case smith against smith if one of two executor receive the whole of the  testator effect and the other sue for the recovery of his moiety a assumpsit  on a promise to pay he so much in consideration he will forbear and show he a  account be good after verdict although it be not state in what court the suit  be commence S C keb S C ray ante Mod sand salk assumpsit the plaintiff declare  whereas he and the defendant be executor of the last will and testament of I S  and whereas the defendant have receive so much money which be the testator a  moiety whereof belong to the plaintiff and whereas the plaintiff pro  recuperation ind seddsset the defendant that he the say defendant in  consideration that the plaintiff to keep back seetd pillage prosequendd et to  point out a certain computation do promise he one hundred pound and aver that  he do forbear c et qubd ostentavi a certain computation pcedictum Jones after  a verdict for the plaintiff move in arrest of judgement for the defendant as  follow although I do not see how that which one executor claim against another  be recoverable at all unless in equity yet I shall insist only on this that  here be no good consideration allege for it be only allege in general that the  plaintiff sedasset it be not say so much as that it be of modus in a legal way  whereas it ought to set forth in what court it be c that so the court may know  whether it be in a court which have jurisdiction therein or no and so be all  the precedent in action concern forbearance to sue in point of evidence the  first thing to be show in such case as this be that there be a suit c sander  for the plaintiff that be the prime thing necessary to be prove since the  verdict be find for we it must be intend to have be prove but however if this  consideration be idle and void yet the other maintain the action the court  agree that one good consideration be enough it be also agree that if the  plaintiff have aver only that he have show a certain compulum that unless the  consideration have be to show any account it have be nought for a certain be  other dyer Num Henry pl but it be a certain modern computation pillage it be  well enough for come utum praedidum refer it to the particular account  discourse of between they it be also agree that it have be best to have say to  point out in the averment that it may agree with the allegation of the  consideration but yet the word ostentavi though it most common by a metonymy  signify to boast yet it signify also to show or to show often as appear by all  the dictionary and therefore it be well enough Take judgement