MULLIGAN & MULLIGAN

The parties in this matter were Mulligan & Mulligan, who were the applicants, and the respondent, whose identity is not specified in the provided text. The dispute concerned an application for an order for the sale of certain land. The application was heard by Le Poer Trench J.

The central legal issue before the court was whether an order for the sale of the land should be granted. This required the court to consider the nature of the applicants' interest in the land and the circumstances under which such an order could be made.

Le Poer Trench J determined that the applicants had established a sufficient interest in the land to warrant an order for sale. The court applied principles relating to co-ownership and the equitable jurisdiction to order sale in lieu of partition, finding that the circumstances justified the intervention of the court to facilitate the realisation of the applicants' proprietary rights. The court ultimately made an order for the sale of the land.