Read the full judgment text of HCA 000179/1947 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 December 1947.
1. In this case the Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom (hereinafter called "the Admiralty") as plaintiffs ask for judgment for possession of certain living premises at 89, Lockhart Road (2nd floor), against the defendant who is an employee of the Royal Naval Dockyard, Hong Kong. It is agreed that this Court has jurisdiction to give such judgment only if the defendant is not entitled to the protection of the Landlord & Tenant Ordinance, 1947, and it