Todd v Parker - [1953] NZLR 39

Vendor and Purchaser — Option to Purchase — Option to Purchase given during Currency of Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943 — Promise to give by Will Right to Purchase — Statute applying to Both Agreement inter vivos and Testamentary Promise — Transaction not completed before Expiry of Statute — Such Expiry not validating Same — Vendor not estopped from denying Statutory Invalidity of Agreement and Promise — Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, s 43 (1) (d) — Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act, 1949, s 3.