The court was asked whether a lease vested in an administrator in his own right merged in the reversion held by him as administrator.
Held: ‘mergers are odious in equity and never allowed unless for special reason’. There was no merger because the interests were held in different rights.
Judges:
Fry J
Citations:
(1878) 10 Ch D 743
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – University of East London Higher Education Corporation v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and others ChD 9-Dec-2004
The University wanted to sell land for development free of restrictive covenants. It had previously been in the ownership of both the servient and dominant land in respect of a restrictive covenant. The Borough contended that the restrictive . .
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Updated: 24 November 2022; Ref: scu.220710