The Law Reports (Chancery Division)
[1975] Ch 97
[CHANCERY DIVISION]
BUTLER AND ANOTHER v. BROADHEAD AND OTHERS
[1973 B. No. 1254]
1973 Nov. 14,
15
Templeman J.
Company
— Dissolution
— Claims against contributories
— Purported sale by liquidator to plaintiffs of land previously sold by company
— Innocent mistake
— Distribution of surplus assets to contributories
— Breach of covenant as to title discovered only after dissolution of company
— Whether plaintiffs able to recover from contributories
—
Companies Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 38), ss. 259, 264
[1]
—
Companies (Winding up) Rules 1949 (S.I. 1949 No. 330 (L. 4)), r. 106
[2]