Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench; And the Court of Exchequer Chamber on Appeal from the Court of Queen's Bench [1861-1869] Volume 8 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...8 & 9 Vict, c. 18., should assess compensation solidation Act, for severance of agricultural land, valued as building land, on the as 1845, 8 + 9 sumption that no remedy could be afforded by accommodation works Vict. c. 20. ordered by justices. is. 68. 69. Accommodation works. JUNE 3rd. Hawkins obtained a rule, at the instance of The Midland and South Western Junction Railway Company, calling upon Michael Lewis Brown to shew cause why a certiorari should not issue to remove into this Court an inquisition, verdict and judgment, taken before the sheriff of the county of Middlesex, touching the claim of compensation made by him against The Midland and South Western Junction Railway Company in respect of his interest in certain lands and premises situate in the parish of Willesden, in that county, having been injuriously affected by the works of the Company. He cited Reg. v. The South Wales Railway Company (a). The claimant was owner in fee simple of two fields of meadow land in the parish of Willesden, containing about twenty-five acres. On the 20th October, 1865, The Midland and South Western Junction Railway Com (a) WQ.fi. 988. party, under the powers of their Act, 27 & 28 Vict, c. cxc., gave the claimant notice to treat for 1 acre, 1 rood and 36 perches of the same. The effect of taking this portion would be to sever the claimant's land into two parts, one of about ten and the other of about thirteen acres in extent On the 4th May, 1867, the Company obtained a summons requiring the claimant to appear before a Metropolitan Police magistrate, who would proceed to settle the accommodation works, if any, that the Company were to make in respect of the lands taken by them. The claimant declined to attend before the magistrate, on the ground...