PLAINTIFF WINS CASE AGAINST ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 26. The Full Court in the case of Stoddart v. Ashburton County Council decided that the judgment for plaintiff for £1250 and costs should stand. The Court held that once it was established that a local authority did something to a road and the case was removed from the category of nonfeasance, then, if the work was imperfect and complete it became a case of misfeasance, although the danger was caused by an omission to do something that should have been done. The County Council had to exercise reasonable care, but the jury had found that this had not been done and the evidence supported the finding of the jury on this question.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17830, 26 April 1926, Page 5
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