Cox's Magistrates Cases Volume 17 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...of law. WVe hold that it does not bring him within that section. That section is only intended to apply to a different set of circumstances froin those with which we have here to deal. In this particular case the owner of the property had used it for a eat number of years tor a particular purpose. t is a large space of ground, and there were then roads or rather ways in it which were used by him for his horses and carts and drays. These were used as streets far more then than they will be probably now, because it was a very large brewery where an immense number of horses, vans, and waggons were employed. The owner proposes to pull down the stables and Waggon sheds and brewhouse, and build mansions on the site. He proposest0II1prove the centre of the new place by making 11 garden or lawn, leaving round this lawn sufliciellt space for the cabs or the carriages of the people who will live in the mansions, or who come to coll upon those living there. The whole thing from beginning to end is as private as it can possibly be. It is true that it is proposed to let the mansions out in flats, but the owner reserves to himself the absolute right over the whole of this piece of land, and people simply have the rights which he chooses to ive them. Now this being so, can this quadrangle or court yard be called a street, or be said to be laid out for carriage tralfic within sect. 7 of the London Building Act 1894-? That section applies equally to streets intended for carriage and foot trafiic. Accordingly, if the argument of the learned counsel for the county council is correct, the footway up to a house seems to me to come within the defini tion of a street. because a portion of the grolmd which the owner has for building his house on is used for foot...