Connolly v Minister for Finance

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: Supreme Court (Irish Free State)
• Judgment Date: 29 July 1925
• Date: 29 July 1925

S. C.,

Connolly

and

Minister for Finance

Trees cut down and carted away - Claim for compensation - No proof of ownership - Theft - Malice - Insufficiency of findings - Malicious Injuries (Ireland) Act, 1853 (16 17 Vict., c. 38), s. 1 - Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 (61 62 Vict., c. 37), s. 5 - Damage to Property (Compensation) Act, 1923 (No. 15 of 1923), s. 6.

The applicants, timber merchants, claimed compensationunder the Criminal Injuries Acts in respect of 175 growing trees, which had been purchased by them, together with other timber, from F. on the latter's demesne lands. It was proved that...