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Ogilvie v Littleboy

(1897) 13 TLR 399 (CA), affd sub nom Ogilvie v Allen (1899) 15 TLR 294 (HL)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (affirmed by House of Lords as Ogilvie v Allen)
Year1897
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A donor can recover property given away only by showing a mistake of so serious a character as to render it unjust for the donee to retain it; mere regret or unawareness of full effect is insufficient.

Area of Law

e

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