Williams, Executor of Elizabeth Breedon, v Bartholomew; 19 Nov 1798

References: [1798] EngR 237, (1798) 1 Bos & Pul 326, (1798) 126 ER 930 (B)
Links: Commonlii
If A, tenant for life subject to forfeiture, remainder over to B., lease to C. for a term, and afterwards apprehending that he has forfeited, acquiesce in B.’s claiming and receiving the rent from C., his executor may, on shewing that be acquiesced under a false apprehension recover from C. the amount of the rent erroneously paid to B.
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