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Notices to Quit
<£ PEOPLE
sometimes
cause
a
great
deal
of
inconvenience to themselves and to others," said
Judge Shannon, President of the Circuit Court,
when giving a decree for possession to a landlord,
<! by refusing to accept rent after serving a notice
to quit. Many people, said the learned Judge,
thought
that
the acceptance of rent
in such
circumstances was equivalent to a waiving of the
notice. The acceptance of rent did not waive the
notice. He was sure that solicitors would advise
their clients as to cases in which rent could be
accepted without prejudice and he hoped that
would be done in future.
It was very unfair to a
man who was willing to pay his rent regularly,
to have a year's arrears accumulating against him."
(Irish I^aiv Times and Solicitors' journal,
May 8th, '48.)
Heir Chasers
" A DECISION ofgreat importance to Irish beneficiaries
of American estates has been given in- the Supreme
Court of California, where a lower court judgment
upholding the validity of assignments made by
beneficiaries of the estate of William G. Butler,
deceased,
to Walter C. Cox of Chicago, who
described himself as
' probate research expert,'
was reversed unanimously. The case was brought
to the Supreme Court at the instance of the Irish
Consul at San Francisco. The Irish beneficiaries,
who had executed documents and a Power of
Attorney to Cox, assigning to him one-third of
their interests, plus costs and attorney's fees, sub
sequently consulted Mr. Maurice McGrath, Solicitor,
Cork, who reported the matter to the Department
of External Affairs. The then Irish Consul in San
Francisco, Mr. Matthew Murphy, who took up the
case at the request of the Department, retained
the services of a San Francisco Attorney—Mr.
John B. Ehlen—and
eventually
succeeded
in
obtaining the Supreme Court decision in favour
of the Irish heirs. The Governor of California
has said that the Irish , Consul had rendered an
important public service by his prosecution of
the case."
(The Irish IMJV Times and Solicitors' Journal,
February
yth, 1948).
EXAMINATION RESULTS
AT the Intermediate Examination for apprentices
to solicitors, held in June, the following passed :—
Passed with Merit
i. Joseph J. Grace.
2. Liam D. McGonagle.
3. Vincent Walsh. 4. Timothy J. Casey.
5. Kevin
J. Walshe.
6. Joseph J. Hughes.
7. Walter P.
Maguire.
Passed
Christopher Beatty, William L. Carroll, Thomas
M. L. Coyle, Andrew P. Curneen, Dermot Curran,
John A. Dillon, John B. Fitzgerald, Richard F,
Gallagher, Bridget Hynes, Kathleen Lenehan,
Michael V. Mitchell, Cornelius J. Noonan, Louis J.
Noonan, Patrick J. Noonan, Norman A. Peilow,
Philip P. Reilly, Daniel G. Shields, Patrick J.
Skehan, Michael M. Smyth.
Thirty-eight
candidates
entered;
twenty-six
passed ;
eleven failed ;
one did not
t
attend.
OBITUARY
THE Council regret to record the death of Mr.
WILLIAM H. MANNING, who was senior clerk in
the Society's office, and was
in
the Society's
employment for the past thirty-nine years.
Mr. Manning was well known to members and
was esteemed for his courtesy and devotion to
duty. He was at one time well known as an amateur
actor in the City and while with the Old Dublin
Minerva Players received awards for his portrayal
of Shakespearean characters. He was
also
for
many years a member of St. Bartholomew's choir.
MR. PETER L. -MACARDLE, Solicitor, died at his
residence, Stapleton Place, Dundalk,
on nth
June, 1948.
Mr. Macardle served his apprenticeship with
the late John Louis Scallan of 17 Bachelor's Walk
and 25 Suffolk Street, Dublin, was admitted in
Michaelmas Sittings, 1894, and practised in Dundalk.
APPOINTMENT
Vacancy
for Post of Special Com
missioner of Income-Tax in the Office
of the Revenue Commissioners.
THE Minister for. Finance invites applications for
a
post of special Commissioner of Income-Tax.
The post at present carries a salary of £1,450 a
year (Man).
Candidates must be practising barristers
or
solicitors in the state of not less than six years'
standing.
The post is unestablished and non-pensionable.