Mercer v Denne
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1904 |
| Date | 1904 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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16 cases
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John Henry Loose v Lynn Shellfish Ltd and Others (Defendants/Part 20) Michael George Le Strange Meakin (Claimants Part 20 Defendant)
...and therefore becomes subject to the same rights over it, as the land to which it has been added. This was the very issue that arose in Mercer v Denne [1904] 2 Ch 534 and in a similar context inasmuch as it concerned a right acquired by prescription. The right in issue was a custom for fis......
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Beckett (Alfred F.) Ltd v Lyons
...his evening fire. 24 It is true that an ancient right, like a custom, alters with the times. This is well illustrated by the case of Mercer v. Denne (1904 2 Chancery 534). In that case the custom alleged was for local fishermen to dry nets on the land of a private owner and it was held good......
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R v Oxfordshire County Council, ex parte Sunningwell Parish Council
...the time of Richard I, although the game itself was unknown at the time and would have been unlawful for some centuries thereafter: see Mercer v. Denne [1904] 2 Ch. 538-539, 553. In Abercromby v. Town Commissioners of Fermoy [1900] 1 I.R. 302 the Irish Court of Appeal upheld a custom for t......
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Baldwin & Francis Ltd v Patents Appeal Tribunal
...qualified to explain it, see section 98 of the Judicature Act, 1925, and this has been done from time to time, see, for instance, Mercer v. Denne [1905] 2 Ch. 538 at p. 544 and Southport Corporation v. Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. [1953] 3 W.L.R. 773 at p. 774. The one thing that the Court oug......
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2 books & journal articles
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Custom and Variety
...inheritance customs in different manors. If someone claimed the benefit of a special custom he not only had to prove that the custom 7 [1904] 2 Ch 534, [1905] 2 Ch 538. 46 The Law of the Manor existed and applied to the particular locality in question but also had to bring evidence to show ......
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Table of Cases
...2009/0953 6.9, 14.7 Melwich v Luter (Luther) (1587) Cro Eliz 102, 78 ER 361, (1588) 4 Co Rep 26b, 76 ER 935 6.2, 8.3 Mercer v Denne [1904] 2 Ch 534, 3 LGR 385, [1904–07] All ER Rep 71, aff’d [1905] 2 Ch 538, 3 LGR 1293, [1904–07] All ER Rep 71, CA 4.2, 4.3 Mercer and Moore, Re (1880) LR 14 ......