Lord Blackburn: ‘in ejectment, where a person was in possession those who sought to turn him out were to recover upon the strength of their own title ; and consequently possession was at law a good defence against anyone, and those who sought to turn the man in possession out must shew a superior legal title to his .’
Judges:
Lord Blackburn
Citations:
(1883) 8 AC 456
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Manchester Airport Plc v Dutton and others CA 23-Feb-1999
The claimant sought an order requiring delivery of possession of land occupied by the respondent objectors. They needed to remove trees from the land in order to construct a runway on their own adjacent land. The claimant had been granted a licence . .
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Land, Litigation Practice
Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.247618