Hutton v Warren | |
Court: | Court of Exchequer |
Citations: | [1836] EWHC J61, (1836) 1 M&W 460 |
Opinions: | Parke B |
Keywords: | Implied terms, custom |
Hutton v Warren [1836] EWHC J61 is an English contract law case, concerning implied terms.
A farm tenant, who lived in Wroot, Lincolnshire, claimed that it was the custom of the country that the landlord would give a reasonable allowance for seeds and labour to keep the land arable, and that he would leave manure should the landlord wish to purchase it.
Parke B held in favour of the farm tenant, because such an implied term was the general custom. He said the following.