Mercer v Liverpool, St Helen’s and South Lancashire Railway: HL 1904

Citations:

[1904] AC 461

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

AffirmedMercer v Liverpool St Helens and South Lancashire Railway 1903
Stirling J: ‘Now at law a contract for the sale of land creates merely a personal obligation between the vendor and purchaser and does not bind the land; in equity such a contract binds the land and that not only as against the vendor, but also as . .

Cited by:

CitedRhondda Cynon Taff Borough Council v Watkins CA 12-Feb-2003
Land had been purchased compulsorily, but the respondent unlawfully returned to possession in 1966, and now claimed title by adverse possession. The Council executed a vesting deed poll in 1988. The Council asserted that he could not be in adverse . .
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Contract, Land

Updated: 07 May 2022; Ref: scu.238204