Read the full judgment text of DCDT 000640/1981 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment.
1. In this matter the plaintiff distrainor let the premises in question to the defendant distrainee for three years from March 1st, 1979. On May 19th, 1981, he made a declaration for distress for arrears of rent in respect of the period February 1st to May 31st, 1981, deposing that he was the registered owner. A warrant of distress duly issued and was executed. It transpires that the Crown resumed the land in question on February 14th, 1981, under the provisions of the Crown Lands Resumption Ord