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Worlledge v Manning (1786) East, 26 Geo. 3 CB; 126 ER 34〔The report of this case is inserted within the report of ''Steel v Houghton''.〕 is a landmark British judgment by the House of Lords〔Henry Blackstone, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Courts of Common Pleas Volume 2 ( page 54 )(accessed 2 October 2012).〕 and was formative to the modern legal understanding of private property rights. The matter related to gleaners rights and arose from a disagreement about gleaning during the 1785 harvest. After the barley crop had been cut and cleared, a Timworth shoemaker, Benjamin Manning, had gone onto the land of John Worlledge, the richest farmer, in the adjoining parish of Ingham, Suffolk to glean and had carried away a quantity of barley. Worlledge disputed his right to do so and brought an action for trespass in the Court of Common Pleas. The court decided in Worlledges favour in May 1786 and awarded him damages and costs.〔Henry Blackstone, Law Library, ( Volume 9 ) (access date = 2 October 2012).〕 : The court held that the defendant was not an inhabitant of the parish in which he gleaned, and was not entitled to the gleaning support. The Court therefore decided that ''a stranger had no right to glean''.〔Henry Blackstone, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Courts of Common Pleas Volume 2 ( page 54 )(accessed 2 October 2012).〕 It was the first time gleaners’ rights had been challenged and served as precedent and possible catalyst for the landmark case Steel v Houghton a year latter. In a separate matter, the defendant Manning attempted to prosecute Worlledge the plaintiff for assault at the Suffolk quarter sessions court. ==See also== * Steel v Houghton (1788) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Worlledge v Manning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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