Hollingshead and Another, Appellants; P. and H. Egan, Ltd, Respondents

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judge: H. L.
• Judgment Date: 03 July 1913
• Court: House of Lords (Ireland)
• Date: 03 July 1913

Hollingshead And Another

Appellants

and

P. And H. Egan, Limited

Respondents

H. L.

CASES

DETERMINED BY

THE KING'S BENCH DIVISION

OF

THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND,

AND ON APPEAL THEREFROM IN

THE COURT OF APPEAL,

AND BY

THE COURT FOR CROWN CASES RESERVED.

1913.

Bankruptcy — Reputed ownership — Bill of Sale — Bankruptcy of grantor before first instalment accrued due — Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 60), s. 313 — Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act, 1879, Amendment Act, 1883 (46 Vict. c. 7), s. 7.

Appeal by the petitioners from the judgment of the Court of Appeal reported [1912] 2 I. R. 170, sub nom., In reHarvey, a bankrupt.

Cave, K.C. (of the English Bar), and Blood, K.C. (with them, Stephen O'Brien), for the respondents.

The House of Lords (Earl Loreburn, Lord Atkinson, and Lord Mersey) reversed the judgment of the Court of Appeal with costs (1).

Ronan, K.C., and Clayton, K.C. (the latter of the English Bar) (with them, Robert Doyle, K.C., and F. Denning), for the appellants.

(1) [1913] A. C. 564.