(reversed) The local authority sought to acquire the plaintiff’s bungalow by compulsory powers which allowed it to purchase land required to construct a new sewer.
Held: By the 1978 Act, the word land was to be read to include buildings upon the land, and this was a correct purchase.
Citations:
[1973] 2 All ER 1123
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Hutton v Esher Urban District Council ChD 1972
The council sought to build a sewer. It had power to acquire land for this purpose, and sought to acquire the plaintiff’s bungalow. He argued that the word land did not include a building on land. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Local Government, Land
Updated: 11 June 2022; Ref: scu.200609
