Until the interest of the purchaser has been recorded or registered the seller remains vested in the real right. His relationship with the purchaser is controlled by the rights and obligations which were created by their contract. When the disposition is delivered the general rule is that it becomes the sole measure of the contracting parties’ rights if there is a dispute about the subject to which right has been acquired by the purchaser.
Citations:
(1893) 20 R (HL) 27
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Burnett’s Trustee v Grainger and Another HL 4-Mar-2004
A flat was sold, but before the purchasers registered the transfer, the seller was sequestrated, and his trustee registered his own interest as trustee. The buyer complained that the trustee was unjustly enriched.
Held: The Act defined the . .
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Scotland, Land
Updated: 16 May 2022; Ref: scu.194223