The plaintiff owned land charged by a previous owner who had rented it subject to the defendant’s predecessor subject to a covenant not to use it as an beerhouse. The defendant now used it as a beerhouse, and said that since the plaintiff had mortgaged his interest he had no right to enforce the covenant.
Held: The plaintiff could enforce the covenant under the 1873 Act and under the general principles of equity, and did not have to join in his mortgagee.
Judges:
Bramwell LJ
Citations:
(1878) 4 Ex D 37, [1878] 48 LJQB 146, [1878] 39 LT 389, [1878] 27 WR 145
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Scribes West Ltd v Relsa Anstalt and others CA 20-Dec-2004
The claimant challenged the forfeiture of its lease by a freeholder which had acquired the registered freehold title but had not yet registered its ownership. The second defendant had forfeited the lease by peacable re-entry for arrears of rent, and . .
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Land
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.276788