Sewell v Donald & Sons Ltd - [1917] NZLR 760

Landlord and Tenant — Tenancy determinable by One Month's Notice in Writing — Notice to quit "in one Month" — Sufficiency — Judgment for Possession in Magistrate's Court — Warrant of Possession — Subsequent Action by Tenant for Damages — Whether Magistrate's Judgment final under Magistrates' Courts Act — Effect of Emergency War Legislation — Property Law Act, 1908, s 16 — Acts Interpretation Act, 1908, s 5 — Magistrates Courts Act, 1908, ss 153, 169, 176, 177 — War Legislation Amendment Act, 1916, s 5.