Hutton v Warren

Hutton v Warren

Court Court of Exchequer
Citation(s) (1836) 1 M&W 460
Case opinions
Parke B
Keywords
Implied terms, custom

Hutton v Warren (1836) 1 M&W 460 is an English contract law case, concerning implied terms.

Facts

A farm tenant, who lived in Wroot, Lincolnshire, claimed that it was the custom of the country that the landlord would give a reasonable allowance for seeds and labour to keep the land arable, and that he would leave manure should the landlord wish to purchase it.

Judgment

Parke B held in favour of the farm tenant, because such an implied term was the general custom. He said the following.

See also

Notes

  1. (1779) 1 Douglas 201, 99 ER 132

References

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