A railway company started a service of omnibuses from their station to and through a town. The omnibuses ran in connection with trains, but carried ordinary passengers for any distances. They had no special powers in their Act.
Held that the omnibus business as carried on by the company was not incidental to the undertaking of the railway, and accordingly was ultra vires.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), Lord Ashbourne, Lord Macnaghten, Lord James of Hereford, and Lord Atkinson
Citations:
[1907] UKHL 631, 45 SLR 631
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Transport, Company
Updated: 27 April 2022; Ref: scu.622299