Wightman J said: ‘The clause at the end of the 128th section is not for the repayment of ‘damages’ recovered against a person acting bona fide in the execution of the Act, but for the repayment of his [expenses]; which may well be construed, consistently with our view of the meaning of the section, to be repayment of the [expenses] he may have been put to in defending an action brought against him personally, and in which he may have been successful on the ground that he was acting bona fide in the execution of the Act, and therefore not liable.’
Judges:
Wightman J
Citations:
(1857) 7 EandB 426, [1857] EngR 309, [1857] 119 ER 1305
Local Government
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.466440