‘I am of opinion that the law is that a person possessed of goods as his property has a good title as against every stranger, and that one who takes them from him having no title in himself is a wrong-doer, and cannot defend himself by showing that there was title in some third person, for against a wrong-doer possession is title.’
Lord Campbell
(1856) :5:E and B 802, [1856] EngR 81, (1856) 5 El and Bl 802, (1856) 119 ER 680
Commonlii
England and Wales
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Cited – Glenwood Lumber Co Ltd v Phillips PC 1904
The Crown had granted licenses to cut timber from an area over a period of years.
Held: It was well established that possession is good as against a wrong doer, who may not set up as a defence a jus tertii unless his claim is derived from that . .
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Updated: 07 August 2021; Ref: scu.197906
