The court considered whether a covenant in a lease survived its extinction: ‘though the old under-lease was gone it was clearly part of the arrangement that the defendant should remain subject to the covenant and that accordingly he remained bound by it in equity.’
Citations:
(1877) 36 LT 843
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Distinguished – Golden Lion Hotel v Carter 1965
A lease of a plot of land fronting a road contained a covenant by the lessor, who was also the owner of land with a hotel on the opposite side of the road, not to build on the hotel site except to a specified extent. Subsequently, the lessee . .
Cited – Wall v Collins and Another CA 17-May-2007
Properties, when leasehold, had acquired rights of way by prescription over neighbouring land. The freehold interests were acquired, and the claimant now appealed a decision that the right of way acquired under his lease had disappeared.
Held: . .
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Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.252421