Rooney McFarland Ltd v Carlin
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1981 |
| Date | 01 January 1981 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) |
Rectification - Whether agreement to sell "all the lands and premises"owned by the defendant and contained in Folio No. 24184 - Defendant's land contained in several folios - Whether antecedent common intention for sale of all the defendant's lands.
In an earlier action the defendant sued the plaintiff claiming an injunction and damages for the nuisance which their quarrying operations allegedly caused to his house and land. The action was settled and the terms reduced to writing by counsel and signed by them and the parties included the following "the [plaintiff] shall purchase from the [defendant] all the lands and premises owned by the [defendant] and contained in Folio No. 24184 County Armagh, for the sum of 17,000 . . ." It was the plaintiff's intention to buy all the lands owned by the defendant in the vicinity of the quarry and counsel for both parties mistakenly believed that Folio No. 24184 contained all the relevant land. While that Folio contained the defendant's house and garden, the defendant also owned an adjoining field which was contained in two other Folios. In an action for rectification of the settlement the trial judge Held there was a common intention between the parties to sell all the defendant's land and rectified...
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