Swinfen Eady J said: ‘It is a well-settled rule of construction that, where there is a conveyance of land, even although it is described by reference to a plan, and by colour, and by quantity, if it is said to be bounded on one side by a public thoroughfare, then half of the road passes unless there is enough in the expressions of the instrument or in the surrounding circumstances to show that this is not the intention of the parties.’
Judges:
Swinfen Eady J
Citations:
[1911] 1 Ch 467
Land
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.515411