Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act, 1851

Where lands in question are situate in two or more counties, proceedings shall be in any one of them, &c.

Assistant barrister, &c. to have jurisdiction in a city or town which is a county of itself.

In case assistant barrister, &c. sues for lands situate in pan in his own jurisdiction, proceedings shall be had in the county without his jurisdiction.

84. [1] If any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, touching which any proceeding by civil bill shall be had in pursuance of this Act, shall be situate in two or more counties, such proceeding shall be in any one of such counties; and the sheriffs of the respective counties in which any part of such tenement or premises shall be, and in which such proceedings shall not be had, shall, so far as relates to the portion of such tenement or premises within their respective bailiwicks, execute such decree as shall be made on such civil bill, upon delivery to him or them of a copy thereof, signed by the assistant barrister or recorder who shall have made such decree: Provided always, that if any tenement shall be situate in the whole or in part within the county of any city or town which is a county of itself except the county of the city of Dublin, the assistant barrister of the county at large having jurisdiction for other purposes within such county of a city or town, and the justices of the peace for such county at large, shall have the same jurisdiction and exercise the same powers with respect to such tenement as if the same had been situate in the county at large, anything in this Act or any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided also, that in all cases where it may happen that the assistant barrister, or the said recorder, as the case may be, shall be the landlord, lessor, or owner, or shall claim to be entitled to the possession of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments situate in two or more counties, and where any part of the same shall be situate within his respective jurisdiction, and that he shall be desirous to institute proceedings in respect of the said tenements or premises under or by virtue of this Act, such proceedings shall be in the county or place without the jurisdiction of such assistant barrister, or recorder, where the other part of such lands, tenements, or premises may still be situate.

[1See note to s. 81.]