Key to proving possession
Key to proving possession
- 1992
- Chartered Surveyor Weekly 38(8) 27 February 1992, 71(1) .
"Marsden v Miller and others" CA 16 January 1992 concerned disputed possession over land whose ownership was unknown. Held that one person without documentary title could not assert title in relation to the land against another person purely on the basis of an act of possession which consisted of erection of a fence for a short time around the land.
DISPUTED POSSESSION
DOCUMENTARY TITLE
ERECTION OF A FENCE
UNKNOWN OWNERSHIP
"Marsden v Miller and others" CA 16 January 1992 concerned disputed possession over land whose ownership was unknown. Held that one person without documentary title could not assert title in relation to the land against another person purely on the basis of an act of possession which consisted of erection of a fence for a short time around the land.
DISPUTED POSSESSION
DOCUMENTARY TITLE
ERECTION OF A FENCE
UNKNOWN OWNERSHIP