BLOCKING OUT LIGHT.
AN UNUSUAL CASE. [BT TELEGItAPU.— I'ItMS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, 'J his Day. Judgment was tfiven by jMt. Jubtitc Dennislon in this Supremo (Joint to-day iv the caso of iSaiuh Selina Westney v Frances John llalni, in which tho plaintiff sought for an injunction, or £200 damages, in connection with allejrcd "intsi fri enca with ..indent lights.' 1 Ihc case Wcjs a somewhat peculiar one. The plaintiff vas tho owner of a col tag o in Jlobson-street, neit to winch the defendant had built a slofe, blocking or diuiiaishing tho light ent-ning a bedroom of the cottage 1 . Ihc claim was bused on an Act pf William IV., which provided that the owner of a property having had uninterrupted 1 enjoyment of light for v period of over twenty yeais, tho light thereto should bo deemed absoluto and indefeasible, any local usnsro or custom to tho coutraiy notwithstondiujr. Hia Honour judgm?ni> for the plaintiff, ;iud awaidod i 575 damuges-ancl costs; in the ever.b of payment not bainj,- nn'l** within one month an injunction t.» 1-e trnmted for the rcmc\al of the obstiuotion.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 66, 14 September 1907, Page 5
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183BLOCKING OUT LIGHT. Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 66, 14 September 1907, Page 5
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