The evidence of user necessary to induce the court to presume a lost modern grant should be stronger than that upon which the court will presume a grant based on immemorial user.
Judges:
Bowen LJ
Citations:
(1890) 45 Ch D 98
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Barton v The Church Commissioners for England ChD 15-Dec-2008
The commissioners claimed a right by prescription to all fish to be taken in a stretch of the River Wye. The claimant was to moor a barge on the river.
Held: The court explained the nature and legal status of fisheries in the law going back to . .
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Land
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.279916