What is the effect of a finding of title by prescription?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Trotter v. Ball, 2011 ONSC 1253 (CanLII):

[73] I am cognizant of the words of Cory J.A. in the case of Henderson v. Volk, wherein his lordship noted that the ready invocation of a finding of title by prescription “may discourage acts of kindness and neighbourliness; it may punish the kind and thoughtful and reward the aggressor”.

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