The State (Great Southern Railways Company ) v Conor A. Maguire, Esq.

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1931
• Date: 01 January 1931
• Court: Supreme Court (Irish Free State)

[S. C., I.F.S.],

The State (Great Southern Railways Co.)

and

Conor A. Maguire

Esq.

Standing arbitrator - Exercise of judicial power and functions - Constitution, Arts. 64, 68, 70.

On an application for a conditional order for prohibition directed to the standing arbitrator under the Railways Act, 1924, prohibiting him from further proceeding with an appeal pending before him under the said Act, on the ground that his doing so would be an exercise of judicial power and judicial functions contrary to the constitution of the Irish Free State and in particular to Articles 64, 68 and 70 thereof. Held, by the Supreme Court, that the order of the High Court refusing the application should be discharged, with no rule on the application but...