case drummond against sir Matthew decker whether a foreigner who marry a  subject of England attaint of treason shall forfeit her portion to the king S  c Eq ab the plaintiff Drummond persuade the marchioness Venlete to lie out a  considerable sum of money in bank annuity and she or the plaintiff by her  order employ the defendant to purchase the same and furnish he with fifty  thousand pound for that purpose accord the defendant purchase annuity to that  value in the name of the now plaintiff but in trust for that lady and assign  part thereof videlicet ten thousand pound to her use who now by her bill  demand the rest the defendant sir Matthew Decker confess the sum demand to be  due to the plaintiff but say he hear she be marry to the late Lord Bolingbroke  be advice not to pay it without the decree of this court to indemnify he the  attorneygeneral who be a party insist for the king that if in the progress of  this cause any right shall appear to be in the crown that such right may be  save and submit to the demand if she give such proof as shall satisfy the  court that she be not marry to any subject of the king of great Britain who be  attaint modern report whereupon her affidavit be read which be annex to the  bill by which it appear that she be not marry and there be no proof that she  be marry but if she be it be argue that the law of England shall not be the  measure of the decree of this court in such case but the law of another  country this be a bare trust for a foreigner and the court have always a  regard to the law of other nation as for instance of the law of holland a  Ashcombs case Chan case a and of the law of the plantation b Noel v Robinson  vent b the court there be no proof make of the marriage of this lady and  therefore there can be any contest between the party as to that matter if  there shall it be probable that some difficult point may arise for suppose she  be marry to the Lord Bolingbroke it will then be a question of great  importance whether this modern report er p money be forfeit or not by his  attainder c Savil Jones Noy c for since all foreigner be encourage by Act of  parliament to place their money in the public fund it will be very hard that  this money shall be forfeit for then the consequence will be that a lady in  France who have a separate property from her husband in her own personal  estate will by place it in the fund pursuant to a Act of parliament be divest  of that property and have it transmit to her husband by his come over into  England so that he may dispose thereof at his pleasure or by her be marry to a  subject of England shall vest in he in France or in the king here upon his  attainder before or after marriage but as to the defendant sir Matthew Decker  be bath do nothing but what he ought for he be not to pay the money till  secure therefore it be order that he shall assign the security to the lady and  pay the rest of the money not lie out in stock and that he shall have his cost