The Gazette 1949-1952

Vol. 43 No. 5

THE GAZETTE

INCORPORATED LAW SOC IETY OF IRELAND

President

Vice-Presidents

Secretary

P atrick R. B oyd

E ric A. P lunkett .

J oseph T yrrell J oseph B arrett

FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS

service, by the applicant’s solicitors. This caused considerable delay in some cases, and it was recom­ mended that the Council should request the Superior Court Rules’ Committee to make a new rule to remove any doubts as to the authority of the County Registrars to issue these subpoenas from the local offices. The report of the committee was adopted. Lessor’s costs o f furnishing title. T he Council considered a report from a committee on a statement of facts submitted by two members asking for the opinion of the Council. A, a lessor, demised property in the County o f Dublin to B in consideration of a fine of £ i , ioo , and a yearly rent o f £130. The lessor was not obliged by the contract to furnish title, and there was no provision as to the incidence o f the costs of the lease. The lessee’s solicitor requested the lessor’s solicitor to furnish evidence o f A ’s title to make the lease, and an abstract of title with copy documents of title was furnished. There was no reference in the correspondence to the costs o f showing title. Before completion, the lessor’s solicitor furnished a 2 J

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL. O ctober 6 th . The President in the Chair. Also present: Messrs. J. P. Tyrrell and Joseph Barrett, Vice-Presidents ; Messrs. W. S. Hayes, H. P. Mayne, D. M. Martin, T. A. O’Reilly, D. P. Shaw, G. O’Donnell, W. J. Norman, j . Travers Wolfe, H. St. J. Blake, J. P. Carrigan, D. O’Connell, W. S. Huggard, D. R. Counahan, S. O hUadhaigh, F. J. Gearty, A. J. Malone, N. S. Gaffney, J. S. O’Connor, T. T. Bolger, A. Cox, I. R. Quirke, L. E. O’Dea, W. L. Duggan. The following was among the business transacted : High Court on circuit. I ssue of subpoenas : The Council considered, on a report from a Committee, the procedure adopted on the issue of subpoenas for circuit appeals heard outside Dublin. The Committee reported that in some areas the subpoenas are issued from the County Registrar’s office, but that in others, it is necessary to send the papers to Dublin where the subpoena is issued and sent to the country for