Where the vestry or district-hoard of a parish or district, under the powers conferred on them by the Metropolis Local Management Act, 18 and 19 Vict. c. 120, substitute a new sewer in a course different from that of an old one, arid think proper to divert house-drainage (not in itself defective or insufficient) from the latter to the former, they are bound (under s 69) to provide new drains for the old ones so diverted, and cannot call upon the owners of the premises, under s. 7.7, to pay the expense of such new drains.
Citations:
[1865] EngR 617, (1865) 19 CB NS 424, (1865) 141 ER 851
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Utilities
Updated: 30 May 2022; Ref: scu.281529
