BRUDNELL versus ROBERTSC b covenant as heir and breach assign for want of  repair on a lease for year plea that lessor be only tenant for life and  traverse that the reversion be in he and his heir good covenant bring by the  plaintiff upon a lease for year as heir in reversion in fee to his father and  breach assign for want of repair defendant plead that the father when be make  the lease to he be only tenant for life and that the father be dead the lease  be determine without hoc that after the make of the say indenture of lease the  reversion belong to James Bradnell the father and his heir as the plaintiff  have allege in his declaration demurrer and joinder Wilson king bench er p  will have the benefit of the estoppel which he say run along with the land and  that the plaintiff claim as heir under the lessor his ancestor stand in his  place dly it be urge for the plaintiff that the traverse be defective and  uncertain but I hear nothing say to show that it be uncertain on the side of  the defendant it be argue by sergeant nares that this be a action of covenant  bring by the plaintiff upon a indenture of lease for year make by the father  of the plaintiff to the defendant and breach assign for want of repair upon a  covenant in the lease the defendant plead that the plaintiff father the lessor  be only tenant for life that he be dead and the lease be determine and  traverse as above that the lease be now at a end there be a end of all the  covenant therein and Wilson king bench of this action a lease for year by  tenant for life be so absolute determine that no acceptance of rend by the  successor to the land can make it good   light b nares sergeant admit that  during the life of tenant for life of the lessor and the continuance of the  lease the defendant will have be estopped to say he have not the reversion in  he but he be dead and the lease thereby at a end the lessee be as it be  unmuzzle and be not estopped to plead the truth which he have do by this plea  in confess the lease and avoid it and of that opinion be the whole court they  also hold that the traverse be well take and judgement be give for I the  defendant per totan curian see   light b si non and Le lease soit per fait  indent c very apposite to the point of estoppel note clive I say the defendant  may either traverse that the father be not seize of the reversion in fee or  that it do not descend to the plaintiff quod to be concession