Lynham v Butler Sullivan

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: Supreme Court (Irish Free State)
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1925
• Date: 01 January 1925

S. C.,

Lynham

and

Butler Sullivan

Expiration of lease - Order declaring the holding to be one to which the Land Act, 1923, applies-Alteration in the relationship of landlord and tenant - Crucial date - Position of tenant -Rights conferred - Estoppel - Land Act, 1923 (No. 42 of 1923), ss. 19, 20, s. 24 (1), s. 70, s. 73 (2).

Section 24 (1) of the Land Act, 1923 (No. 42 of 1923), passed on August 9th, 1923, provides:—"Subject to the provisions of this Act and notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment, all tenanted land wherever situated . . . shall by virtue of this Act vest in the Land Commission on the appointed day, in the like manner and with the like consequences as if vesting orders under the Land...