Covenants, Privity of Contract, and the Purchaser of Personal Property

Publisher： Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN： 1469-2139|41|1|58-86

ISSN： 0008-1973

Source： Cambridge Law Journal, Vol.41, Iss.1, 1982-04, pp. : 58-86

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Abstract

This article discusses an old but vexed question in the law of obligations: to what extent can a purchaser of personal property find himself bound to observe covenants relating to that property to which he was not party? Put shortly, how far can covenants bind personal property?

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