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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![1873. . [243] Worksop Gas Co., In re; Worlcsop L. B. H. Ex-parte. Local Gas Act—Mandamus to Gas Co. to erect lamps, &c., refused, as it would be necessary to lay 738 yards of otherwise unproductive main— Compulsionlimitedto 25 yards. (Q.B.,Jan., 1873; MSS.) (ras Iiamp. 1862. [244] Meeh v. Langdon. A Local Board cannot fix a Gas- lamp to a private Tenement without leave. (37 L. T. Newspaper, 181.) Gas, Quality of. 1872. [24s] Cras Light Sf CoTce Co. v. St. George's, Hanover Square, Vestry. Local Acts—Quality of Gas. (42 L. J., Q. B.,;si: 28 L. T., 281.) Grieved Party. 1856. [246] Earrop v. Bayley. Local Act—Eight of appeal for an aggrieved party—A Commissioner present at a meeting and concurring in a resolution, is not an aggrieved party. (25 L. J., M. C, 107 : 6 E. & B., 218.) 1858. [247] Eollis V. Marshall. Public Health Act, 1848, § 133 —Local Act—A defeated candidate, being also a ratepayer, is not a party grieved. (27 L. J., Ex., 236: 2 H. & K, 7SS: 30 L. T. (o. s.), 334.) Guardians, Board of. 1873. [248] Walker v. Nottingham Guardians. Guardians acting officially are entitled to Notice of Action in respect of official acts, unless it be shown that they have acted mala fides. (28 L. T., 308.) Sacbuey Carriaffe. 1871. [249] Allen V. Tunbridge. Unlicensed Hackney Carriage plying for hire in a Eail-way Station—Held that the Magistrate ought to have convicted. (Metropolis.) (40 L. J., M. C, 197 : L. E., 6 C. P., 481: 24 L. T., 796 : [^A. V. Trowbridge'} 35 J. P., 695.) 1874. • [250] Bateson v. Oddy. Local Act—Hackney Carriage— License duly revoked—A Carriage is a Hackney Carriage if it is olfered for common use for any one who chooses to engage it, even though it actually stands in a private place—Held that there ought to have been a conviction. (43 L. J., M. C, 131 : 30 L. T., 712 : 38 J. P., 598.) i8S9- [251] Blackpool L. B. H. v. Bennett. Public Health Act, 1848—Local Act—A By-law need not specify the exact localities of Hackney Carriage Stands— The sea-shore between high and low water mark was held to be within the jurisdiction of the Board. (28 L. J., M. C, 203: 4H. &N., 127: IBeg.Y.^c.} 32 L. T. (o. s.), 299.) 1870. [252] Booking v. Jones. Hackney Ca.rriages—^Flag inscribed with Pares. (Metropolis.) (40 L. J., M. C, 19: L. E., 6 C. P., 29: 23 L. T., 739.) 1864. [253] Buckle V. Wrightson. A Hackney Carriage license under Towns Police Clauses Act, §§37 and 45, is necessary in a Local Board District, notwith- standing that a proprietor holds a Eevenue license. (34 L. J., M. C, 43 : 5 B. & S., 854: 11 L. T., 341: 29 J. P., 326.) 1869. _ _ [254] Case V. Storey. Hackney Carriage—^A Eailway Station is not a Public Street or Place. (Metropolis.) (38 L. J., M. C, 113: L. E., 4 Ex., 319: 20 L. T., 1871. . [2553 Clarke v. Stanford. Unlicensed Hackney Carriage plying for hire in a Eailway Station—Conviction, affirmed. (Metropolis.) (40 L. J., M. C, 151: L, E., 6 Q. B., 3S7 : 24 L. T., 389: 35 J. P., 662.) 1865. [256] Cousins V. Stocklridge. Towns Police Clauses Act, 1847, § 38—A Local Act provided that the Section of the above named General Act should apply also to Stage Coaches, &c., but it was held that that the proviso in the General Act defeated such application, there being no express exception. (30 J. P., 166.) 1872. [257] Curtis V. Embrey. Towns Police Clauses Act, 1847, §§45 and 3—Hackney Carriages—^A Vehicle when on the premises of a EaUway Company is not plying for hire in a Street, a Street being a place over which the public have a right of passage—Conviction quashed. (42 L. J., M. C, 39: L. E., 7 Ex., 369.) 1872. [2583 Foulger v. Steadman. Hackney Carriage—EaUway Station—Trespass—Claim of Eight. (42 L. J., M. C, 3: L. E., 8 Q. B., 65: 26 L. T., 395 : 37 J. P., 660.) 1856. [259] Bowles V. Eider. Hackney Carriage—^Loss of Luggage —Liability of proprietor on the facts. (25 L. J., Q. B., 331: 6 E. & B., 207 : 27 L. T. (o. s.), 77.) 1853. [260] Rogers v. Macnamara. A Stage Carriage Proprietor has no. right to depreciate the license of a Conduc- tor in his employ by endorsing it with words injurious to the Conductor's character. (Metropo- lis.) (23 L. J., C. P., 1: 14 C. B., 27: 2 C. L. E., 569-) ■ , ^ 1872. [261] Skinner v. Usher. Hackney Carriage plying for hire on an open space which was private property— Conviction held bad. (Metropolis.) (41 L. J., M. C, 158 : L. E., 7 Q. B., 423 : 26 L. T., 430 = 36 J. P., 693.) Higliway. *,* See also Rates: Highway. 1874. [262] Barton v. Piggott. Surveyor of Highways charging in his accounts for work done by his own horses— Held that such charges ought to have been dis- allowed by the Justices. (44 L. J., M. C, S : 31 L. T., 404: 38 J. P., 742-) 1870. [263] Brighton, S^c., Turnpike Trustees v. Preston Highway Surveyors. Insufficiency of Funds—Contribution from Eates—Mode of Calculation to be according to the requirements of each parish and not by mUeage. (39 L. J., M. C, 33 : L. E., 5 Q. B., 146: 22 L. T., 92.) 1870. [264] Bruton Turnpike Trustees v. Wincanton Highway Board, Lisuffioiency of Funds—Eight to claim a Contri- bution from the Eates. (39 L. J., M. C, 155 : L. E., s Q. B., 437 : 22 L. T., 605.) 1862. [265] Cooper V. Walker. Obstruction of Highway—Project- ing Cellar-flap—If land vsdth an obstruction on it is dedicated to the public, such dedication is sub- ject to the risk arising from such obsti-uction. (31 L. J., Q. B., 212: 2 B. &S.,77o: 6 L. T., 711.) 1845- Davis V. Curling. Highway Act, 1835, § 109— Alleged wrongful act of Surveyor—Held that the defendant was entitled to notice of Action. (15](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20386643_0146.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
