General Post Office Dublin Act 1808

Court of Chancery to convey Premises, in case Parties refuse to execute Conveyances.

VI. And be it further enacted, That in case any Person or Persons or the Guardian or Guardians of any Infant or Infants, to whom any Sum or Sums of Money shall be awarded and adjudged for any such House or Houses, Buildings, Plot, or Parcel of Ground, shall neglect or refuse to execute a Conveyance or Conveyances to such Postmaster General of such House or Houses, Building or Buildings, Plot or Plots, Parcel or Parcels of Ground, or to give such Postmaster General the actual Possession thereof, such Postmaster General may prefer a Petition to the Court of Chancery in Ireland, praying that such Person or Persons who shall so neglect or refuse may be directed to execute such Conveyance or Conveyances, and deliver the Possession of any such Premises; and the said Court shall, upon hearing of such Petition, unless some good Cause shall be shewn to the contrary, order and direct such Conveyance or Conveyances to be executed, and shall, by the Injunction of the said Court, cause such Postmaster General to be put into the Possession of such Premises; and in case such Person or Persons who shall be so ordered and directed to execute such Conveyance or Conveyances shall neglect for the Space of One Calendar Month after such Order shall be pronounced, or shall refuse to execute such Conveyance or Conveyances, it shall and may be lawful to and for said Court of Chancery to order and direct One of the Masters of said Court to extend a Conveyance or Conveyances of such Premises to such Postmaster General and his Successors, and every such Conveyance by such Master shall have the like Force and Effect in Law and Equity, as if the same had been executed by such Person or Persons so ordered or directed to execute the same.