Hutton v Warren

Hutton v Warren EWHC J61 is an English contract law case, concerning implied terms.

Facts 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.

Judgment Parke B held in favour of the farm tenant, because such an implied term was the general custom. He said the following.