Reports of that reverend and learned judge, Sir Humphry Winch Knight sometimes one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas : containing many choice cases, and excellent matters touching declarations, pleadings, demurrers, judgements, and resolutions in points of law, in the foure last years of the raign of King James, faithfully translated out of an exact french copie, with two alphabetical, and necessary table, the one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters contained in this book.

Portington and Beamount.

IT was argued clearly in the case, between Portington and Beamount, that if the Court of the Councel of York, which is a Court of equitie, do decree a∣gainst a maxime in law, as against a joynt Tenant who had that by Survivorship, that the heir of his companion shall have the Moietie, that in this case a prohibition shall be granted, except that during the lives of the parties, it was agreed that there shall not be any Survivorship, and then they hold plea upon that equitie, and then good.

In Dower it was agreed clearly, that if the Tenant shew, that before the hus∣band any thing had in the land, A. was seised of the same land in fee, and le•• that for years rendring rent, and granted the reversion to the husband of the Plan∣tiff, who died seised of the said reversion, and so demanded judgement, if the de∣mandant shall have Dower &c. this is no plea in bar of Dower, but proves she had title of Dower, but this saves the lease for years, and she shall have judgement only of the reversion, and of the rent: and also she doth save to the Tenant dama∣ges, and the demandant shall be indowed of the reversion.