Finch v Great Western Railway Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1879
Date1879
CourtDivisional Court
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8 cases
  • Peter Bramwell and Others v Peter Robinson
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 21 Octubre 2016
    ...of the right of way acquired by prescription must be measured by the extent of user during the period of time relied upon: [ Finch v Great Western Railway (1879) 5 Ex D 254 at 258; Mills v Silver [1991] Ch 271]. 3. The authorities on rights of way, from the leading case of Williams v James ......
  • Giles v Tarry and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 Junio 2012
    ...from the paddock into the green land. He is using the driveway to gain access to the paddock and thence onto the highway. In Finch v Great Western Railway (1879–80) LR 5 Ex D 254 an inclosure award set out a road as a carriage road and drift way from a highway to some of the inclosed lands......
  • Das v Linden Mews Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 1 Mayo 2002
    ...to use the right of way so as to enlarge the dominant tenement in that manner." And similarly Romer LJ, when commenting on Finch v Great Western Railway 5 Ex D 254, a case where the dominant owner was held to have legitimately increased the use of the way as a result of a more intensive us......
  • Great Northern Railway Company v McAlister
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 26 Junio 1897
    ...of a grant of a right of way are sufficient to cover (1) L. R. 10 Ch. 586. (5) 9 Ch. D. 623 ; 13 Ch. D. 268. (2) L. R. 17 Eq. 158. (6) 5 Ex. D. 254. (3) 5 Ch. D. 133. (7) 27 Ch. D. 665. (4) 6 M. & W. 174. 596 THE IRISH REPORTS. [1897. V.-C. a new mode of user the right is not confined to su......
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