Allen v England: 1862

The court considered a claim for land by adverse possession against the owner on paper. Erle CJ said: ‘It may be taken that the plaintiff had the beneficial occupation for more than twenty years, and if that will give him a title, I will give him leave to move. But, in my judgment, every time Cox put his foot on the land it was so far in his possession that the statute would begin to run from the time when he was last upon it.’

Judges:

Erle CJ

Citations:

[1862] EngR 1, (1862) 3 F and F 49, (1862) 176 ER 22

Links:

Commonlii

Cited by:

CitedZarb and Another v Parry and Another CA 15-Nov-2011
The parties disputed the position of the boundary between their neighbouring properties. The appellant Z had succeeded in establishing that the the boundary was as they decribed on paper, but the respondents had succeeded in their claim for adverse . .
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Land, Limitation

Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.286167