Shannon v McMahon

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: High Court
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1946
• Date: 01 January 1946

Shannon

and

McMahon

Dwelling-house let in1914 - Subsequent structural alterations - Change in user - Whether identity of premises changed - Extent of alterations necessary to change identity - Whether change in user material to question of identity - Whether standard rent to be fixed under s. 2, sub-s. 1 (a) or s. 2, sub-s. 1 (b) of Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1923 (No. 19 of 1923).

In 1914 a small dwelling-house was let at the weekly rent of 2s. 6d. In 1929 the house was let to the plaintiff at the weekly rent of 5s. and the plaintiff made some alterations, at a...