TAILINGS AND A ROAD.
■ CLAIM FOR <£1000. ..(By. Telegraph.—Press Association.) A . Dunedin, March 28. Mr, Justice Williams's decision in the action of the Tuatieka County Council v. Ezekiel Johns and others, was read by the Deputy-Registrar (Sir. T. E. Roberts) this morning. The defendants are holdera' of a special dredging claim, and plaintiffs'allege that as; a consequencc •of de - posits of tailings a road.had been undermined, ■ wherefore a sum of <£1000 was claimed, ' and - a mandatory injunction. The point of the'case hinged upon the fact that while roads in towns are rested in a borough or city corporation, roads outside the town are \-ested in the Crown, although the oounty '.council or road board have the right to control and manage them. The effect, of his Honour's decision is that the Attorney-General will have to he joined with the County Council as plaintiff.. . ,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1710, 29 March 1913, Page 6
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143TAILINGS AND A ROAD. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1710, 29 March 1913, Page 6
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