Grafton v Griffin
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | High Court of Chancery |
| Judgment Date | 09 March 1830 |
| Date | 09 March 1830 |
English Reports Citation: 39 E.R. 130
HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY
Grafton
and
Griffin
(jrafton -a. grlkfin. March 6, 9, [18;50]. Where the Plaintiff' has by tortioua means got into possession of property, pending a suit to establish his equitable title to it, the Court will not stay legal proceedings against him for the recovery of possession. The will of a testator contained the following clause :-" I direct that the present tenant of the said copyhold and premises, or any of his children desirous of being continued therein, be suffered to hold and keep the said premises, upon payment of the present rent and the taxes and levies which the said present- tenant has been accustomed to pay ; and also all after taxes and levies to be assessed on the said premises, or any part thereof, during the time he or they shall respectively...
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3 cases
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McPhail v Persons, Names Unknown; Bristol Corporation v Ross
...(1807). But the passage is obscurely worded. And 1 am satisfied that a Court of equity would never intervene in aid of a wrongdoer. In Grafton v. Griffin (1830) 1 Russell & Mylne's Reports Ch. 336, where sore claimants had wrongfully turned a widow out of a house and got possession of i......
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Ap Guaman Sivil No Da-21Ncvc-2-02-2017 Persatuan Peniaga Kecil Pasar Pp v Mdpp Dan 2 Lg Tt
...squatters to resist an order of possession illegally acquired; it will never intervene in aid of wrong-doers. (See Grafton v. Griffin 39 ER 130). We would like to say this at once about squatters. The owner is not obliged to go to the Courts to obtain an order of He is entitled, if he so wi......
