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Doe d. Baddeley v Massey: 1851

A paper owner, as a stranger to the landlord and tenant relationship, cannot invoke an acknowledgment by the squatter’s landlord. The doctrine is based on estoppel. ‘the landlord is thereby entitled against the tenant who took, but not against a third person.’

Judges:

Lord Campbell CJ

Citations:

(1851) 17 QB 374

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedTower Hamlets v Barrett and Another CA 19-Jul-2005
The defendant tenants appealed an order for them to surrender possession of land which they claimed had been acquired by adverse possession. The buildings, including one which shared a party wall with the building owned by the defendants had been . .
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Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.228939

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