Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland 1860

Civil bill ejectment against occupiers who have signed acknowledgment on execution of habere, &c.

80. It shall be lawful for the chairman of any county, and he is hereby authorized, to hear and determine by way of civil bill, within his jurisdiction, all disputes relating to the possession of lands or premises holden under any acknowledgment made upon the execution of any writ of habere or civil bill decree between the plaintiff in any action of ejectment or civil bill ejectment, or any person claiming under him, and any occupier who shall have signed such acknowledgment in the manner herein-after provided, or any person claiming or deriving under him, and to make an order or decree for the delivery of the possession of the said lands to the party entitled thereto; and the civil bill process therein shall be served upon every person in the actual possession of the lands claimed by such civil bill; and if there be no person in actual possession, then the same shall be served by affixing such civil bill on some conspicuous part of the premises, and also on the usual place for posting notices in the nearest market town to the premises.