Supreme Court of Judicature.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2991, 16 September 1878, Page 2

Supreme Court of Judicature.

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION.

(Sittings in'Battco, before the. Lord Chief Justice, Mr

Justice Mellor, and Mr Justice Lush.)

THE QUEEN V. THE COBPOBATIOff OF BXTHDSELAND.

- Thit i^as an application to,quash an order of the Town Council of theboroagh of Sunderland.for. payment of a. sum of about £2000 for expenses incurred in the reception and entertainment of General Grant on the occasion of tlie opening of a museum in the, town. r The Court had held that the corporation were not entitled to throw upon the ratepayers the expense of the entertainment. . « ' L 'y.Mt Crompton urgedrthat-they., wete, at fall' events, entitled to throw upOfl the 1 i rates the expense of the police and other precautions for keeping order; but '„: The Lord Chief' Justice observed that 1 the entertainment which attracted, the crowd was giren by the corporation'/ ,' fMr Justice Lush.—No doubt the crowd were attracted chiefly by ttie visit of General Grant. < ' „■ ;t? . The Lord Chief Justice.—And the Court thought that those who invited him should vjiay for the, enter tainment.and dispenses incidental to it. ,If ths corporation caused thejttfeetiity^forextefc expenses in preserving order, they should not throw the expenses upon the ratepayers.-, , „'. \ i% , ;Mr Justice Lush J -rThe crowd were 1 attracted by the frisit;pf General Grant. - •- v It was urged that' it-was on the occasion of the opening of a free library fmd inus^um; but ' :.>■?.'■- The Lord Chief Justice said it was 'not 1 neeektary-td invite General Grabt on jthe occasion. Let those who invited him pay the expense of the entertainment, not itax .the Ratepayers for it. ' >; • • ' i , '' Mr Justice Lush.—The Municipal Cor* poralion Act does: not Ipermilisucb penses to be thrown upon the borough fund. Suppose the corporation chose to have new gowns for the opcatjpn/ rs ! -Mr Justice Mellbr.—Or to nave a mace for the purpose P The truth is that those who choose to incur such expenses should pay for them. _ . The Lord Chief Justice.—The Act does not allow them to be thrown on the rates'. That was the ground on which we granted a writ to bring the order, before us. The order, therefore, was quashed, and the result is that the Mayor and Corporation will hare to pay all the expenses themselves.—Times. ' ,''