The lessors of a ‘tied house’ agreed to supply their tenants with malt liquors at ‘the fair market price.’ The respondent claimed to be supplied at such price as he could have bought in the open market, the appellants to charge the ordinary rates applicable to tied houses. Held that the ‘market price’ was the ordinary price charged to tied houses.
Lord Chancellor (Viscount Haldane), Lords Kinnear, Dunedin, and Atkinson
[1913] UKHL 863, 51 SLR 863
Bailii
England and Wales
Landlord and Tenant, Contract
Updated: 08 January 2022; Ref: scu.632760