O'Rourke v Gunning [Supreme Court.]

JurisdictionIreland
CourtSupreme Court
Judgment Date11 February 1941
Date11 February 1941
(S.C.),
O'Rourke
and
Gunning

-Emergency - Reasonableness of means adopted in the emergency -Prohibition against doing specific act - Extent of prohibition - Onus of proof on appeal to Supreme Court - Sufficiency of evidence to support the finding of the Circuit Court Judge.

Applicant was a domestic servant in the employment of the respondent at a three-storey house, consisting of a self-contained flat in the basement, and two upper storeys, which were occupied by the respondent. The applicant was sent one morning to the butcher's for meat, and when she returned...

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