Karepa v Saunders and the District Land Registrar - [1930] NZLR 242

Land Transfer Acts — Memorandum of Transfer — Discrepancy in Transfer between Acreage and Plan on one Hand and Section Number and Reference to Certificate of Title on other — New Titles issued complying with Acreage and Plan — Action for Cancellation of Title to Land not complying with Section Number and Reference to Original Certificate of Title — Intention of Transferors — Extrinsic Evidence of Circumstances surrounding Execution of Transfer admitted to show Intention — No fixed Rule that either Plan or Description to prevail — Description held dominant — Transferees constructive Trustees for Transferors — Title not indefeasible — Transferors granted Declaration cancelling Registration of Transfer as to Land not complying with Description.