case the king against twine and other Michaelmas term James roll in the  exchequer the king by his prerogative may assign a choose in action and the  assignee may sue either in his own name or in the king but if he assign it to  another it be void say vide dyer ante   light b note a roll ab cro b cro  Elizabeth Savil Skinner side will peer wms peer wms black Com c Com dig Bac  Abr sheep touch dougl term Rep upon demurrer the case be that one George York  recover against John Allen four thousand pound damage in a action on the case  afterward George York be outlaw in a personal action die and queen Elizabeth  in the thirtyfourth year of her reign recite that he be outlaw and dead grant  all his good chattel and debt to Francis anger to the use of mary York  afterward Francis anger by deed assign that debt and judgement to Christopher  twine and notwithstanding a extent issue in the king name to extend all the  land which the say John Allen have at the time of the judgement and the land  in the a ante croak James er p possession of Thomas twine which he purchase  after the judgement be extend thereupon he as terretenant plead against this  extent to be discharge thereof it be upon assignment make Elizabeth by the  queen whereas by the assignment make by anger to twine he be Chargeable to he  only and not to the king it be thereupon demurrer and argue diverse time in  the exchequer the principal question be whether after the assignment of this  debt by queen Elizabeth the king may extend in his own name for the benefit of  the patentee and the patentee thereby have the suit in the king name croak  throw and all the baron after the argument at the bar resolve that as the king  grant of a thing in action be good enough so this debt which be forfeit to the  king by the outlawry of York be well grant and the grantee may have the  benefit to levy this debt by action in his own name or by extent in the king  name although he have not any word in his grant to sue it in the name of the  king as be usual in such case but the assignment over of this debt by Francis  anger the king patentee to Christopher twine be mere void for there can by law  be arty assignment make by a common person of this debt it be therefore  adjudge that the plea be ill and no cause of discharge and that the land shall  remain in extent for the king vide Henry dyer fol and fol breton case Henry pl