Judgment Keech v Sandford

lord chancellor king

i must consider trust infant, see, if trustee, on refusal renew, might have lease himself, few trust-estates renewed cestui que use; though not there fraud in case, yet [the trustee] should rather have let run out, have had lease himself. may seem hard, trustee person of mankind might not have lease: proper rule should strictly pursued, , not in least relaxed; obvious consequence of letting trustees have lease, on refusal renew cestui que use. decreed, lease should assigned infant, , trustee should indemnified covenants comprised in lease, , account of profits made since renewal.