An action maintained against a board of works for not keeping a sewer cleaned, whereby it became choked up, and the overflow therefrom ran into the plaintiff’s premises, and quare, whether the defence of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff, though admissible under the general issue, can be established under the Metropolis Local Management Act.
Citations:
[1860] EngR 127, (1860) 2 F and F 144, (1860) 175 ER 998
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Utilities
Updated: 18 May 2022; Ref: scu.284966