Adverse possession
Doctrine in Land & Property. 4 cases, with the principle each one established. By lanbuk.com.
- Dr Joseph Foday Bangura v Ephraim Christian Thompson (CIV APP 21 of 2009) [2015] SLCA 1121 (8 October 2015)
Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 2015
Principle established: A claim for recovery of land may be defeated by the doctrine of adverse possession if the claimant's action is found to be statute-barred under limitation laws.
- In re Lumley Beach, 1920-36 ALR S.L. 164
Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1920-36
Principle established: A prescriptive title to land by adverse possession requires that the area be definitely defined, possession not be referable to another right, and the rightful owner be clearly dispossessed and excluded.
- Pratt v Kamara, 1964-66 ALR S.L. 72
Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1964-66
Principle established: Acknowledgment of a superior title to land during the limitation period interrupts adverse possession, and a tenant at will holds no alienable interest capable of conveying a fee simple estate.
- Tarawalli v. Sesay (CIV APP 1 of 1952) [1952] SLCA 5 (1 August 1952)
Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1952
Principle established: A tenant at will cannot establish adverse possession to defeat an owner's title under limitation laws unless possession was exclusive and entirely independent of the owner.