McDonnell v McKinty: 1847

Discontinuance of possession of land can occur where the paper title owner having abandoned possession, actual possession is taken by another person in whose favour or for whose protection the Limitation Act could operate.

Judges:

Blackburn CJ

Citations:

(1847) 10 ILR 514

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedRoberts v Crown Estate Commissioners CA 20-Feb-2008
The commissioners sought to claim title to a foreshore by adverse possession. The claimant asserted that he had acquired title in his capacity of Lord Marcher of Magor which had owned the bed of the estuary since the Norman Conquest, and that the . .
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Land, Limitation

Updated: 30 November 2022; Ref: scu.264650