Hearings
England & Wales
15 Nov 1973 [1975] Ch 97; [1974] 3 WLR 27; [1974] 2 All ER 401, Ch D
Butler v Broadhead
Subject Matter
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, ss 259, 264 — Companies (Winding up) Rules 1949, r 106