000			01471cab a2200193 4500
001			ABS38804
008			090401t1988 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u12463
041			_aeng
245			_aBoosey and another v Davis and others
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aProperty and Compensation Reports _v(1988) 55 PCR 83-87(5)
520			_aCA 11 June 1987. Appeal by landowners (D) against cc decision in favour of users of land (B) who were granted a declaration that they had acquired possessory title to the land by adverse possession . The land had been used for the grazing of goats since about 1963. B had cleared it of scrub and had erected a wire mesh fence. The land was forage land and was not used for any other purpose. D had no particular intended future use for it. On appeal to CA, the question at issue was whether B`s use of the land was sufficient to constitute adverse possession. CA had to consider 1) the nature of the land; 2) the intention of B and 3) the quality and quantity of B`s acts. CA held that the use of the land need not have been limited to grazing, but could have been used for development and that B`s use of the land was minimal in terms of the quality and quantity of user. It was also held that the clearing of the scrub was not significant as it was done merely to facilitate the minimal use by th
650			_aLIMITATION ACT 1980
690			_aLAND-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c7965 _d7965