Young v Leith: IHCS 1844

Unrecorded instruments of sasine were nullities, but the granter of the sasine was not entitled to plead the nullity: ‘. . I am very glad that the result is such as my noble friend proposes, and that now, on the authority of this House, it will be clearly taken as the law of Scotland, that unrecorded sasines are a nullity.’

Judges:

Lord Campbell

Citations:

(1848) 2 Ross’s LC 81, (1844) 6 D 370

Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Citing:

Appealed toYoung v Leith HL 1847
The only way in which a disponee can be sure of preventing a third party, such as an adjudging creditor, from acquiring a real right to the lands which will prevail against his right is by registration. ‘The proper object and effect of every valid . .

Cited by:

CitedBurnett’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 . .
Appeal fromYoung v Leith HL 1847
The only way in which a disponee can be sure of preventing a third party, such as an adjudging creditor, from acquiring a real right to the lands which will prevail against his right is by registration. ‘The proper object and effect of every valid . .
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Land

Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.194217