Elwes v Brigg Gas Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1885
CourtChancery Division
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13 cases
  • Waverley Borough Council v Fletcher
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 July 1995
    ...over anything which might be on his land. 9 As to articles found in or attached to land, the foundation of the modern rule is Elwes v. Brigg Gas Company (1886) 33 Ch.D 562, in which Chitty J clearly regarded ownership or lawful possession of the land as determinative and the legal status of......
  • Parker v British Airways Board
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 December 1981
    ...the rule is stated in this simple form, but I have no doubt that this is the law. It is reflected in the judgment of Chitty J. in Elwes v. Brigg Gas Co., (1886) 33 Ch. D. 562 at page 568, although the chattel concerned was beneath the surface of the soil and so subject to different consider......
  • Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 28 July 2010
    ...Bowser v Maclean (1860) 2 De G F & J 415, 419, per Lord Campbell LC; Pountney v Clayton [1883] 11 QBD 820, 838, per Bowen LJ; Elwes v Brigg Gas Co [1886] 33 Ch D 562, 568, per Chitty J; and National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd [1981] AC 675, 708, per Lord Russell of Killowen. T......
  • Robinson v Western Australian Museum
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
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