Milne v. Cummings
Milne v. Cummings
Opinion of the Court
The court stopped Mr. Woods, who was proceeding to argue on the part of the defendant.
There is no legal evidence, from which we can infer that Hewes refused to intermeddle with the trust. On the contrary, # o-j *the insertion of his name in the patent, carries with it 5' -• a very different aspect. If the fact really'was, that he would not accept the trust, it would readily be susceptible of proof; but co-trustees inserting it in their deed, cannot be received as evidence of the fact; because otherwise a majority of the trustees might by such a recital remove one of their number from the trust, at their mere will and pleasure.
The deed from Vanderin conveyed no beneficial interest, but a mere trust, to be executed by all the grantees. They were joint tenants of the trust estate. In all real and mixt actions, joint tenants generally ought to join; for they have but one joint title and one freehold. Co. Lit. 189, a. 195, b. They must join in trespass, and other personal actions, where they have a joint interest; as in debt or avowry for rent. 5 Mod. 73. Joint tenants are seised per my and per tout of the whole land, and none of them have an exclusive interest therein. And if one joint tenant be sued, he may plead, that he holds jointly with such a one, who is alive and not named. Com. Dig. Abatement.
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- Edmund Milne, in error against Alexander Cummings
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