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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![—^Local Acts—Qnestion as to wlietlier on tlie facts,. a certain Street was or was not a Highway. (32 L. J., C. P., 86: 13 C. B. (n. s.), 86s : [_Wal- lington r. White'] 4 L. T., 290.) House, Definition of. 1845- [ 292 ] Daniel v. Coulsting. House—2 WUl. IV., c. 45, § 27 —The word, House, may include a building capable of being used as a dwelling house, though not so used. (14 L. J., C. P., 70: 7 M. & G., 122 : 8 Scott N. E., 949.) 1867. [293] Hole V. Milton Commissioners. Local Act—^Eating of House—House includes curtilage, &c. (31 J. P., 804.) 1869. [294] Marson v. London, Chatham (Sf Dover Railway Co. Lands Clauses Act, 1845, § 9^—Curtilage—A strip of groxmd in front of a Public-House held part of the house. (37 L. J., Ch., 483 : 38 L. J., Ch., 371: L. E., 6 Eq., loi, and 7 Eq., 546: 18 L. 1851. [29s] Esg. V. Warwickshire JJ. Local Act—Paving Expenses —Stables held part of a house and therefore chargeable. (17 L. T. (o. s.), 183: 15 J- P., 4i7-) 1845. [296] Surmanv. Barley. Local Act—House prima facie means dwelling-house—Theatre held not rate- able. (14L. J., M. C, 145: 14M. &W., 181.) Income Tax. 1871. [297] A. G. V. Blach. Coal dues levied under a Local Act by a Municipal Corporation held chargeable with Income Tax. (40 L. J., Ex., 89 and 194: L. E., 6 Ex., 78 and 308: 24 L. T., 370.) Infectious Diseases. 1872. [298] Best V. Staff. Liability for taking into a Lodging house a person suffering from an infectious disease whereby the plaintiff's children became diseased —Verdict for the plaintiff. {Times, Nov. 7,1872.) 1815. [299] Mex V. Burnett. Indictment for exposing in a Street a child suffering from Small Pox—Conviction. (4 Maule & S., 272.) 1815. [300] Bex V. Vantandillo. Carrying a Child suffering from Small Pox along a Highway—Offender held indictable—Thi-ee months' imprisonment. (4 Maule & S., 73.) Jurisdiction. 1844. C.^oi] Flight V. Clarice. Local Act—A Local Authority can only take cognizance of nuisances within its own District. (13 L. J.,Ex.,309: 13M.& W.Jisg.) 1858. [302] Meg. V. Warner. (2,) Nuisances Eemoval Act, 1855, § 23—A Local Authority has no power to assess property outside its jurisdiction, even although such property derives benefit from the sewer in respect of which a rate is contemplated. (27 L. J., M. C, 144: [Reg-, v. Tatham] 8 E. & B., 915: [_Hornsey v. Middlesex JJ.] 30 L. T. (o. s.), 272.) 3[iandlord and Tenant. T868. [303] Bird V. Elvjes. Landlord and Tenant—Agreement by Landlord to pay Eates and Charges—Foul Mud in Pond—Expenses under Nuisances Ee- moval Act, 1855, § 19—Tenant held liable, such expenses not being a Charge. (37 L. J., Ex., 1869. [304 ] Ecclesiastical Commissioners v. Merral. A Tenant of corporate property holding under an agreement- for a demise for years, to which the Common Seal had not been attached, is to be considered a yearly tenant. (38 L. J., Ex., 93: L. E., 4 Ex., 162 : 20 L- T., S73-) 1858. [30.0 Lee V. Stevenson. Landlord and Tenant—^Eight of the former to the exclusive use of a Sewer. (27 L. J., Q. B., 263 : E. B. & E., 512.) 1834. ' [306] Bex V. Pedley. Landlord and Tenant—^Nuisance from Privies—Indictment—Landlord held liable. (3 L. J., M. C, 119: I A. & E., 822 : 3 N. & M., 627.) 1868. [307] Ryan v. Thompson. Distress by Landlord after notice to Tenant by a Vestry requiring the payment to them of rent due—Held that as the Tenant had not actually paid to the Vestry, he was not pro- tected. (37 L. J., C. P., 134: L. E., 3 C. P., 144: 17L. T., 506: 32 J. P., 135.) 1873- [308] Sheffield Water Co. v. Bennett. Water Eate varying according to Eent—^Eates paid by a landlord, to be deducted in calculating the Water Eate. (42 L. J., Ex., 121: L. E., 8 Ex., 196: 28 L. T., 509.) 1854. [309] Smith V. Humble. Illustrates the principle on which a tax chargeable on an owner is to be deducted from rent paid to him—Held that though the land was improved in value, no more than the- Sewers Eate on the original rent was to be de- ducted, (is C. B., 321: 18 J. P., 760.) i8S7- . [310] St. Pancras Vestry v. Batterhury. Paving Expenses which are to be deducted from rent—Held that no action lies against an owner—Where a remedy is prescribed by a Statute, it Eklone must be resorted, to. (Metropolis.) (26 L. J., C. P., 243: 2 C. B. (N.S.), 477: 29L.T. (O.S.), 198.) i8S7- [311] Sweet V. Seager. Landlord and Tenant—Sewers Eates —Construction of a covenant to pay Eates— Tenant held Liable. (Metropolis.) (2 C. B. (n. s.), 119: 29 L. T. (o. s.), 109: 3 Jut. (n. s.), s88.) 1868. [312] Thompson v. Lapworth. Landlord and Tenant—Co- venant by tenant to pay taxes, &c.—Tenant held entitled to recover from his landlord money paid to a Vestry for paving a street. (Metrop.) (37 L. J., C. P., 74: L. E., 3 C. P., 149: 17L. T.,so7.) 1867. [313] Tidswell v. Whitworth. Local Act—Landlord and Ten- ant—Paving Expenses—Landlord held liable. (36 L. J., C. P., 103: L. E., 2 C. P., 326: IS L. T., 574.) Xiands Clauses Act, 1845. *,* See al£o Arbitration and Compsnsatlon. 1863 [314] Bourne v. Liverpool Mayor. Lands Clauses Act^ 184s —Local Act—Street Improvement—Prin- ciple of assessing compensation for a Public- House owned by a Brewer and leased with a re- strictive covenant—Special compensation held, payable. (33 L- 3., Q. B., 15 : 8 L. T., S73-) 1870. [31S] Cranwell v. London, Mayor. Lands Clauses Act, 184s, § 121—A Tenant from year to year is en- titled to compensation. (Metropolis.) (39 L. J., Ex., 193: L. E., s Ex., 284: 22 L. T., 760.) 1867. [316] Delany v. Metropolitan Board of Worhs. Sewerage Works—Claim for compensation—Award under the Lands Clauses Act. (Metropolis.) (37 L.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20386643_0148.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
