13 Mar 2014
LAU KAM TAI v. DAO KIN MING AND OTHERS
- Citation
- LAU KAM TAI v. DAO KIN MING AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA913/2010
The Court accepted credible eyewitness and documentary evidence that the plaintiff and her family continuously cultivated, fenced, guarded and occupied the Subject Land from about 15 August 1978 with the requisite animus possidendi for 20 years; the defendants' hearsay/unsupported assertions of tenancy were rejected; consequently D1's registered title was extinguished by limitation and the plaintiff acquired a possessory title, entitling her to declarations, possession, demolition of encroaching fence, vacatur of registered memorials and nominal damages.