Glebe Act, 1851

Successor paying only Part of Charge may recover same against his Successor.

XV. That where any Ecclesiastical Person chargeable with the Amount of such original or reduced Charge as aforesaid, or all or any of the Instalments thereof, or proportionate Part thereof, shall have paid but a Part thereof to the Ecclesiastical Person entitled to the same, or his Representative, such Person or his Representative making such partial Payment as aforesaid shall be entitled to have, receive, and recover from the next Successor or his Representatives so much of the said Charge as he or they shall have actually paid, reduced by said Deduction in respect of Lapse of Time as aforesaid, but subject to the Priority of the Demand of the Ecclesiastical Person or his Representatives entitled to the Residue of the said then existing Charge, which shall be paramount, and paid in preference thereto, to be recoverable by any of the Means aforesaid: Provided always, that no Successor liable to the Payment of the said divided Charge, or his Representatives, shall in any Case whatever be liable for any greater Sum in the aggregate than the Amount of the said original Charge, reduced by Deduction in respect of Lapse of Time accrued at the Death or Avoidance of his next immediate Predecessor.

And with respect to the compulsory building of Glebe Houses in certain Cases, be it enacted as follows: