The Master of the Rolls and the other Judges of
Appeal gave judgment on Wednesday on the question of the distinction be- tween the Lodger Franchise and the Household Franc.' ire, raised in the recent judgment of Mr. Justice Denman and Mr Justice Bowen. The Judges of Appeal declare it to be their belief that when a landlord retains any part of a house for his own use, or the use of his servants, letting the remainder in unfurnished apart- ments, the occupants of these unfurnished apartments are lodgers, and entitled to vote only under the £10 lodger franchise. Where, on the other hand, the landlord retain 3 no part of the house for himself or his servants, but lets out the whole of a house in unfurnished apartments to lodgers, then the occupiers are householders and qualified as householders. Lord Justice Baggallay, Lord Justice Brett, Lord Justice Cotton, and Lord Justice Lindley concurred. The effect of the judgment is to reject two of the claimants as lodgers, and not householders, and to establish the claim of the third as a householder.
