Gardiner v Irish Land Commission

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: High Court
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1976
• Date: 01 January 1976

(H.C.)

Gardiner

and

Irish Land Commission

Registered land - Transfer - Loss of original conveyance - Refusal of registrar to register transfer - Copy conveyance available - Appeal to High Court - Registration of Title Act, 1964 (No. 16). s. 19.

The document by which certain registered land had been conveyed to the appellant had been lost. The registrar of titles refused to register the appellants as owners of the land although they had furnished a copy of that document with their application. On...