IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
Citation: Porteous v. Hurley, 2005 NSSC 229
Date: 20050816
Docket: SAM 190783
Registry: Amherst
Between:
Richard Porteous
Plaintiff
v.
Daniel A. Hurley and Norma J. Hurley
Defendants
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Charles E. Haliburton
Heard: June 14 - 16, 2005, in Amherst, Nova Scotia
Written Decision: August 16, 2005
Subject: Action for Trespass to Real Property; location of boundary line in dispute
Summary: Present occupants of two wood lots found conflicting evidence of established boundary. Crown Grant lines not established. Suggestion of conventional line dismissed. Evidence of occupation of one discreet area by predecessor of Defendants. Evidence of sale of land implicitly recognizing boundary line of Defendants by predecessor of Plaintiff.
Result: Plaintiff’s action in trespass dismissed.
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