case kingdom versus BOAKES one witness against the defendant answer not  sufficient to ground a decree on the bill be to discover whether the defendant  who be a purchaser of land have hot notice of the plaintiff title before his  purchase the defendant by his answer positive deny the notice and the  plaintiff prove it by one witness only and it be hold by the court that one  single witness against the defendant positive oath in his answer be not  sufficient to ground a decree so the bill be dismiss vern Ch can atk atk e  contra atk in a modern authority it be hold that the evidence of one witness  corroborate by circumstance though to fact deny by the answer be sufficient to  find a decree brown Rep Pember ux v Mathers king v wither precedent in  chancery er report date case sir edmund king versus wither econt refer to  remnant v hood de g f I henty v wrey Ch d see also S c on appeal Ch d in re  Cresswell Parkin v Cresswell Ch d pale yellow can S c a scrivener who be  employ to examine into a title fail in his duty by neglect to make a through  inquiry c whereby his client be a sufferer afterward the scrivener agree to  make he satisfaction another way this agreement decree in specie though urge  that there be no consideration wither be a scrivener employ by sir Edmund king  do propose to he a security for pound which be the estate of one Billingsle  and the title be carry to precedent in chancery er p counsel to peruse who  approve the title if Billingslys wife have such a jointure make her of other  land as will bar her dower and direct wither to inquire and satisfy he of that  matter wither never make any enquiry or at least never give any answer to the  counsel but tell sir Edmund that Billingsle be a very honest man and so  prevail on he to lend the money Billingsle die and his wife appear to have a  jointure of those mortgage land wither purchase in the jointresss title and  when the plaintiff clamour and make loud complaint against wither that he be  like to lose his money by his mean and expostulate the matter sharp with he at  sir Edmund counsel chamber wither to appease he agree to assign the jointresss  estate in the first place to satisfy the plaintiff money c and immediate  reduce the agreement into write himself precedent in chancery and execute it  by seal but he afterward refuse to make it good this bill be bring to compel  he to it and his cross bill be to set aside the agreement for that it be  without consideration and he threaten and frighten into it and that lie be not  aware what he do when he do it but the court dismiss his cross bill and decree  the execution of the agreement