Hughes V Metropolitan Railway Company 1877 2 App Cas 439

Notice was given on october 22 1874 from which the tenants had until april 22 1875 to finish the repairs.

Hughes v metropolitan railway company 1877 2 app cas 439. Within the 6 months negotiation for the sale of the lease was opened between landlord and tenant. Metropolitan railway 1877 2 app case 439. Hughes v metropolitan railway co united kingdom house of lords 5 jun 1877 5 jun 1877. Hughes v metropolitan railway co 1876 77 lr 2 app cas 439 promissory estoppel.

That is followed by the particulars of the metropolitan railway company s interest in. Lord cairns lc my lords the appellant was the landlord of certain premises in the euston road the lease of which an old and a long lease was vested in the respondents. On november 28 the tenant railway. Hughes v metropolitan railway 1876 77 lr 2 app cas 439 house of lords a landlord gave a tenant 6 months notice to carry out repairs failure to do so would result in forfeiture of the lease.

House of lords the facts are stated in the judgement of lord cairns lc. Hughes v metropolitan railway co house of lords. Metropolitan railway co 1877 2 ac 439 is a house of lords case considered unremarkable for many years until it was resurrected by lord denning in the case of central london property v. Hughes v metropolitan railway co 1877 is a house of lords case considered unremarkable for many years until it was resurrected by lord denning in the case of central london property trust ltd v high trees house ltd in his development of the doctrine of promissory estoppel the case was the first known instance of the concept of promissory estoppel.

Here the landlord gave his tenant 6 months to repair the property else risk forfeiture. Under the lease hughes was entitled to compel the tenant to repair the building within six months of notice. It was due to expire on the 22nd of april the next year. The negotiation failed after 6 months and the tenant failed to repair.

A lessor gave a repair notice against his lessee on the 22nd of october. High trees in his development of the doctrine of promissory estoppel the case was the first known instance of the concept of promissory estoppel. The lessor wrote back suggesting that they would like to buy the property. Promissory estoppel is traceable to hughes v.

Hughes v metropolitan railway co 1877 2 ac 439. Hughes v metropolitan railway co 1876 77 lr 2 app cas 439 1877 ukhl 1 2 app cas 439. The case was the first known instance of the concept of promissory estoppel.