HC Deb 01 February 1897 vol 45 c921
MR. RICHARD M. DANE (Fermanagh, N.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the reasons why the Court of the Irish Land Commission upon Tuesday last refused the application of the tenant under the Redemption of Rent Act, in the case of Buchannan v. Cowell; and whether he will procure the shorthand writer's report of the judgment of Mr. Justice Bewley, and lay it upon the Table of the House?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

I am informed that the reasons for the decision of the Court of the Land Commission in the case referred to appear to have been fully stated by Mr. Justice Bewley when delivering the judgment of the Court. To lay the judgment on the Table of the House would be without precedent, and I see no sufficient reason for taking the step.