Download or read book Special Report of the Trial in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, on 2nd & 3rd July, 1860, Before Chief Justice Monahan and a Special Jury in the Case of the Corporation of the City of Dublin Versus the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert written by Sidney Herbert Baron Herbert of Lea and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This was an action brough to recover the arrear of £10 Irish per year, due on foot of an enfeoffment of the lands called the Rath, granted by the Corporation of Dublin to Maurice, the son of Gerald, in 1225. The summons and plaint contained two counts. The defendant traversed the seisin in fee of the Corporation, and the making of the grant, as alleged in the summons and plaint; and he also relied upon a release, lost by time or accident. There was also an additional defence, founded on a patent, that there had been an extinguishment of the rent"--Page 3