Re Greaney

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 12 May 1956
• Date: 12 May 1956
• Court: High Court

In re Greaney

Death of tenant -Possession adverse to person entitled on death of tenant - Possession for less than twelve years -Holding the vested by Land Commission in deceased tenant - Adverse possessor remaining in possession for further period less than twelve years - Application under Registration of Title Act, 1891, s. 52 - Whether the two periods of possession should be regarded as continuous -Registration of Title Act, 1891 (54 and 55 Vict., c. 66), s. 52 - Land Act, 1923 (No. 42 of 1923), s. 63 - Land Act, 1931 (No. 11 of 1931), ss. 23 and 28.

A person claiming title by possession and by force of the Statutes of Limitation to a holding of land purchased and vested under the Land Acts, as against a former occupying tenant and those entitled to claim through or under him, may rely upon a period of continuous possession enjoyed partly before vesting of the fee simple under the Land Acts and partly...