HOHN & ANOR v MAILLER [2003] NSWCA 122

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : HOHN & ANOR v MAILLER [2003] NSWCA 122 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 March 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 May 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Sheller JA at 2; Beazley JA at 30 DECISION : 1 Appeal allowed; 2 Set aside orders 1 and 4 of Burchett AJ; 3 In addition to and in lieu of those orders, order as follows:; "1. That there be a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs on the plaintiffs' Statement of Claim.; 3A. That the defendant pay to the plaintiffs the net proceeds of the harvest and sale of the sorghum crop in the sum of $177,982 together with interest on the sum invested during the proceedings in the sum of $12,013. This order to take effect from the date of payment of those proceeds together with interest thereon out of the trust account of Cole & Butler, Solicitors, to the defendant.; 4. That the defendant pay the plaintiffs' costs of the proceedings."; 4 The respondent to pay the appellants' costs of the appeal but to have a certificate under the Suitors' Fund Act 1951 if so qualified.

CATCHWORDS : Real property - Emblements - Contractual clause for "Re-entry for Harvest" - Operation of such a clause in a lease for fixed term LEGISLATION CITED : N/A Bulwer v Bulwer (1819) 2 B & Ald 470; 106 ER 437 CASES CITED : Official Trustee v Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd (1987) 17 FCR 172 Australian Broadcasting Commission v Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 99 PARTIES : Denis Raymond Hohn and Pauline Elizabeth Hohn - Appellants Emma Cornelia Mailler as trustee for the EC Mailler Property Trust - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40671/01 COUNSEL : G A Seib - Appellants T Alexis/D Thiering - Respondent SOLICITORS : Coudert Brothers - Appellants Cole & Butler - Respondent