Land below sea level was partitioned by a deed with a covenant that the expense of maintaining the sea wall should be borne by the owners of the lands and payable out of the lands by an acre-scot.
Held: The covenant was enforced against a purchaser of the lands on the grounds that he had purchased with notice of the covenant.
Lord Romilly MR
(1868) LR 6 Eq 252
England and Wales
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Cited – Rhone and Another v Stephens HL 17-Mar-1994
A house was divided, the house being retained along with the roof over the cottage, and giving a covenant to repair the roof on behalf of the owner of the house. The cottage owner sought to enforce the covenant against a later owner of the house. . .
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Updated: 22 December 2021; Ref: scu.260253