Fullerton v Provincial Bank of Ireland

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date03 July 1903
CourtHouse of Lords (Ireland)
Fullerton and Another,
Appellants
and
Provincial Bank of Ireland,
Respondents.

H. L.

CASES

DETERMINED BY

THE CHANCERY DIVISION

OF

THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND.

AND BY

THE IRISH LAND COMMISSION,

AND ON APPEAL THEREFROM IN

THE COURT OF APPEAL.

1903.

Registry Act (6 Anne, Ir., c. 2) — Equitable mortgage — Deposit — Antecedent letters — Agreement in writing.

Held, reversing the decision of the majority of the Court of Appeal in In re Stevenson's Estate ([1902] 1 I. R. 23), that the letters amounted to an agreement to create an equitable charge upon the estate, and in default of registration ranked after the mortgage to the appellants (objectors in the Court of the Land Commission).

Appeal by Messrs. Stevenson and Fallerton from the judgment of the Court of Appeal ([1902] 1 I. R. 23).

Wylie, K.C., and Henry, K.C. (with them R. E. Osborne), for the appellants.

The Solicitor-General (Campbell, K.C.), and Gordon, K.C. (with them G. W. Walker), for the respondents.

The House of Lords (Lords Macnaghten, Shand, Davey, and Lindley) reversed the order of the Court of Appeal, and restored the order of Meredith, J., with costs (1).

(1) [1903] A. C. 309.

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