MOTION FOR PAPERS. (Hansard, 22 July 1873)

§ THE EARL OF LEITRIM
moved, that there be laid before this House— 1. Copy of the decree and reversal granted by Mr. Justice Lawson at Dublin on the 3d day of March 1873 in respect to the claims made by Michael Friel of Ballymichael in the county of Donegal, claimant, v. The Earl of Leitrim, respondent, under the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870; showing the amount awarded, the costs of the decree, and the costs of the reversal: Also copy of the costs as taxed by the clerk of the peace under the direction of the judge according to the order of the judges of the Court of Land Cases Reserved, and dated the 1st day of June 1872: 2. Copy of the dismiss of the chairman of quarter sessions in the county of Monaghan to the claims of James Creaghan v. The Earl of Dartrey, under the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act. 1870; and the affirmance, with costs, granted by Mr. Justice Lawson to the above decree at the late assizes for the county of Monaghan, and the judgment of the judge on the granting of that affirmance: Also copy of all entries in the book of the clerk of the peace for the county of Monaghan as to the case of the claims of the said James Creaghan v. The Earl of Dartrey: And copy of the taxation of costs under the rules of the judges of the Court of Land Cases Reserved. The noble Earl explained at great length the nature of the causes to which these Papers referred, complaining that not only was the Irish Land Act of 1870 a most dangerous measure in a political sense, but that it had been interpreted and enforced by the Judges in a way greatly to increase its injustice.

§ LORD O'HAGAN,
on behalf of the Government, said, there was no objection to the production of the Papers moved for.

§ THE EARL OF LEITRIM
then moved for— Return of the Land Cases decided in each county from the 27th day of February 1872 to the 12th day of July 1873; showing the amount 752 of rent in each case and the tenement valuation of the premises, the sums awarded as compensation and as costs in each case by the chairman of quarter sessions, the cases in which appeals have been carried up to the judge or judges of assize, the judgment in each case and the costs, the cases which have been remitted by the judge or judges of assize to the Court of Land Cases Reserved, the judgment of that court and the costs: [Tabular Form].