The defendant agreed to marry the claimant within a reasonable time after request. He broke that agreement by marrying somebody else before the request had been made, and in that way put it out of his power to comply with the request, if it were made.
Citations:
[1846] EngR 290, (1846) 8 QB 358, (1846) 115 ER 911
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Cited – Duval v 11-13 Randolph Crescent Ltd SC 6-May-2020
The Court was asked whether the landlord of a block of flats is entitled, without breach of covenant, to grant a licence to a lessee to carry out work which, but for the licence, would breach a covenant in the lease of his or her flat, where the . .
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Family, Contract
Updated: 06 October 2022; Ref: scu.302185