Lindsay v Cundy
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 1875 |
| Year | 1875 |
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35 cases
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Gallie v Lee
...conveyed to John in the belief that it is being assured to William". The cases cited for that proposition are the contract cases such as Cundy v. Lindsay. (1878 3 A.C. p. 459), when a mistake as to the identity of the other contracting party has been said to make the contract void ab initio......
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Tribune Investment Trust Inc. v Soosan Trading Company Ltd
...credible of belief: at [50].] British Motor Trade Association v Salvadori [1949] Ch 556; [1949] 1 All ER 208 (refd) Cundy v Lindsay (1878) 3 App Cas 459 (folld) Emerald Construction Co Ltd v Lowthian [1966] 1 WLR 691; [1966] 1 All ER 1013 (distd) J T Stratford & Son Ltd v Lindley [1965] AC ......
- Commonwealth Homes and Investment Company Ltd v Smith
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5 books & journal articles
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Contract Law
...in question as one by correspondence. They then proceeded to hold, applying the previous decision of the House in Cundy v Lindsay(1878) 3 App Cas 459, that there had been an instance of mistaken identity. Constraints of space preclude a detailed consideration of this very important case — w......
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VITIATING FACTORS IN CONTRACT LAW — THE INTERACTION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE
...1994) at 542. 37 The oft-cited case in the former situation is that of the House of Lords in James Cundy & T Bevington v Thomas Lindsay(1878) 3 App Cas 459. 38 See also the main text accompanying notes 21—22 and 27, supra (with regard to the doctrine of common mistake). 39 [1991] 2 All ER 6......
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Contract Law
...“Offer and Acceptance”), however, the court, applying the principle in the leading English House of Lords decision of Cundy v Lindsay(1878) 3 App Cas 459, held that there had been no contract between the plaintiffs and the defendants and that whilst there might have been an intention on the......
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VITIATING FACTORS IN CONTRACT LAW — SOME KEY CONCEPTS AND DEVELOPMENTS
...2 KB 243; Ingram v Little[1961] 1 QB 31; and Lewis v Averay[1972] 1 QB 198, which are, inter alia, discussed in Phang, supra n 1. 49 (1878) 3 App Cas 459. 50 And see supra n 43, at [49]. 51 Supra n 48. 52 See Phang, Lee & Koh, supra n 43. 53 See ibid at 26. 54 Ibid. 55 See its Twelfth Repor......
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