Foster McWilliams v Cunningham and Others

JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
Judgment Date01 January 1956
Date01 January 1956
CourtHigh Court (Northern Ireland)
In re McWilliams; Foster
and
Cunningham

Death of life tenant during currency of letting - Whether estate of life tenant or remainderman entitled to rent - Apportionment.

Where there was a seasonal letting of lands for cutting and grazing purposes on behalf of a life tenant who died during the currency of the letting, the payment in respect of the whole letting period was held to be apportionable be tween the personal representatives of the life tenant and the parties entitled in remainder, on the basis that same accrued from day to day. In re Kane. Swan v. Kane, (1931) unreport...

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