Butterworth v West Riding of Yorkshire Rivers Board: HL 26 Nov 1908
The appellants were manufacturers who for fifty years had discharged liquids from their factory into a sewer. The sewer was vested in the local sanitary authority and conveyed the liquids into a stream. The respondents, acting under powers conferred by the West Riding of Yorkshire Rivers Act 1894 (57 and 58 Vict. cap. clxvi) raised … Continue reading Butterworth v West Riding of Yorkshire Rivers Board: HL 26 Nov 1908