The Secretary of State for War v Westmeath County Council and Others

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1919
• Date: 01 January 1919
• Court: Circuit Court

Cir. Cas.,

The Secretary of State for War

and

Westmeath County Council and others

Property owned by Crown - Information - Officer in charge - Whether "servant" of Secretary of State for War - 6 7 Wm. IV., c. 116. s. 137 - Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, s. 5.

Where property has been acquired for the use or on account of His Majesty, and is in charge of an officer in His Majesty's Forces, such officer is a servant of the King, and is entitled to make the information under the provisions of s. 137 of 6 & 7 Wm. IV., c. 116, necessary to found a claim for compensation for malicious injury to the property.