Berney v Pitt, Esq

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtHigh Court of Chancery
Judgment Date01 January 1686
Date01 January 1686

English Reports Citation: 23 E.R. 620

LORD CHANCELLOR.

Berney
and
Pitt
Esq.

Followed, O'Rorke v. Bolingbroke, 1877, 2 App. Cas. 822. See Davis v. Duke of Marlborough, 1818, 2 Swans. 108.139 n., and cases there collected; Wiseman v. Beake, 1690, 2 Vern. 121; Nott v. 'Hill, 1683, 1 Vern. 167.

[14] de teem. S. hillarii, 1686, in curia cancellari.e. Case 9.-berney versus pitt, Esq. Lord Chancellor. Jan. 1686. 2 Ch. Ca. 391, S. C. [Followed, O'Rorke v. Bolingbroke, 1877, 2 App. Cas. 822. See Davis v. Duke of Marlborough, 1818, 2 Swans. 108.139 n., and cases there collected; Wiseman v.'Beake 1690, 2 Vern. 121; Nott v. 'Hill, 1683, 1 Vern. 167.] ' The plaintiff being a young man, as he alledged, and his father tenant for life only of a great estate, which by his" death was to come to the plaintiff in tail; 'and during his life allowing the plaintiff but a narrow allowance, he became indebted, and borrowed 2000 of the defendant in 1675, and entered into two judgments of 5000 a-piece...

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