An elector of Glasgow, under section 14 of the Glasgow Corporation Act 1909, took objection to the Corporation’s accounts dealing with the common good, and presented a petition in the Sheriff Court. His averments were to the effect that the accounts were imperfectly vouched, giving lump sums where details should have been given; that such lump sums included illegal payments, viz., the payment of the election expenses of candidates at municipal elections in adjoining burghs who would favour annexation to Glasgow. Held that such payments would be illegal as being contrary to public policy, and would not be protected by the subsequent Act of Parliament giving effect to the annexation scheme, which provided for the payment of the expenses of preparing for, obtaining, and passing the Act, and consequently that a proof should have been allowed.
Judges:
Viscount Haldane, Viscount Finlay, Viscount Cave, Lord Dunedin, and Lord Moulton
Citations:
[1920] UKHL 385, , 57 SLR 385
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Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Local Government
Updated: 22 October 2022; Ref: scu.631527