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Mann v Stephens

(1846) 15 Sim 377; 60 ER 665
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Chancery (England and Wales)
Year1846
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Equity will enforce by injunction a restrictive covenant (here, not to build on adjoining land) against a successor, independently of the covenantee's right of action at law on the covenant.

Area of Law

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