The  Court  refuses  specific  performance  to  a  plaintiS  who  Default  of
has  made  material  default  in  performance  on  his  part  {()  :  as  perfom™
in  the  case  of  a  plaintiff  claiming  the  execution  of  a  lease  to  "'^''^'
himself,  after  having  committed  breaches  of  covenants  and
conditions  which  would  be  ground  of  forfeiture  of  the  lease  if
executed  («()  ;  and  although  the  breaches  are  of  a  kind  for
which  the  Court  might  give  relief  against  the  forfeiture  of  an
executed  lease  (f) .     And  there  may  be  cases  of  waste  and  of

(n)    WilUngliam    v.   Joyce,    3   Vea.  («)  Wigram,  V.-C,  ?r«?/«rT. /«^-

168  ;  Buckland  v.  Sail,  8  Ves.  92 ;  reys,    1   Hare,   352 ;   Jessel,  M.  E.,

Price  T.  Assheton,  1  T.  &  Col.  Ex.  Besant  t.  Wood,  L.  E.  12  C.  D.  627.
441  ;  Neale    v.   Mackenzie,    1   Keen,  (m)  Grant.  M.  R.,  Jones  v.  Jones,

474.  12  Ves.   188  ;  Eldon,  L.  C,  Hill  v.
(o)   Croshie  v.    Tooke,    1   M.   &  K.  Barclay,    18   Ves.    63  ;   Thompson  v.
431  ;  Morgan  t.  Uhodes,  1  M.  &  K.  Guyon,  5  Sim.  65  ;  Lewis  v.  Bond,  18

436.  Beav.  86  ;  Gregory  v.  Wilson,  9  Hare,

{p)  Bryant  v.  Busk,  4  Euss.  1.  683  ;  22  L.  J.  C.  159.
(q)  Tolsonr.  Sheard,h.  B,.  5  CD.  {v)  See  Conveyancing  Act,    1881,

19  ■  46  L.  J.  C.  815.  B.  14  ;  Coatsworth  v.  Johnson,  55  L.  J.
(')■)  SarnettY.  Yielding,  2  Sell.  &L.  Q.  B.  220;   Kay,  L.  J.,  Barrow  v.
548  ;  see  Neale  v.  Mackenzie,  supra.  Isaacs,  (1891)  1  Q.  B.  430 ;  60  L.  J.
(s)  Dunn  r.  Flood,  L.  R.  28  C.  D.  Q.  B.  127.
586  ;  51  L.  J.  C.  370.
