seised upon the like pretence and that was the matter of the Presentment mentioned in the Grant of E. 3. or rather Regrant 3. Neither this Statute nor the Decree or Report of the Case in this Court does extend to this Case for they are not to be understood of nor extended to a Case wherein Retorna Brevium is granted were not Retorna Brevium added 't is true the Grant of the Bayliwick might be void where an Hundred is granted at this day the Grant is good but by Virtue of this Statute the Sheriff may put in and use his Bayliffs there the collection of the Profits c. the Grantee shall have but the execution of Writs is in subserviency to the Sheriff still I speak where no Retorna Brevium is granted this Bayliff shall not be a Bayliff to the Sheriff in spight of his Teeth and this was the very Case of Fortescue he had a Grant of the Three Hundreds of Newport We find the Farm of these Hundreds formerly here in the Exchequer the Firma Ballivatus in Chiltern c. the Farm of the three Hundreds of Newport was 5 l then in 13 E. 3. 7 l then in 23 E. 3. 9 l then in R. 2. 10 l c. these were the ancient Farms Queen Elizabeth grants a Lease of these three Hundreds to Fortescue for three lives at a certain Farm but does not grant him Retorna Brevium This grant indeed was adjudged void viz. as to the excluding of the Sheriff observe what my Lord Coke saith in the Case by the Statute c. saith he Hundreds are rejoyned as to the Balywick of the same to the Counties and all grants made of the Balywicks of Hundreds since that Statute are void and the making of the Bayliffs thereof belong to the Sheriff for the better execution of Iustice and of his Office and so it was resolved c. the Grant at this day is good as to what belongs to the Lord of an Hundred but not as to the execution of Process which belongs to the Sheriff so that I say 1. Consider the Grantee as an Officer for the collection of the Profits c. and so it is a good Grant 2. Consider him as an Officer for the Kings Process and so 't is void because the Sheriff ought not to have a Bayliff put upon him and the Grantee shall not be the Sheriffs Bailiff whether the Sheriff will or no. But 3. I say if the Grant be with Retorna Brevium then it is a good Grant as to the Bayliwick and all for in that Case the Sheriff is at no inconvenience for the Grantee shall do all and shall be liaable to all the Escapes and all things done or suffered by him My Lord Coke was very wary in what he said about this matter for he knew and the truth is if this Statute should make the Grants of Hundreds void it would call in question most of the Hundreds in England and particularly would shake his own Grants of Hundreds which he passed when Attorney General and some of which his Posterity enjoy at this day 8 H. 7. fol. 1 2 3 4 5. and 13 H. 7. fol. 19 20. Pl. 2. is a great Case concerning an Hundred granted by Ed. 4. and afterwards by R. 3. wherein there are many Questions much argued whereof the chief is whether a Leet may be granted and pass as part and parcel of a Hundred and 't is adjudged that it may but it is the Opinion of all on all sides that the Grant of an Hundred is good and so much is implied and concluded in the Iudgment Coke upon Amerediths Case 9. Co. 29 30. there Iudgment is given that the Grant of the Hundred is good I know that in 11 H. 4. by Special Act of Parliament vid. 1 H. 4. c. 11. the Sheriffs had an allowance made to them for several Hundreds which had been parcel of their Farms and were granted away which could not have been if this Statute had made the Grants void I think there ought to be Judgment for the Plaintiff Nevertheless I am glad with all my heart that we are delivered of this Case for truly if I could have found any Thing to satisfie my Iudgment I would have given Iudgment another way both for the General Concern and for the sake of the County of Gloucester which I know will suffer much by this thing One short Act of Parliament of three Lines viz. That all Process should go with a non omittas propter aliquam libertatem saving still the Liberty of a Mans House which indeed the Law in all such Cases saves now would avoid a great delay of Justice many Suits and Vexations grievous Wrongs and oppressions and would do more good to the Kingdom than all the Liberties of Retorna Brevium have been worth these 100 years for as they are used now they are nothing but a foundation of Brocage and Mischief they are a Feather in his Cap that has them but they are a Thorn in the Foot of every one that has to do with them For first the Party must go to the Undersheriff and there he is handled then through another Purgatory to the Bayliff of the Liberty and there he is handled and then to the Underbayliff and there he is handled and then to the Sheriff again I confess I drew a short Act once and I wish some good man would now promote it It is adjourned into the Exchequer Chamber THE CASE OF COLLINGWOOD and PACE IN THE Exchequer Chamber The Lord Chief Baron HALE's Argument IN the Argument of this Case I shall suppose as clear and unquestionable these three things viz. First That Patrick the Son and William the Grandson of Nicholas the elder Brother are not inheritable to John the Earl because though they are both Denizens born yet Nicholas their Father thorough whom they must convey their Pedigree was an Alien Secondly That as Patrick and William cannot inherit so neither can they obstruct the Discent to John the Son of
forma praedict ' superius in barram placitat ' minus sufficien ' Demurrer to the Bar. in lege existunt ad ipsum Johannem Cory ab advocare ac ad praedict ' Johannem Cocke Willielmum Cocke à cognicone suis praedict ' versus praefat ' VVillielmum Kempe Edwardum Edwardum habend ' praecludend ' quodque ipsi ad placitum illud modo forma praedict ' placitat ' necesse non habent nec per legem terrae tenentur respondere Et hoc parat ' sunt verificare unde pro defectu sufficien ' placiti in barram ad advocare cogn ' praedict ' in hac parte iidem Johannes Cory Johannes Cocke Willielmus Cocke pet ' Judicium retorn ' averiorum praedictorum unacum dampnis c. sibi adjudicari c. Et praedict ' Willielmus Kempe Edwardus Laundry Edwardus Cheapman ex quo ipsi sufficien ' materiam in lege ad praed ' Joynder in Demurrer Johannem Cory ab advocare suo praedict ' ad praedict ' Johannem Cocke VVillielmum Cocke à juste cognoscend ' capconem averiorum praedictorum in praedicto loco in quo c. praecludend ' superius allegaver ' quam ipsi parat ' sunt verificare Quam quidem materiam praedict ' Johannes Cory Johannes Cocke VVillielmus Cocke non dedic ' nec ad eam aliqualit ' respond ' set verificaconem ill ' admittere omnino recusant pet ' Judicium dampna sua occone capconis injuste detenconis averiorum praedictorum sibi adjudicari c. Et quia Justic ' hic se advisare volunt de super praemissis praedict ' priusquam Judicium inde reddant dies dat' est partibus praedict ' hic usque à die Sancti Michaelis in tres Septimanas de audiend ' inde Judicio suo eo quod iidem Justic ' hic inde nondum c. Kempe versus Cory al' IN a Replevin the Plaintiff declared for the taking of his Cattle the 19th of June 1 VVillielmi Mariae at D. in a place called Fludder Park The Defendant avows for that the locus in quo containeth twenty Acres and saith that he was seised of a Third part of a Messuage and Tenement called Trewint of which the said twenty Acres are and for time whereof c. were parcel and that he being so seised long before the taking demised the said Third part of the said Messuage and Tenement to one James Robyns to have and to hold for 99 years at the yearly Rent of 1 l 13 s and 4 d payable Quarterly during the said Demise And that the said Robyns entred and for two years Rent arrear at the Feast of the Nativity in the Year of our Lord 1688. he distrained the Cattle in the Declaration The Plaintiff Replied in Bar of the Avowry and Confessed the Seisin of a Third part of the said Messuage and Tenement and the Lease prout c. but saith that before the taking one William Spry was seised in his Demesn as of Fee of the other two parts of the said Messuage and Tenemeni called Trewint of which the said twenty Acres are parcel And he being so seised the said William Spry before the time of the taking did give License to the Plaintiff to put his Cattle into the said twenty Acres and he put them in by the said License where they continued till the Plaintiff took them and detained them prout c. To this the Avowant Demurred It was held clear by the Court That the Third part and two parts being undivided the Avowant could not Distrain the Cattle of him that had the Two parts or the Cattle of any one which were put in by his License upon any part of the Land But Pollexfen Chief Justice doubted in regard the Avowry was of the taking in praedicto loco in quo ut in super praedict ' tertiam partem tenementi praedict ' Whether the Plaintiff should not have traversed absque hoc that the taking was in tertia parte tantum and shewn in the Inducement to such traverse how they held in Common Vide More and Newman's Case in Hobart 80 103. Et Adjornatur Tovey versus Pitcher Midd'x ss Covenant against an Assignee of an Executrix THOMAS PITCHER nuper de VVestm ' in Com' praedict ' gen ' Assign ' Susannae Gill Executric ' Testamenti ult ' volunt ' Richardi Gill nuper dict' Richardi Gill of the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields aforesaid Vintner sum ' fuit ad respond ' Christianae Tovey de placito quod teneat ei convencon ' inter p̄dict ' Christian ' praefat ' Ric ' in vita sua factam secundum vim formam effectum quarundam Indenturarum inde inter eos confect ' The Plaintiff possessed of a Term for years yet in being c. Et unde eadem Christiana per Carolum Draper Attorn ' suum dicit quod cum ipsa praedict ' Christiana decimo quinto die Julij Anno Domini Millesimo sexcentesimo octogesimo extunc hucusque fuit adhuc existit possessionat ' de duobus mesuag ' sive tenement ' cum pertin ' in paroch ' Sancti Martini in Campis in Com' Midd ' praedict ' pro major ' Termino tunc adhuc ventur ' Et sic inde possessionat ' existen ' praed ' Christiana postea scilicet eodem decimo quinto die Julij Anno Millesimo sexcentesimo octogesimo supradict ' apud praedict ' paroch ' Sancti Martini in Campis in Com' Midd ' praed ' per quandam Indentur ' factam inter eandem Christian ' per nomen Christianae Tovey de paroch ' sancti Martini in Campis in Com' Midd ' Vid ' ex una parte Et praedict ' By Indenture demised to the Testator Richardum Gill per nomen Richardi Gill de paroch ' sancti Martinis in Campis praedict ' Vintner ex altera parte cujus alteram partem sigillo praed ' Richardi signat ' eadem Christiana hic in Cur ' profert cujus dat' est eisdem die anno pro in consideracon ' annual ' reddit ' convencon ' postea in Indentur ' praed ' reservat ' menconat ' content ' ex tenen ' vel less parte vice solvend ' faciend ' performand ' dimisisset concessisset ad firmam tradidisset praefat ' Richardo Executor ' Administrator ' Assign ' suis totum ill ' frontal ' mesuag ' sive tenement ' cum pertin ' sicut idem tunc fuit in occupacon ' praed ' Richardi vocat ' five cognit ' per nomen vel signum de le Fleece scituat ' jacen ' existen ' in Venella sancti Martini Anglicè St. Martins Lane in paroch ' sancti Martini in Campis praedict ' cum Romaeis scituat ' supra viam Januae Anglice Gate-way ducen ' in Aream Anglicè vocat ' Moor's Yard quod quidem
of the Crown so 11. and so it was held in the Case of the Earl of Essex in Queen Elizabeths Time and in the Lord Cobham's Case in the Reign of King James the First And the Chief Justice cited the Statute made 29 H. 6. cap. 1. upon the Rebellion of Jack Cade which Act sets forth that John Cade naming himself John Mortimer falsly and traiterously imagined the Death of the King and the destruction and subversion of this Realm in gathering together and levying of a great Number of the King's People and exciting them to Rise against the King c. against the Royal Crown and Dignity of the King was an Overt act of imagining the Death of the King and made and levied War falsly and trayterously against the King and his Highness c. So that it appears by that Act that it was the Iudgment of the Parliament That gathering Men together and exciting them to Rise against the King was an Overt Act of Imagining the Death of the King Vide Stamford's Pleas of the Crown fo 180. And according to this Opinion Judgment was given against Harding in the following Sessions and he was Executed thereupon NOta At an Adjourned Sessions held the 19th of May 2 Willielmi Mariae it appeared that one of the Kings Witnesses which was to be produced in an Indictment for Treason had been the day before Challenged to Fight by a Gentleman that it was said was a Member of the House of Commons he was by the Court bound in a Recognizance of 500 l to keep the Peace And because it appeared the Witness had accepted the Challenge he was bound in the like Sum. NOta Vpon an Appeal to the House of Lords Anno 2 Willielmi Mariae the sole Question was Whether upon the Statute of Distributions 22 23 Car. 2. the half Blood should have an equal share with the whole Blood of the Personal Estate And by the Advice of the two Chief Justices and some other of the Judges the Decree of the Lords was That the Half Blood should have an Equal share Samon versus Jones IN an Ejectment brought in the Court of Exchequer in the year of the Reign of the late King James the Second The Case upon a Special Verdict was to this effect William Lewis seised of a Reversion in Fee expectant upon an Estate for Life did by Deed Poll in Consideration of Natural love and affection which he had to his Wife and Robert Lewis his Son and Heir apparent begotten on the Body of his said Wife and to Ellen his Daughter give grant and confirm unto the said Robert Lewis the Son all those Lands c. the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders thereof To have and to hold to his Son and his Heirs to the Vses following viz. to the use of himself for Life and then mentioned several other Vses not necessary to be here mentioned as not material to the Point in question and then to the use of the Wife for Life and after to the use of Robert and the Heirs of his Body and for want of such Issue to the use of Ellen the Daughter and the Heirs of her Body c. William Lewis and his Wife died Robert the Son devised the Estate to the Lessor of the Plaintiff and died without Issue Ellen was in possession and claimed the Lands by this Deed in which thâ—re was a Warranty but no Execution of the said Deed further than the Sealing and Delivery was had either by Enrolment Attornment or otherwise So that the sole Question was Whether this Deed should operate as a Covenant to stand seised or be void And it was Adjudged to amount to a Covenant to stand seised in the Court of the Exchequer And upon a Writ of Error brought upon the Statute of Ed. 3. before the Commissioners of the Great Seal and others empowered by that Act to sit upon Writs of Error of Judgments given in the Court of Exchequer the said Judgment was Reversed by the Opinion of Holt Chief Justice of the Kings Bench and Pollexfen Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas And upon a Writ of Error before the Lords in Parliament brought upon the said last Judgment it was Argued for the Plaintiff in the VVrit of Error That this should enure as a Covenant to stand seised to the use of the Wife Son c. It appears by Bedell's Case in the 7 Co. and Foxe's Case in the 8 Co. that the words proper to a Conveyance are not necessary but ut res magis valeat a Conveyance may work as a Bargain and Sale tho' the words be not used so as a Covenant to stand seised tho' the word Covenant is not in the Deed and and Poplewell's Case were cited in 2 Roll. Abr. 786 787. A Feme in Consideration of a Marriage intended to be had between her and J. S. did give grant and confirm Lands to J.S. and his Heirs with a Clause of VVarranty in the Deed which was also Enrolled but no Livery was made It was Resolved to operate as a Covenant to stand seised Vide Osborn and Churchman's Case in the 2 Cro. 127. which seems contrary to that Case but the chiefest Case relied upon was that of Crossing and Scudamore Mod. Rep. 175. where a man by Indenture bargained sold enfeoffed and confirmed certain Lands to his Daughter and her Heirs and no Consideration of Natural Love or Money exprest This was Resolved 22 Car. 2. in B.R. to operate as a Covenant to stand seised and upon a Writ of Error in the Exchequer Chamber the Judgment was affirmed It was said on the other side for the Defendant That the Case at Bar differed from the Cases cited for here the Intention of the Deed is to transfer the Estate to the Son and that the Vses should arise out of such Estate so transferred In the Cases cited no Vses are limited upon the Estate purported or intended to be Conveyed but only an Intention appearing to convey an Estate to the Daughter in Crossing's Case and to the intended Husband in Poplewell's Case and seeing for want of due Execution in those Cases the Estate could not pass at Law it shall pass by raising of an Vse But the Case at Bar is much the same with the Case of Hore and Dix in Siderfin the 1st Part. 25. where one by Indenture between him and his Son of the one part and two Strangers of the other part in Consideration of Natural love did give grant and enfeoff the two Strangers to the use of himself for Life Remainder to the Son in Tail c. and no other Execution was three than the Sealing and Delivery of the Deed this was Resolved not to raise an Vse for the Vse was limited to rise out of the Seisin of the Strangers who took no Estate Vide Pitfield and Pierce's Case 15 Car. 1. Marche's Rep. 50. One gave granted and confirmed Lands to his Son after his Death this Deed had been
Covenant there was therein to exclude from Redemption such Covenant would not be regarded in this Court and that the Person to whom the Conveyance was made might have had a Bill in the life time of him that Conveyed to have a time set for the payment of the Mony or otherwise to be foreclosed But my Lord Keeper dismissed the Bill For he said in a common Mortgage such Covenant to restrain Redemption should not be regarded but this was made with an Intention of a Settlement of his Estate besides the Consideration of the Mony paid And he denied that he could have been by the Decree of this Court limited to any time for payment of the Mony for this Court cannot shorten the time that is given by express Covenant and Agreement of the parties but when that time is past then the Practice is to foreclose Nota This Dismission was afterwards in the Parliament held 1 2 W. M. affirmed Nota If a man makes a Voluntary Conveyance and there be a defect in it so as it cannot operate at Law this Court will not Decree an Execution thereof But sometimes it has been Decreed where it is intended a provision for younger Children The Lord Salisbury's Case MY Lord Salisbury married the Daughter of one Bennet who had two Daughters and bequeathed by his Will to each of them 20000l provided that if they or either of them married before the Age of Sixteen or if that the Marriage were without the Consent of such persons that they should lose 10000 l of the Portion and that the 10000 l should go to his other Children The Case was thus The Lord Salisbury married with one of the Daughters under the Age of 16. but with the Consent of all the parties It was urged That it being with Consent it might be at any Age. But my Lord Keeper was of Opinion that both parts must be observed Anonymus IN a Covenant to stand seised to the use of A. for life and after to two equally to be divided and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever My Lord Keeper declared his Opinion that the Inheritance was in Common as well as the Estate for life He said that it had been held that where the words were to two equally divided that should be in Common otherwise if the words were equally to be divided but since taken to be all one Nay a Devise to two equally will be in Common Here there shall not be such a Construction as to make one kind of Estate for life and another of the Inheritance and Survivorship is not favoured in prejudice of an Heir Note That if a Bill be Exhibited for the Examining of Witnesses in perpetuam rei memoriam if the Plaintiff therein prays Relief the Bill shall be dismissed Termino Paschae Anno 1 Jac. II. In Cancellaria The Lord Pawlett's Case THe Lord Pawlett had made a Settlement of his Estate and had by the Deed charged his Lands with the payment of 4000 l apiece to be paid to his two Daughters at their respective Ages of 21 years or days of Marriage and reserved to himself a Power of otherwise ordering it by his Will And by his Will in Writing made at the same time or within a day after devised by these words viz. I give and bequeath to my two Daughters by name 4000 l apiece to be respectively paid unto them for their Portions in such manner as I have provided by the said Settlement and mentioned that he would be understood to mean only one 4000 l to each of his said Daughters and appointed to each of the Daughters 100 l per annum for Maintenance It hapned one of the Daughters died before Marriage or the Age of 21 years and my Lady Pawlett the Mother of the Daughters took out Letters of Administration to the Daughter that died and preferred a Bill against the Trustees for the 4000 l and the Heir to whom the benefit of the Lands after the Mony raised was appointed The Question solely was Whether this Mony should go to the Administratrix or the Land be discharged thereof and accrue to the benefit of the Heir It was agreed on all hands that if this had been a Legacy or a Sum of Mony bequeathed by the Will altho' the party had died before the Age of 21 or Marriage the Administrator should have had it and that is the Practice in the Ecclesiastical Court in case of Legacies The Legatee in such case is taken to have a present Interest tho' the time of payment be future My Lord Keeper mentioned the Reason to be because it Charges the Personal Estate which is in being at the time of the Testator's death and if the Legacy should by such an accident be discharged it would turn to the benefit of the Executors whereas the Testator did not probably so intend it And further it has been Ruled That altho' a Sum of Mony be devised out of Lands to be so paid at a future day the Death of the Legatee doth not lose it Tho' my Lord Keeper did not seem satisfied with the Reason of that Case but it having been so Decreed it was not good to vary to avoid Arbitrariness and Incertainties But here this Sum of Mony is appointed to be paid by the Deed and is a Trust charged upon Lands and Trusts are governed by the Intention of the party and that the Personal Estate is not Charged and this Sum of Mony doth not lye in demand by a Suit as where a Legacy is devised but only a Bill may be preferred to have the Trusts performed And tho' it was much insisted on for the Plaintiff that here the Will bequeaths this Mony yet that refers to the Deed and orders it to be paid in such manner as was thereby appointed And it was said to be the same with the Case of Bond and Richardson which was lately by my Lord Keeper thus Decreed being a Sum of Mony charged to be paid out of Land at such an Age. If a Settlement were made and Lands charged with such Sums of Mony as a Will should declare there the Will would be but Declarative and not Operative Termino Sancti Hillarij Anno 1 2 Jac. II. In Cancellaria Frances Whitmore Vid ' Plaintiff versus Weld al' Defendants THe Case as it was drawn up upon Reference thereof by my Lord Keeper to the Judges of the Common Pleas for their Opinion was thus Viz. On the 18th of January 1675. William Whitmore the Elder taking notice that he had setled the major part of his Lands by Deed and being possessed of a very great Personal Estate in Mortgages Jewels Plate Bonds and other Goods and Chattels amounting in the whole to a very great Sum by Will in Writing devised several Legacies and after Wills in this manner Viz. The surplusage of my Personal Estate my Debts Legacies and Funeral Charges being paid and satisfied I give unto the Right Honourable William Earl of Craven for
the use of my only Son William Whitmore and his Heirs lawfully desscended from his Body and for the use of the Issue Male and Issue Female discended from the Body of my Sister Elizabeth Weld deceased Margaret Kemes and Anne Robinson in case that my only Son William Whitmore should decease in his Minority without Issue lawfully descended from his Body I nominate and appoint my only Son William Whitmore Executor of my last Will and Testament I nominate and appoint the Right Honourable William Earl of Craven during the Minority of my only Son William Whitmore Executor of my last Will and Testament I commit the Education and Tuition of my only Son William Whitmore unto the Care of the Right Honourable the Earl of Craven On the 5th of August 1678 the Testator died his Son being then about the Age of 13 years The Earl of Craven proved the Will William Whitmore the Son made his Will in Writing and thereby Devised to Frances his Wife all his Estate real and personal and makes her sole Executrix and about the 2d of August died without Issue being above the Age of 18 years and under the Age of 21 years not having proved his Father's Will The Will of William Whitmore the elder is duly proved by Frances The Question was Whether Frances Whitmore the Executrix of William Whitmore the Son be well Entituled to the surplusage of the Personal Estate of William Whitmore the Father or the Discendants of the Sisters Vpon hearing of this Cause a Case was made ut ante and referred by the late Lord Keeper North to the Judges of the Common Pleas who were divided in Opinion but made no Certificate thereof the Reference being determined by his Death And afterwards by Order it came to be heard before the Lord Chancellor Jefferies who upon Hearing of the Counsel of both sides Decreed it for Frances Whitmore the Complainant for that the Executorship of my Lord Craven determined at the Age of 17 years of William Whitmore the Son and then the Surplusage became an Interest vested in him and could not be devised over And his Lordship seemed to be of Opinion That Minority in the Clause wherein the Devise over was should be understood to determine at the same time as in the Clause of Executorship A TABLE OF THE Principal Points Argued and Resolved in the SECOND PART OF THESE REPORTS A Acceptance See Surrender Action TORTS in their Nature are several so one Defendant of many may be found Guilty and the other Not guilty but 't is not so in Actions grounded upon Contracts p. 151 Action upon the Case See Assumpsit Outlawry Action lies against the Mayor of London for not granting a Poll upon a double Election 25 The Law gives an Action for but a possibility of Damage as for calling an Heir apparent Bastard c. 26 27 Where an Officer does any thing against or refuses to do the Duty of his place whereby Damage accrues to the party Action lies 26 But it lies not against a Lord of a Mannor for refusing to admit a Copyholder 27 Against a Common Carryer for losing Goods delivered and Carriage paid for 78 Against Bayliffs for levying Money by pretence of a Fieri facias 93 For not Folding his Sheep upon the Plaintiffs Land whereby the Plaintiff lost the benefit of Foldage 138 For the Profit of an Office not necessary to shew every particular Sum received by the Defendant But it is a good Evidence for Damage to shew the Profit of the Office Communibus Annis 171 In an Action for not Grinding at his Mill what shall be a sufficient Setting forth of the Custom 292 Action upon the Case for Slander Writ in a Letter of a Lawyer He will give Vexations and ill Counsel and stir up a Suit and milk your Purse and fill his own large Pockets Actionable 28 Anciently no Action for Words unless the Slander concerned Life ibid. Of one who had been a Member of Parliament Your Master is a Papist when he is at home he goes to Church but when he is at London he goos to Mass Sir J.C. and he were both Pensioners at the time of the Long Parliament Actionable 265 To say of a Man that had been in an Office that he had behaved himself corruptly in it Actionable 266 Administration In an Action against an Administrator it is necessary to set forth that Administration was committed to him tho' not to say by whom 84 Administrator shall be charged for Rent after the Assignment of the Testator's Term 209 Admiralty Marriners as well Officers as Common Seamen may sue for Wages in the Court of Admiralty and some only may sue there as well as when all joyn 181 If the Suit be there against some of the Part-owners the Course is not to charge them with the whole but according to their proportionable parts ibid. Advowson Presentation by Turns among Parceners whether an Usurpation in a Turn puts all out of Possession or only one 39 Age. See Devise Executor Amendment See Distress Scire facias Writs Habere facias instead of Liberari facias and inquirat instead of inquirant amendable upon Motion because in a Judicial Writ 171 Arbitrament Award See Vmpire No place mention'd where the Award was made naught 72 Whether Arbitrators having Power to name an Umpire may name a second if the first refuses 114 Submissions to Awards favourably construed because they tend to the end of Controversies 115 Where an Award that seems all on one side may be good 222 Award may be by Word of Mouth and he which sets forth such Parol Award is not tyed to strictness of Words but 't is sufficient to shew the effect and substance of what was Awarded 242 Award to pay the Charges of a Suit good tho' the Sum is uncertain for it may be easily reduced to certainty 243 Where Money is awarded to be paid to J. S. and no mention made of his Executors yet in case that he dies before the Money shall be paid to his Executors for an Award creates a Duty and the Executor shall release where the Testator was awarded so to do 249 Assent See Executor Assent of a Purchaser vest the Estate in him tho' he cannot have an Action of Trespass before Entry 205 Assigns Where a man covenants for himself and his Assigns to permit if a Breach be laid in the Assigns this Covenant shall relate only to the Assigns after the Deed was made and not before 278 Assumpsit J. S. being indebted to the Plaintiff and the Defendant to J. S. the Defendant promises that if he would procure an Order from J. S. he would pay him Action good after the Order procured 71 74 If Four be sued in an Assumpsit and they plead Non assumpsit infra sex annos and the Jury find that one did assume infra sex annos but not the rest the Plaintiff cannot have Judgment 151 Indebitatus Assumpsit brought for Money won at a Play called
menconat ' post confecconem scripti praedicti ante praedict ' undecimum diem Novembr ' in Condicone praedicta superius spec ' scilicet decimo die Novembr ' anno regni domini Jacobi secundi nuper Regis Angl ' The Award made in Writing quarto apud Gisborne praedict ' fecer ' quoddam arbitrium suum in scriptis sub manibus sigillis suis de super praemissis praedictis adtunc ibidem partibus praed ' parat ' fore deliberand ' per quod quidem arbitrium iidem Arbitratores arbitraver ' ordinaver ' de super praemissis in Condicone praedicta superius spec ' modo forma sequen ' videlicet quod praedict ' Willielmus Holgate bene veracit ' solveret seu solvi causaret eisdem Roberto Watmough Radulpho Duxbury Willielmo Swire vel eorum alicui summam quindecim librar ' legalis monet Angl ' ad vel ante prim ' diem Decembr ' tunc prox ' sequen ' qui Arbitratores praedict ' judicaver ' praedict ' Robertum Radulphum Willielmum Swire sustinuisse in custag ' dampnis ratione cujusdam sectae sine causa per dict' Willielmum Holgate versus ipsos Robertum Radulphum Willielm ' Swire prosecut ' Et ulterius Arbitratores praedict ' ordinaver ' quod omnes sectae differenciae inter dict' Willielm ' Holgate ex una parte ipsos dictos Robertum Radulphum Willielmum Swire ex altera parte quae mot ' That all Suits should cease habit ' sive depend ' fuer ' ante diem dat' scripti Obligatorij praedicti absolut ' cessarent vacuae forent determinarentur prout per idem arbitrium inter alia plenius liquet apparet Et praedict ' Robertus Radulphus Willielmus Swire protestando quod praedict ' Willielmus Holgate non observavit performavit perimplevit seu custodivit aliquod in arbitrio praedicto superius spec ' ex parte ipsius Willielmi Holgate observand ' performand ' perimplend ' seu custodiend ' A breach of Non-payment assigned in the Award In facto iidem Robertus Radulphus Willielmus Swire dicunt quod praedict ' Willielmus Holgate non solvit praedict ' Roberto Radulpho Willielmo Swire vel eorum alicui summam quindecim librarum super praedict ' primum diem Decembr ' tunc prox ' sequen ' dat' arbitrij praed ' quas eis vel eorum alicui super eundem diem solvisse debuit secundum formam effectum arbitrij praedict ' Et hoc parat ' sunt verificare unde pet ' Judic ' debitum suum praed ' unacum dampnis suis occone detenconis debiti illius sibi adjudicari c. Et praedict ' Willielmus Holgate dic ' quod placitum praed ' praedict ' The Defendant Demurs Roberti Radulphi Willelmi Swire modo forma superius replicand ' placitat ' minus sufficien ' in lege existit ad praedict ' Robertum Radulphum Williemum Swire ad acconem suam praed ' versus ipm̄ Willielmum Holgate habend ' manutenend quodque ipse ad replicaconem illlam modo forma praed ' placitat ' necesse non habet nec per legem terrae tenetur respondere Et hoc parat ' est verificare Unde pro defectu sufficien ' replicaconis in hac parte Idem Willielmi Holgate pet ' Judic ' quod praed ' Robertus Radulphus Willielm ' Swire ab accone sua praedicta versus eum habend ' praecludantur c. Et praed ' Robertus Radulphus Willielm ' The Plaintiff joyns in Demurrer Swire ex quo ipsi sufficien ' materiam in lege ad acconem suam praed ' versus praefat ' Willielmum Holgate habend ' manutenend ' superius replicando allegaver ' quam ipsi parat ' sunt verificare Quam quidem materiam praedict ' Willielm ' Holgate non dedic ' nec ad eam aliqualit ' respondet sed verificaconem illam admittere omnino recusavit iidem Robertus Radulphus Willielm ' Swire ut prius pet ' Judic ' debitum suum praed ' unacum dampnis suis occone detenconis debiti illius eis adjudicari c. Et quia Justic ' hic se advisare volunt de super praemissis priusquam Judic ' suum inde reddant dies dat' est partibus praedict ' hic usque à die Sancti Michaelis in un ' mensem de audiendo inde Judicio suo eo quod iidem Justic ' hic inde nondum c. Watmough versus Holgate al' AN Action of Debt upon a Bond of 40 l The Condition was to perform an Award to be made of all Matters between them The Defendant pleaded no Award made The Plaintiff Replied and set forth an Award to have been made de praemissis viz. That the Defendant should pay to the Plaintiff 15 l at or before the first day of December then next ensuing which the Arbitrator did judge the Plaintiff to have sustained in Costs and Damages by reason of a Suit without Cause commenced by the Defendant against the now Plaintiff And further the Award was That all Suits and Differences between the said parties which were depending before the Date of the Bond should cease and determine and in facto dicit that the Defendant had not paid the said 15 l upon the 1st day of December in the said Award mentioned And to this the Defendant Demurred It was Argued First That this Award was all of one side for it doth not appear that there was any Difference between the parties save the Suit upon which the Costs are awarded viz. 15 l and that was the Suit of the now Defendant and what benefit hath he by staying his own Suit and paying 15 l for Costs Secondly He assigns the Breach that the 15 l was not paid upon the 1st day of December so it might be paid before and the Award is to pay it ad vel ante primum diem Decembris It was Answered to the first That there might be well intended other Differences tho' not set forth Again For ought appears the Plaintiff in the Action mentioned in the Award might be subject to have Costs taxed at the prosecution of the then Defendant whereas this Award stops the Defendant from applying to the Court for Costs As to the second If Issue be taken upon solvit ad diem payment before the Day maintains the Issue The Court inclined that the Award was good Sed Adjornatur Humphreys versus Bethily Quod vide ante ultimo Termino THe Court now delivered their Opinions That the Doubleness in the Declaration was cured by Answering and no Exception can be taken to it upon the General Demurrer And the Case in the 1 Roll. Rep. 112. Sanders and Crowly is the same with this Judicium pro Quer. The Lord Lexington versus Clarke and his Wife Trin. 1 Willielmi Mariae Rot. 1539. IN an
Assumpsit the Plaintiff sets forth That the 25th of March 1685. he had Demised to William Brady the former Husband of the now Defendants Wife divers Lands at the Rent of 320 l per Annum to hold at Will and that there was due from the said Brady 160 l for Half a years Rent and that he died possessed of the Premisses and that the Wife of the now Defendant while she was sole and soon after the death of the said Brady her late Husband in Consideration that the Plaintiff would permit her to hold and enjoy the Premisses till our Lady-day next ensuing the decease of her said Husband and permit her to remove divers Posts Rails and other things fixed and placed upon the Premisses by her said Husband did promise to the Plaintiff That she as well the aforesaid 160 l that then was in arrear as aforesaid in the life of her said late Husband as also 260 l more would well and truly pay and shews that she did enjoy the said Premisses by the permission of the Plaintiff till Lady-day aforesaid And that he suffered her also to take away the things before-mentioned yet she when she was sole nor the Defendant or she since her Marriage did not pay the said Sums of Money or any part of them c. Vpon Non Assumpsit pleaded a special Verdict was found The the Defendants Wife did make the Promise prout and that she enjoyed the Lands and took away the Posts c. as in the Declaration is set forth and that since she had paid the 160 l to the Plaintiff but had not paid the 260 l or any part thereof and they find that the said Promise nor any Memorandum or Note thereof was not put into Writing or signed by the Wife of the Defendant or any person authorized by her to do it and they find that she paid the 160 l before the Action brought and they find the Act of Parliament in 29 Car. 2. against Frauds and Perjuries whereby it is Enacted That no Action should be brought to charge an Executor or Administrator upon any special Promise to answer of his own Estate or upon any Promise to answer for the Debt Default or Miscarriage of any other person c. unless the Agreement or some Memorandum or Note thereof were by the person or some other empower'd by him put into Writing signed c. prout in Statuto and made the General Conclusion It was Argued for the Plaintiff that altho' as to the payment of the 160 l which was the Debt of her the Defendants late Husband the Promise might be void in regard it was not in Writing according to the said Statute yet as to the payment of the 260 l the Promise is not within the Statute for that is upon a good Consideration and her own proper Debt and Damages are only given for that the 160 l is found to have been paid But by the Opinion of all the Court Iudgment was given for the Defendant for the Promise as to one part being void it cannot stand good for the other For 't is an entire Agreement and the Action is brought for both the Sums and indeed could not be otherwise without variance from the Promise Note It did not appear by the Record that the Wife was Executrix or Administratrix to her former Husband Kemp versus Cory al' Cornub ' ss Replevin JOHANNES CORY nuper de West-Putford in Com' Devon ' gen ' Johannes Cocke nuper de ead ' Yeoman Willielmus Cocke nuper de Launceston in Com' Cornub ' praed ' Yeoman sumÌ„ fuer ' ad respondend ' Willielm ' Kempe Edwardo Laundry Edwardo Cheapman de placito quare ceperunt averia ipsorum Willielmi Kempe Edwardi Laundry Edwardi Cheapman ea injuste detinuer ' contra vad ' pleg ' c. Et unde iidem Willielmus Kempe Edwardus Laundry Edwardus Cheapman per Willielmum Crowne Attorn ' suum queruntur quod praedict ' Johannes Cory Johannes Cocke Willielmus Cocke decimo nono die Junij anno regni domini Regis dominae Reginae nunc primo apud Blisland in quodam loco ibidem vocat ' Fludder Park alias Bladder Park ceper ' Tres Juvencas unam Equulam averia videlicet tres Juvencos quatuor Juvencas unam Equulam ipsorum Willielmi Kempe Edwardi Laundry Edwardi Cheapman ea injuste detinuer ' contra vad ' pleg ' quousque c. Unde dic ' quod deteriorat ' sunt Et dampn ' habent ad ' valenciam decem librarum Et inde ê“duc ' sectam c. Avowry and Conuzance for Rent by the Heir of the Lessor upon a Lease of a Third part of a Farm for 99 years if A.B. C. or either of them shall so long live The Avowants Father seised in Fee of a Third part of a Messuage c. Et praed ' Johannes Cory Johannes Cocke Willielmus Cocke per Thomam Horwell Attorn ' suum ven ' defend ' vim injuriam quando c. Et idem Johannes Cory in jure suo ê“prio bene advocat praed ' Johannes Cocke Willielmus ut Ballivi praed ' Johannis Cory bene cogn ' capconem averiorum praedictorum in praed ' loco in quo c. Et juste c. quia dic ' quod idem locus in quo supponitur capconem averiorum illorum fieri continet praed ' tempore quo supponitur capconem averiorum illorum fieri continebat in se viginti acras terrae cum pertin ' in Blisland praedict ' quodque diu ante praed ' tempus quo c. Quidam Johannes Cory gen ' pater praed ' Johannis Cory modo Advocan ' fuit seisit ' in dominico suo ut de feodo de in tercia parte cujusdam mesuagij tenementi vocat ' Trewint in Blisland praed ' unde praed ' viginti acrae terrae in quibus c. sunt praed ' tempore quo c Necnon à tempore cujus contrarii memoria hominum non existit fuer ' parcell ' praedictoque Johanne Cory patre sic inde seisit ' existen ' ipse idem Johannes Cory pater ante praedict ' tempus quo c. scilicet tricesimo die Septembris anno regni domini Caroli secundi nuper Regis Angl ' decimo nono apud Blisland praed ' And demised for 99 years if A.B. c. or either of them should so long live dimisit ad firmam tradidit cuidam Jacobo Robyns Executoribus Administratoribus Assign ' suis praed ' terciam partem praed ' mesuagij tenementi vocat ' Trewint scituat ' jacen ' existen ' infra paroch ' de Blisland alias Bliston in Com' Cornub ' nuper in tenura occupacone Johannae Smith Vid ' assign ' vel assign ' ejus habend ' tenend ' praed ' Jacobo Robyns Executoribus Administratoribus Assign '