§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, at the last Spring Quarter Sessions, the County Court Judge of Roscommon dismissed the applications to have fair rents fixed of the following persons:—Anne and John Murray, tenant, against Arthur Mitchell, landlord; Patrick Brehenry, tenant, against Countess of Kingston, landlord; John Noone, tenant, against Messrs. Knox, landlord; whether the originating notices were served respectively on October 19, 1887, December 2, 1886, and May 30, 1887; and, whether the applications were dismissed with costs against the tenants, the sole ground being that the area on the originating notices was set forth in Irish instead of Statute measure?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The Land Commissioners inform me the facts are substantially as stated in the Question. In one case the dismiss was with costs.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLArising out of the answer given to the Question, may I ask the Chief Secretary whether this is a fair sample of the spirit in which tenants will be treated when their interests are handed over to the County Court Judges?
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