Glanvill v Jennings

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 1669
Date01 January 1669
CourtHigh Court of Chancery

English Reports Citation: 21 E.R. 807

COURT OF CHANCERY

Glanvill
and
Jennings

[129] glanvill versus jennings. Anno 21 Car. 2 [1669-70]. The Bill was to be relieved against two Bonds, one given by the Plaintiff, and another by his Wife; the Defendant telling the Plaintiff, That his Wife (who was his Kinswoman) was a good Fortune, and that he would help her to the Plaintiff for a Wife, for which he must give him something for his Pains : Whereupon the Plaintiff gave him a Bond of £400 with a condition to pay £200 on a certain Day; and afterwards the Defendant went to the Woman, and got another Bond from her of the same Penalty, and upon the same Terms ; and the Equity was, That this was a Cheat, for neither Husband or Wife had any Fortune. But the Defendant proved, that the Plaintiff had £1200 with his Wife, and therefore insisted, that the...

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