Robinson v Attorney General - [1955] NZLR 1230

Limitation of Action — Title to Land by Prescription — Unalienated Crown Land in Occupation of Adjoining Owner for over Sixty Years — Acquisition of Prescriptive Title to Such Crown Land — Principles Applicable — Declaratory Order affirming, as against Crown, Existence of Prescriptive Title — Form of Order — Limitation Act, 1950, ss 6, 18 — Land Act, 1948, ss 58, 172 (2), 176.

Practice — Judgment and Order — Declaratory Order — Action against Crown for Declaration as to Acquisition of Prescriptive Title in Crown Land — Order under Crown Proceedings Act, 1950, Inapplicable — Declaratory Order, as against Crown, made under Declaratory Judgments Act, 1908, affirming Existence of Prescriptive Title to Such Land — Declaratory Judgments Act, 1908, ss 3, 10 — Crown Proceedings Act, 1950, ss 5 (2), 17 (1) (b).