Brown v Norton

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date17 December 1954
Date17 December 1954
CourtHigh Court
Brown
and
Norton

Implied condition - House in course of erection Completed house - Evidence - Sale by way of sub - lease - Implied covenants on sale of house in course of erection -Covenant by purchaser that he has inspected the building and is satisfied therewith - Effect of covenant.

Where there is an agreement to purchase a house in the course of erection and it is clearly understood by the parties that the purchaser is contracting to buy, and the vendor is contracting to sell, a dwelling-house in which the purchaser can live as soon as it is completed by...

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8 cases
  • Siney v Corporation of Dublin
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • January 1, 1980
    ...on a long line of authorities illustrated by cases such as Sutton v. Temple 12M & W. 52, Hart v. Windsor 12 M. & W. 68, Brown v.Norton 1954 I.R. 34, Chambers v. Cork Corporation 93I.L.T.R.45, which established the proposition that the mere letting of land, with or without an unfurnished dwe......
  • Riordan v Carroll
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • January 1, 1996
    ...LIABILITY OF BUILDERS VENDORS & LESSORS (NO 1) 1977 CHAMBERS V CORK CORPORATION 93 ILTR 45 DEALE ON LANDLORD & TENANT 214 BROWNE V NORTON 1954 IR 34 SUPREME COURT PRACTICE 1988 (WHITE BOOK) 59/10/7 DEASYS ACT 1960 S14 LANDLORD & TENANT (IRL) ACT 1860 S13 LANDLORD & TENANT (IRL) ACT 1860 S......
  • Norta Wallpapers v John Sisk Ltd
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • January 1, 1978
    ...v. Midland Railway Co. (1869) L.R. 4 Q.B. 379. 4 G. H. Myers & Co. v. Brent Cross Service Co. [1934] 1 K.B. 46. 5 Brown v. Norton [1954] I.R. 34. 6 Cehave N. V. v. Bremer Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. [1976] Q.B. 44. Case Stated. A special Case was stated pursuant to s. 35 of the Arbitration A......
  • O'Donnell v Ryan
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • October 20, 2017
    ...from noise, invasion of privacy, or otherwise is not enough.’ 79 The plaintiff relies on the judgment of Davitt P. in Brown v. Norton [1954] I.R. 34, wherein he states that there is no rule of law ‘on the mere sale or letting of an unfurnished but completely built house’ that precludes the ......
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