Earl of Home v Lord Belhaven: HL 25 May 1903

The returns derived from minerals in the course of being worked are to be taken into account in fixing the amount of composition due to a superior; and (2) ( rev. judgment of the First Division with Three Consulted Judges) that the amount due to the superior was the amount of the rents and royalties received by the vassal for the year in which the composition became exigible, subject to all proper and usual deductions.

Judges:

Lord Chancellor (Halsbury), Lord Shand, Lord Davey, and Lord Robertson

Citations:

[1903] UKHL 607, 40 SLR 607

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Land

Updated: 11 July 2022; Ref: scu.630578