Vernon v Bethell
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title:
Vernon v Bethell
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Vernon v Bethell (1762) 28 ER 838 is an English property law case, where it was affirmed that there could be no clog on the equity of redemption. In justifying this rule, Lord Henley LC made the famous observation that, necessitous men are not, truly speaking, free men, but, to answer a present exigency, will submit to any terms that the crafty may impose upon them. The case stands for the principle "once a mortgage, always a mortgage", meaning a borrower cannot contract to give up his automatic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_v_Bethell
date created:
2010-01-30T16:35:06Z
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2024-08-30T13:32:58Z
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