Mackley v Brighton - (1914) 34 NZLR 314

Vendor and Purchaser — Contract — Construction — Land held under Lease in Perpetuity — Conversion to Freehold under the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, Section 31 — No Right to Minerals under Surface of Land — Agreement to sell Fee-simple" held to extend only to Fee-simple acquired under Land Acts — Mutual Mistake — Mistake as to Private Right owing to Misapprehension of Effect of Public 'Statute — Mistake of Fact — Contract voided.