Waterford County Council v Dunne

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1962
• Date: 01 January 1962
• Court: District Court (Ireland)

(D.C.)

Waterford County Council

and

Dunne

Vacation by cottier tenant - Possession taken by stranger - Strangernamed as defendant - Jurisdiction of District Court - Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860, s. 86.

The tenant of a cottier tenancy, held from a Local Authority, vacate same in circumstances which could be construe as a surrender of her interest. Some weeks later, a trespasser was found to be in occupation. The Local Authority named the trespasser as defendant in a civil...