A digest of the law relating to public health and local government : with notes of 1073 leading cases, various official documents, precedents of by-laws and regulations, the statutes in full, a table of offences and punishments, ample indexes, &c / by George F. Chambers.
- George Frederick Chambers
- Date:
- 1875
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A digest of the law relating to public health and local government : with notes of 1073 leading cases, various official documents, precedents of by-laws and regulations, the statutes in full, a table of offences and punishments, ample indexes, &c / by George F. Chambers. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![owner unless such excavation substantially adjoins a highway. (28 L. J., Ex., 139 : 4 H. & N., 76: 32 L. T. (o. s.), 297.) 1842. [221] Morgan v. Leach. Highway Act, 1835, §§20 and 73 —Held that no duty rests on a Surveyor to fence a dangerous pit—Conviction quashed. (12 L. J., M. C, 4: 10 M. &W., 558.) 1864. [222] Ohrby v. Byde Commissioners. Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, § 5 2—Neglect to fence a dangerous footpath—Defendants held liable. (33 L. J., Q. B., 296: 5 B. & S., 743.) 1868. [223] Wilson V. Halifax, Mayor. Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, § 83: Public Health Act, 1848, §§ 68 and 139—^An ancient open Water-course alongside a public foot-path is not a hole or other place near a street which a Local Board is boimd to fence—Duty as to erec- tion of posts or rails—Notice of Action, when necessary. (37 L. J., Ex., 44: L. E., 3 Ex., 114: 17 L. T., 660.) Fire Engine. 1873. [224] Drighlington L. B. H. v. Bower. Towns Police Clauses Act, 1847, § .S2—Claim for use of Eire Engine within the District—Held that a Local Board could not recover more than the amount paid out of pocket for hire of men. (W. N., 1873, p. 220 : 22 W. E., 165: 38 J. P., 73.) Pood, Unwholesome. 1862. [22s] Hartley, In re. PubUc Health Act, 1848, § 63— Unwholesome Meat—The Court has no discretion to refuse a Eule to issue distress warrants if the proceedings are regular. (31 L. J., M. C, 232: [Reg. V. Hartley,Inre Over Darwen'] 26 J. P., 438.) 1862. [ 226 ] Reg. V. Crawley. A person is not indictable for send- ing unwholesome meat to market if he does not intend it to be sold for human food, nor send it for that purpose. (3 E. & E., 109 : see also same vol., pp. io6~8.) Poot-path. 1871. [227] Arnold V. BlaTcer. Highway—Foot-path across an arable field—Held on the evidence that the Sur- veyors were not entitled so to repair the foot-path that it could not be ploughed up. (40 L. J., Q. B., i8s: L. E., 6 Q. B., 433.) 1873- [228] Arnold V. HolbrooTc. Highway—Foot-path across an arable field—Held that when a foot-path was lawfully ploughed up and trespassing took place, to prevent which the occupier puts up hm-dles, the public must neither go off the line nor pull down the hurdles. (42 L. J., Q. B., 80: L. E., 8 Q. B., 80: 28 L. T., 23: 37 J. P., 229.) 1869. [229] SracTcenhoroughv. Thorsby. Highway Act, 183:;, § 72 —A footway across a field, if a highway, is ■within this section, and a conviction will lie for injuring (in this case ploughing up) the same. (19 L. T., 692.) 187.^ [230] Samilion v. St. George's, Hanover Square, Vestry. The owner of a cellar over which there exists a paved public foot-way is not bound to keep the foot-way in repair if the cellar existed before the foot-way was dedicated. (Metropolis.) (43 L. J., M. C, 41: L.E., 9Q.B.,42: 29L.T.,428: 38 J. P., 405.) 1869. [231] ploughed field—Whether or not it is lawful to plough up a Highway depends on the facts of the case. (39 L. J., M. C, 21: L. E., 5 Q. B., 26: 10 B. &S., 833: 21L. T.,4S8.) 1871. _ [232] St. Mary's, Newington, Vestry v. Jacobs. Eight of access to premises across a foot-way. (Metropolis.) (41 L. J., M. C, 72 : L. E., 7 Q. B., 47 : 25 L. T., 800.) Gas Company, Powers &c., of. 1868. [233] A. G. V. Cambridge Consvmers' Gas Co. Breaking up streets for Gas Pipes without authority—Injunc- tion refused, imder the circumstances. (38 L. J., Ch., 94: L. E., 4 Ch. App., 71: 19 L. T., 508.) 1853- [234] A. G. V. Sheffield Gas Consumers' Co. Breaking up Streets—Proceedings to be at Common Law. (22 L. J., Ch., 811 : 3 De G., M. & G., 304: 21 L. T. (o. s.), 49.) 1870- [ 23s ] Burrows v. March Gas Coke Co. Escape of gas from a defective meter pipe supplied by the defendants —Explosion caused by the act of a third party— Held that the defendants were Kable for the con- sequential damage. (39 L. J., Ex., 33: L. E., 5 Ex., 67 : 22 L. T., 24.) i8SS- . [236] Dover Gas-light Co. v. Dover, Mayor. A permis- sion to break up a Street for a specified purpose shall receive a wide construction. (7 De G. M. & G., S4S: I Jur. (n. s.), 812 : 25 L. T. (o. s.), 277.) 1874- [237] Edgware Highway Board v. Harrow Gas Co. Agree- ment for permission to the defendants to open a, road, they to make good the same or pay money -—Action for breach—Defence that the agreement was invalid as authorising a nuisance—Judgment for the plaintiffs. (44 L. J., Q. B., i: 31 L. T., 402.) i8S3- [238] Ellis V. Sheffield Gas Consumers' Co. Company without Parliamentary Powers—Contractor—Digging a trench in a street—Where a person is employed to do an unlawful act by which an injury is done to a third party, the employer is liable, although he himseE is not the immediate author of the injury. (23 L. J., Q. B., 42 : 2 E. & B., 767 : 22 L. T. (o. s.), 84.) 1872. [239] Hawkins v. Bobinson. Highway Act, 1835, § 72— Injury to a Highway by a Gas Company unlaw- fully opening the same to lay Gas Pipes—Held that the consent of the Local Board was no answer; such consent being ultra vires. (37 J. P., 662.) 1864. [240] Mose V. Hastings Sf St. Leonard's Gas Co. Action for damages—A Gas Company is boirnd to keep up such a systematic inspection of its mains as shall enable it to detect a serious escape of gas likely to lead to an explosion—^Verdict for the plaintiff. (4 P. & F., 324.) 1873. C241] Pudsey Coal Gas Co. v. Bradford, Mayor. Eival Gas Companies—Demurrer for want of Equity, allowed. (42 L. J., Ch., 293 : L. E., 15 Eq., 167 : 28 L.T., 11: 37 J. P., 340.) i860. . [ 242 ] Beg. V. Longton Gas Co. Obstruction to Highway—If a private Gas Company does not possess Parlia- mentary powers to break up streets, the authority of Commissioners who do possess such powers win not avaU. (29 L. J., M. 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