COMSERV v FIGTREE GARDENS [1999] NSWSC 124

Reported Decision : 102 LGERA 74

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : COMSERV v FIGTREE GARDENS [1999] NSWSC 124 CURRENT JURISDICTION : EQUITY FILE NUMBER(S) : 1718/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 9-10 February 1998 25-26 August 1998 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 February 1999

COMSERV (No. 1877) PTY LIMITED PARTIES : v FIGTREE GARDENS CARAVAN PARK & ORS JUDGMENT OF : Bryson J at 1

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : N/A N/A LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : N/A

COUNSEL : PLAINTIFF: T S HALE FIRST DEFENDANT: D J DURSTON SOLICITORS : PLAINTIFF: LAURENCE & LAURENCE FIRST DEFENDANT: JEFFREY M JONES CATCHWORDS : FENCES AND BOUNDARIES; DP showed boundary by irregular line of western bank of creek with words "western bank is common boundary:" meaning and application of "bank" and ascertainment of position of boundary: interpretation of figured dimensions where geometric expression of bearings and dimensions on plan produces a misclose: on the facts it was found that one figured dimension was erroneous. Crown Lands Act 1989 s 172. Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913 s 235A s 235A (1). Real Property Act 1900 s 42 (1) (a) (c). Survey Practice Regulation 1933 Regulation 35. Hindson v Ashby [1896] 2 Ch 1 at 25-26. ACTS CITED : National Trustees Executors and Agency Co v Hassett [1907] VLR 404. Overland v Lenehan (1901) 11 QLJ 59. Small v Glen (1880) 6 VLR 154. Southern Centre of Theosophy v South Australia [1982] AC 706. State of Alabama v State of Georgia (1860) 64 US 505. Thames Conservators v Smeed Dean & Co [1897] 2 QB 334. Verrall v Nott (1939) 39 SRNSW 89 at 99-101. Watcham v East Africa Protectorate [1919] AC 533. DECISION : SEE PARAGRAPH 64