Boone v Eyre (1777) 1 H Bl 273 is an English contract law case concerned with substantial performance and conditions precedent, with the purported ownership and lease of a plantation and a group of enslaved people being the center of disagreement. == Facts == The plaintiff sued the defendant for not paying a £160 annuity (for life) for a plantation in the West Indies that came with a group of slaves, after an initial payment of £500.
Boone v Eyre (1777) 1 H Bl 273 is an English contract law case concerned with substantial performance and conditions precedent, with the purported ownership and lease of a plantation and a group of enslaved people being the center of disagreement. == Facts == The plaintiff sued the defendant for not paying a £160 annuity (for life) for a plantation in the West Indies that came with a group of slaves, after an initial payment of £500.
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