case ex part Lefebvre Lord chancellor king Eq can ab pl a give a promissory  note for pound Payable to b or order b endorses it to c who endorses it to d a  b and c become bankrupt and d receive S in the pound on a dividend make by the  assignee against a d shall come in as a creditor for pound only out of b s  effect and if d pay contributionmoney for more than pound it shall be return a  give a promissory note Payable to b or order for pound value receive b  endorses it to c who endorses it over to d a become a bankrupt a commission of  bankruptcy issue out against he and d come in as a creditor and pay his  contributionmoney as claim a debt of pound and prove the debt then b become a  bankrupt and a commission be take out against he d in like manner as before  pay his contribution to this commission as for the whole debt of pound and  prove it afterward c the last endorse become a bankrupt and on a commission  take out against he d as before pay his contributionmoney as for the whole  debt of pound and prove the same the assignee under the commission of  bankruptcy against a the first bankrupt pay a dividend to d after the rate of  S peer William in the pound out of a s estate and then the assignee in the  commission of bankruptcy against b propose to make a dividend out of b s  estate but refuse to pay d s dividend as a creditor for the whole pound but  only for the pound pound of the pound be pay off by the dividend make out of a  the first bankrupt estate upon this d petition the Lord chancellor and insist  that as the commissioner in the commission against b take d s  contributionmoney as of the whole debt of pound so they ought to allow d a  dividend for the same and especial in regard all the dividend which be like to  come to he out of the estate of the three bankrupt will not be near sufficient  to pay his just debt and that as to d the first drawer and the two endorsers  be equal his debtor for the whole wherefore it be pray that d the petitioner  shall have his dividend out of the estate of b the bankrupt for his full debt  of pound and not as reduce to pound by his have receive the dividend of S in  the pound of the estate of a Lord chancellor the S in the pound which the  petitioner d have receive upon the dividend out of the estate of a must be  take to reduce and lessen the debt due to the petitioner upon this note for as  S in the pound be pay in part of the debt by necessary consequence so much  less of the debt remain due and therefore the petitioner must take a dividend  as for a debt of pound only unpay upon the note but with regard to so much of  the contributionmoney as the petitioner d pay to the assignee in the  commission of bankruptcy sue out against b the first endorsor beyond the debt  of pound remain due on the say note let that be refund but the rule now be  that the creditor shall receive his dividend upon the whole debt prove under  each commission but not more than S in the pound altogether although he shall  not be at liberty to prove under any one commission more than what remain due  at the time of the proof make Cooper v Pepys atk ex part Wyldman ves and atk S  c et vide ex part Ryswicke ante peer William er p