Floyer v Strachley
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1631 |
| Date | 01 January 1631 |
| Court | High Court of Chancery |
English Reports Citation: 21 E.R. 777
Lord Coventry.
[13] floyer versus strachley. Lord Coventry, assisted by all the Judges, 7 Car. 1 [1631-32]. The Plaintiff exhibited his Bill, to be quieted in the Possession of certain Lands which he had purchased of the Daughter of one Pyke, he being now about 20 Years after his said Purchase disturbed by one Stephen Pyke, who pretended a Title as Heir at Law to Pyke, and born of the same Father and Mother with the Daughter, which was proved by several Witnesses, and thereupon he had recovered some Verdicts at Law; but the Place where he was pretended to be born was a mean House, and but seven Miles distant from the Dwelling-house of his Mother : And forasmuch as those Verdicts were grounded on Depositions formerly taken in this Court, where the Record of the Bill and Answer could not be found, and the Witnesses which were produced at the Tryal were of indifferent Credit; and because on the Death of the Father an Office was found, whereby the Daughter was returned Heir, and no Claim was...
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