Principle

LAND LAW – Trespass – Proof of Possession – Cultivation as Sufficient Act of Possession

Area of law
LAND LAW
Court
Supreme Court

An owner who has not alienated the land needs only the slightest evidence of possession to maintain trespass. Cultivation, fencing, demarcation with pegs or survey beacons may constitute sufficient acts of possession. The owner need not physically occupy every part of the land. The standard…

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