Lawless v Losty

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 30 July 1942
• Date: 30 July 1942
• Court: High Court

Lawless

and

Losty

Landlord and tenant -Ejectment grounded on forfeiture - Civil bill for overholding - Application for summary judgment - Whether sustainable - Rules of the Circuit Court, Or. XVI, r. 1.

In an ejectment action for overholding, grounded on a forfeiture, the plaintiff is entitled to apply for summary judgment under Or. XVI, r. 1 (iv) of the Rules of the Circuit Court. Clare County Board of Health v. Crowe,IR [1940] I. R. 180, distinguished.