Principle

LAND LAW — Proof of Title — Modes of Proving Ownership — Sufficiency of Establishing One Root of Title

Area of law
LAND LAW
Court
Supreme Court

The five methods of proving title to land are alternative, not cumulative. A plaintiff may rely on any one method. Pleading multiple methods is ex abundanti cautela (out of abundant caution). Failure to prove one method does not defeat the claim if another method is…

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