Cassegrain v Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Ltd

Real property – Torrens system land – Indefeasibility of title – Respondent company transferred property to appellant and appellant's husband ("Claude") – Claude acted fraudulently in purchasing property – Claude later transferred his interest in property to appellant for nominal consideration – Whether fraud brought home to appellant as registered proprietor or to her agent – Whether Claude appellant's agent – Whether appellant's title defeasible because Claude had acted as appellant's agent – Whether appellant's title defeasible because Claude and appellant were registered as joint tenants – Whether appellant's title defeasible because of Claude's fraud pursuant to s 118(1)(d) of Real Property Act 1900 (NSW).

Words and phrases – "agent", "brought home to the person whose registered title is impeached or to his agents", "fraud", "joint proprietor", "joint tenant", "registered as proprietor of the land through fraud", "through".

Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) – ss 42(1), 100(1), 118(1).