SUBDIVISION OF LAND.
A QUESTION OF BOA DING. COURT OF APPEAL. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, July 15. The Court of Apneal to-day Heard an appeal by the Palmerston North Borough Council against the decision of Mr Justice Reed with James John Casey as respondent. The facts are that respondent submitted under section 335 of “The Municipal Corporations Act. 1920,” a plan of a subdivision of land prepared bv a licensed surveyor, showing allotments and a proposed street. Permission was granted in accordance with the existing conditions relating to the construction of private streets, and a street was then formed and metalled as specified. But when the instrument, of dedication was forwarded to the council for execution, that body demanded that £465 bo deposited for tarring and sanding the, road. Respondent objected to the sum, eventually paying it under protest, and then bringing ■an action against the council for i;ceovery of the. amount so paid. The Judge decided that respondent was entitled to a refund, and this finding is now appealed against. Decision was reserved.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19531, 14 July 1925, Page 8
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175SUBDIVISION OF LAND. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19531, 14 July 1925, Page 8
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