Re Reeves Estate

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1946
Date01 January 1946
CourtHigh Court
In re Reeves' Estate

- Lands subject to ecclesiastical rent charge - Scale of rent to owner under Irish Church Act, 1869 (32 33 Vict., c. 42) - Whether lands sold under Purchase of Land (Ir.) Acts - Registration of Title Act, 1891 (54 55 Vict., c. 66), ss. 22, 83 - Land Act, 1927 (No. 19 of 1927), s. 51.

The owner in fee simple of certain lands charged with a perpetual yearly ecclesiastical rent, payable to the Irish Land Commission, bought in this rent under the provisions of the Irish Church Act, 1869. Held that this was a sale of land under the Purchase of Land (Ir.) Acts within the meaning of s. 83 of the Registration of Title Act, 1891; and, accordingly, the lands should be registered under...

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