Donovan v Best

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: Supreme Court (Irish Free State)
• Judgment Date: 23 June 1926
• Date: 23 June 1926
• Docket Number: (1926. No. 15184.)

S. C.,

Donoghue

and

Best

Fit to be prosecuted in the High Court -Action for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution - Sufficiency of evidence - Whether primâ facie case made out - Measure of damages -Whether verdict for over £300 would be set aside - Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of1924), s. 25.

The premises of the defendant, a manufacturer of casings for sausages, were broken into, and 300 "hanks" of these casings were stolen. Some days later the plaintiff, who was also a manufacturer of these casings, sold 140 "hanks" of casings to C. Defendant...