Lynham v Butler

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1933
• Date: 01 January 1933
• Court: High Court (Irish Free State)

[H. C., I.F.S.],

Lynham

and

Butler

Liability of occupier as trespasser -Date of giving up possession - Measure of loss sustained by lessor - Rent paid by lessee to Land Commission during occupation - Expenditure incurred by lessee for fencing, etc - Basis of assessment of profits - Disposal of rent paid while in occupation.

Where a lessor has been wrongfully deprived of possession of tenanted lands he may on re-entry recover, in an action for trespass, and mesne profits, all the intermediate profits...