case foster versus merchant e contra eoden die in court Lord keeper Eq can ab  pl pl S c committee of a lunatic can make lease nor encumber the lunatic  estate without leave of the court mortgage make by a lunatic when sane for  pound and more money take upon it by the committee order to stand a security  only for the first pound committee not to be allow for building and  improvement on the lunatic estate the bill be by a second committee of a  lunatic against the first committee all to call he to a account for the profit  of the lunatic estate Lord keeper the committee of a lunatic have a estate but  during pleasure and therefore can make lease nor any way encumber the lunatic  estate without special order of this court where the profit be not sufficient  to maintain the lunatic Drury v fitch Hutton Rep blewitt case lie beverley  case Rep and the grant of the custody of lunatic estate be a mere authority  without a interest and do not survive fix part line Forr but he have the same  power in cut timber for repair as the absolute owner ex part Ludlow atk but  the property of a lunatic can be vary or change so as to alter the succession  Sergeson v Sealey atk ex part marchioness of Annandale Amb ex part Grimstone  ibidem see Oxenden v Compton bro c c Ves jun et vide as to the power of  committee of lunatic to make conveyance stat Geo two cap and lease stat that  Geo III cap and g III c and mortgage ibidem and to surrender lease g c note it  seem that under circumstance the committee may make a agreement in respect of  the lunatic estate for the benefit of the lunatic where the heir be not affect  ex part Tabbert Ves in this case the lunatic before he become such have make a  mortgage of good part of his estate for pound the committee have transfer this  mortgage and take up or pound more upon it Vernon chancery case the Lord  keeper declare the mortgage shall stand a security for pound only and as to  improvement and building make by the first committee on the lunatic estate for  which he crave a allowance the Lord keeper declare the heir upon the lunatic  death must be let into the estate without make any allowance for such  improvement see ex part marton ex part Hilbert Ves and as to a allowance  demand for the lunatic son maintenance the Lord keeper refer it to a master to  examine and report what maintenance be reasonable to be allow but in this case  the decree be that the plaintiff in the original bill the lessee of the first  committee of the lunatic shall enjoy the several lease of the lunatic estate  make to he by the say committee and the lunatic son in case the same be good  fide make for a valuable consideration and no fraud use by the plaintiff or  his agent in obtain thereof whereby to burden the estate upon which the master  to who it be refer to examine the same be to report and the master be to look  into the value of the fine plaintiff pay for the same and what rend be reserve  thereon and if it appear the same be of sufficient value the lease to stand  and plaintiff to hold the same against defendant and all claim by they during  the continuance of the respective term thereby grant free and discharge of all  encumbrance do by the say lunatic or his son or say other defendant and  plaintiff to execute counterpart thereof and to account for rend thereof and  the master be also direct to examine what money from time to time since the  defendant merchant the lunatic be find a lunatic the plaintiff or any for he  or by his order have pay the court declare that such sum or sum of money as  have since the lunacy be real and good fide pay by the plaintiff for the debt  of the say lunatic contract before the lunacy or for the maintenance of he or  his son or for his or their use or benefit or for the defence or recover of  his estate such money as shall so real appear to have be disburse and pay  shall be allow and pay to the say plaintiff in case it shall appear to the say  master that the son be not sufficient maintain and provide for out of some  other part of the estate or by some other person or person which the master be  also to examine and make such allowance for the son as he shall reasonable  think fit which allowance so to be make be to be pay and allow to the say  plaintiff and the say master be to make all just allowance on both side and  the say mortgage be to stand as a security for what shall appear due to the  say plaintiff on the account to be take as aforesaid and as touch the account  so mention to be make up between the say plaintiff and Ferrars the first  committee the master be to look into and examine if the same be make up  without fraud or contrivance on purpose to charge the lunatic estate and  before the custody be take from the say Ferrars and if it appear that the say  master do find and certify that the same be fair and good fide make and state  without any fraud or collusion in the plaintiff in such case such account be  to stand and not to be ravel into unless defendant can disprove the same and  plaintiff to be allow and pay what on such account shall appear due note  plaintiff have take a assignment of the say mortgage and pay great sum in  defend lunatic title and advance sum of money for care and maintenance of  lunatic son and a account have be state between Ferrars and plaintiff it also  appear that the premise ease to plaintiff by lunatic before lunacy fall old  and ruinous plaintiff will not repair without a further lease of year the  committee and son of the lunatic join in a lease for such further term to  plaintiff and grant he a lease of other message c for year at a rend and  plaintiff agree to lie out pound in repair and plaintiff foster be to receive  rend eastern keep down principal and interest of his mortgage and to account  from time to time with Ferrars which he do up to June Reg lib a fol Vernon  chancery case er p