Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland 1860

Action for rent in arrear.

45. Every person entitled to any rent in arrear, whether in his own right or in right of his see, dignity, benefice, or corporation, or in right of his wife, or as executor or administrator of any party deceased, under any lease or other contract of tenancy, whether of freehold or for years or both, and whether the estate or interest in such lease or contract shall be continuing or not, shall be entitled to recover such arrear from the tenant of such lands at the time of the accruing of the said rent, or his exeutors or administrators, by an action in any of the Superior Courts of Law at Dublin, or, where the amount shall not exceed the sum of one hundred pounds, by civil bill action in the court of the chairman of the county or riding in which the lands or any part of them shall be situate.