Tilbury v Silva: 1890

The evidence of user necessary to induce the court to presume a lost modern grant should be stronger than that upon which the court will presume a grant based on immemorial user.

Judges:

Bowen LJ

Citations:

(1890) 45 Ch D 98

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedBarton v The Church Commissioners for England ChD 15-Dec-2008
The commissioners claimed a right by prescription to all fish to be taken in a stretch of the River Wye. The claimant was to moor a barge on the river.
Held: The court explained the nature and legal status of fisheries in the law going back to . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Land

Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.279916