The Timber Control Order 1918, Part I, section 2, provides-‘ . . No person shall . . ( b) sell or enter into any contract for the sale of any such timber’ [ i.e., imported] ‘except to the holder of a permit granted by or on behalf of the Controller. . . ‘ Held ( aff. judgment of the First Division) that an agreement to sell on the condition that the buyers should obtain a permit was void.
Judges:
Viscount Haldane, Viscount Finlay, Viscount Cave, Lord Dunedin, and Lord Shaw
Citations:
[1920] UKHL 534, 57 SLR 534
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Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Contract
Updated: 26 November 2022; Ref: scu.631533