swarb.co.uk - law index
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Utilities - From: 1800 To: 1849
This page lists 2 cases, and was prepared on 02 April 2018.
Rex v Lord Grosvenor (1819) 176 ER 720
1819
Utilities, Land
An obstruction interfering with navigation on the Thames with a public right of navigation was unlawful even if erected with the Conservators' consent unless the Conservators were granted statutory power to give such consent.
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Rex v Montague
1825
Bayley J
Utilities, Land
The Commissioners of Sewers might have the power to extinguish public rights of navigation if they found that it would be for the benefit of the whole level.
1 Citers