ROAD MAINTENANCE.
EFFECT OF HIGHWAYS ACT. PRIOR AGREEMENT VALID. (By Telegraph.—l'ress Association.) INVERCARGILL, Monday. An important point concerning the effect of the Main Highways Act on agreements between local bodies regarding the maintenance of roads came before Mr. Justice Ostler at the last sitting of the Supreme Court at Invercargill. The roads in question were Merivale Street and Main Street, Otautau, and there was an agreement to maintain them between the Otautau Town Board and the Wailace County Council. TUQ contended that the effect pf the passing of the Main Highways Act, 1922, and the declaration of the RivertPUOtautau Road, a main highway had the effeet of pvpr-riding the agreement, as the streets in question were part of the jnain highway. The Otautau Town IJoard claimed from the Wallace County Council £89 11/0, alleged to be due under the contract by the defendant council to pay a proportion of the cost of maintenance of the main road in the town of Otautau. ! I}is Honor, who reserved his decision, [ has found for the defendant council.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 239, 9 October 1928, Page 8
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174ROAD MAINTENANCE. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 239, 9 October 1928, Page 8
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