Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1853

Ejectment to be commenced by Writ of Summons and Plaint.

CXCIV. Where any Party shall claim Possession of any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, and shall be desirous of proceeding by Ejectment for the Recovery of the same in any of the said Superior Courts of Law, such Party shall commence any Action for such Purpose by a Writ of Summons and Plaint, which Writ shall be directed to the immediate Tenant or any One Tenant in possession, as Defendant, with the addition of the Words “and all Persons concerned,” and shall, in addition to any Particulars herein-before required, contain the Description of the Property sought to be recovered with reasonable Certainty, and the County, Barony, or Parish in which the same is situated: Provided, however, that no Want of “reasonable Certainty” in the Description of the Property, or Part of it, in the Summons and Plaint or Copy, shall nullify them, but shall be Ground for an Application to the Court or a Judge for better Particulars of the Land claimed, which the Court or a Judge shall have Power to give in all Cases, upon the Application of any Person named as a Defendant or interested in the Lands claimed or supposed to be claimed.