Bravo, Cynthia v Avis Baxter, etal

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA

IN CIVIL DIVISION

SUlT NO: HCV 00326 OF 2005

BETWEEN CYNTHIA BRAVO CLAIMANT

AND AVlS BAXTER 1'' DEFENDANT

AND VINCENT GRAHAM 2nd DEFENDANT

Consolidated with

SUlT NO: C.L. B 301 OF 1998

BETWEEN AVlS BAXTER 1'' CLAIMANT

AND VINCENT GRAHAM 2nd CLAIMANT

AND CYNTHIA BRAVO DEFENDANT

Mr. Errol Gentles for Cynthia Bravo; Mr. Oswest Senior-Smith and Mrs. Denise

Senior-Smith instructed by Oswest Senior-Smith and Co., for Baxter and

Graham.

Heard October 11 and 12,2006

Registration of Titles Act; whether title issued to Claimant thereunder is

defeasible; whether claimant has right to recover possession from

defendants who also occupy part of subject property; whether fraud

committed by the registered proprietor.

CORAM: ANDERSON J.

This is yet another tale which exemplifies the spiritual attachment to, and the

central role of, land in the Jamaican culture and how disputes over land can pitch

family members against each other in costly legal battles over relatively small

tracts of land. In this case, the plot of land at the heart of the drama, is a little

over one (1) acre in the hills of rural St. Andrew, in a district, ironically named,

"Mount Friendzhip".