Leggett and Others v Irish Sailors' and Soldiers' Land Trust and Attorney General
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1946 |
| Date | 01 January 1946 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
-Provision of dwelling-houses for ex-servicemen -Status of Trust and ex-servicemen as landlord and tenant - Power to charge rent.
It was held (per Kennedy C.J.), that the Irish Sailors' and Soldiers' Land Trust was created in favour of ex-servicemen as a thank offering and that theTrust had no power to collect rents by way of refund to the British Treasury. The Trust was a private one. The occupants of Trust houses were cestuis que trustent in possession and bound by no tenancy agreements, but they were bound to maintain their houses. It was held (per Murnaghan J.; Fitzgibbon J. agreeing) that, though the lands were held in trust to provide houses for ex-servicemen, the absence of the Attorney-General as plaintiff disposed of a claim to...
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