Dollard Ltd v Brennan

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: Supreme Court (Irish Free State)
• Judgment Date: 08 November 1927
• Date: 08 November 1927

S. C.,

Dollard Printing House, Ltd.

and

Brennan and The Killeen Paper Mills, Ltd.

Right to jury - Restrictions imposed by Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of1924), s. 94 - By what Judge the right to have a jury is to be determined - Liquidated sum claimed - Discretion of Judge - Jury where necessary or desirable for proper trial - Appeal.

Section 94 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of 1924), enacts:—"Nothing contained in this Act shall take away or prejudice the right of any party to any action in the High Court or the Circuit Court (not being an action for a liquidated sum, or an action for the enforcement, or for damages for the breach of a contract) to have questions of fact tried by a jury in such cases as he might heretofore of right have so required in the Supreme Court of...