Champernoon v Gubbs et Al

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date24 October 1700
Date24 October 1700
CourtHigh Court of Chancery

English Reports Citation: 23 E.R. 844

HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY

Champernoon
and
Gubbs & Al'

S44 CHAMPEBNOON V. GUBBS 2 VEBN. 382. , : [382] de term. S. michaelis, 1700, in curia cancellaria Case 349.-champernoon versus gubbs & AT. Octob. 24 [1700]. Pre. Ch. 126, S. C. Plaintiff had £120 per ann. rent-charge settled for her jointure; and there being a great arrear, and not sufficient distress on the land; plaintiff brought her bill that the defendant, the devisee of the inheritance, might set out sufficient distress; or that the plaintiff might hold and enjoy till paid the arrears. Cur. when the party has provided one remedy, viz. by distress, we will not give her another, unless some fraud be proved in letting the land lie fresh, or depasturing the land in the nighttime only. Post, Case 354. The plaintiff on her marriage had a rent-charge of one hundred and twenty pounds per ann. settled on her in lieu of a jointure, with power of distress; and there being no less than five hundred pounds arrear, and no sufficient distress to be found on the land; the bill was against the devisee of the inheritance, that a sufficient distress might be set out, or that the plaintiff might hold and enjoy the land until satisfied the arrears, and the growing payments. The Lord Keeper thought not fit to relieve the plaintiff, declaring the law never gives any other remedy, than what the party has provided for himself, and the remedy here being...

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    • Court of Chancery (Ireland)
    • 8 February 1849
    ...v. Hughes Beat. 426. Philips v. PhilipsENR 8 Beav. 193. Graves v. HicksENR 11 Sim. 536. Ognal's case 4 Co. 49. Champernoon v. GibbsENR 2 Vern. 382. Drewry v. Barnes 3 Rus. 107. Congreve v. PowerUNK 1 Mol. 121. Cupit v. JacksonENR 13 Price, 721. Prescott v. Boucher 3 Bar. & Adol. 849. Graves......
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    • Court of Chancery (Ireland)
    • 16 June 1848
    ...see p. 422, &c. Collet v. Jaques 1 Ch. C. 120. Eaton College v. Beauchamp 1 Ch. C. 121. Davy v. Davy 1 Ch. C. 144. champernoon v. GubbsENR 2 Vern. 382. Boteler v. Massey 1 Finch, 241. Duke of Bridgewater v. EdmondsENR 6 Bro. P. C. 368. North v. StaffordENR 3 P. Wms. 148. Holder v. ChamburyE......
  • Rent
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Chancery
    • 1 January 1744
    ...and she to enter and enjoy until satisfied. Mich. 1700, Foster and Foster, 2 Vern. 386 (Free, in Chan. 122, S. C.); but vide Champernoon v. Gubbs, 2 Vern. 382 (S. C. Free, in Chan. 126), where on a like Bill my Lord Keeper refused to relieve the Plaintiff ; the Party having provided a Remed......
  • Jordan against Sawkins
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Chancery
    • 12 December 1793
    ...perform an agreement with a variation in the terms of it, and cited Earl of Warrington v. Langham, Pre. Ch. 89 ; Champernoon v. Gubbs, Pre. Cha. 126, 2 Vern. 382,8.0. [478] Lord Chancellor (Loughborough] said, the weight of the evidence was, that the defendant was not intoxicated : but, upo......
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