§ MR. GINNELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland is the test case about to be raised relating to the sale of a tenant's improvements to himself a zone case; and, if so, can he give the name of it, and say when it will be heard.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners have, in a case arising in Lord Kilmaine's estate, referred for decision to the Judicial Commissioner the question whether they are entitled to refuse to advance the full amount agreed upon, though secured on the land and buildings, on the ground that the agreed price is inequitable to the tenant purchaser, inasmuch as it includes the price of buildings belonging to him and not claimed by the landlord. The case in question does not come within the zones. The question has only now been referred to the Judge, and it is not yet known when it will appear in the Judge's list for argument.