FAR-REACHING TEST CASE.
BROUGHT BY CITY COUNCIL. ■ v Of much importance to city business people who use portions of their premises for. residential purposes is a case which.came before' the magistrate (Mr. W. G. Riddell) yesterday..- .'lt: is the first of its kind in Wellington, . and probably in New Zealand. The apparent object of the City Council in bringing the case is to enforce what they conceive, to be the,meaning' of'.. Section 294 of the Municipal Corporations Act. One of the sub-sections of this section runs as follows :— Every person who"erects a. new •dwelling-house in a borough shall provide at the side or in the rear thereof an open' space, exclusively belonging to such dwelling-house, -... and of an extent of not less than three hundred superficial feet. A number of other provisions are also made, and the'important question is whether a business premises, partly , , used for residence, is a "dwcllinghouseV within the meaning of the Act. The city solicitor (Mr. J, O'Shea) contended that it was, and the magistrate has reserved decision on the point.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 894, 13 August 1910, Page 4
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175FAR-REACHING TEST CASE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 894, 13 August 1910, Page 4
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