Entail – Leases – Alienation.-
How far leases for four nineteen years’ duration of an entailed estate were reducible as an ‘alienation’ thereof. Leases sustained, in the special circumstances, for the granter’s life, and the life of the heir who ratified them; but a lease of a mansion house, offices, and gardens, andc. reduced, and also of the lands beyond the lifetime of these parties.
Citations:
[1780] UKHL 2 – Paton – 533, (1780) 2 Paton 533
Links:
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 04 July 2022; Ref: scu.561496