Held ( rev. judgment of the First Division and restoring judgment of Lord Kyllachy, Ordinary) that the local authority, for the purposes of the Public Health Act 1897, within an area comprised within the ancient royalty of a royal burgh, but outside the area of the burgh for police purposes, was the district committee of the county council and not the council of the royal burgh.
Judges:
Lord Davey in the Chair, Lord Robertson, and Lord Lindley, the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor (Halsbury) and Lords Macnaghten and Brampton being intimated
Citations:
[1902] UKHL 857, 39 SLR 857
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Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Local Government
Updated: 11 July 2022; Ref: scu.630805