The Law Reports (Chancery Division)
[1929] 2 Ch 291
[CHANCERY DIVISION]
ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. THE LORD MAYOR, ETC., OF THE CITY OF LEEDS.
[1926. A. 975.]
1929 Feb. 28;
March 1, 4, 27.
March 1, 4, 27.
LUXMOORE J.
Local Government
— Corporation
— Power to run Omnibuses
— Area of Local Authority's Powers
— Statutory Power to run Tramways
— Specified Route inside City
— Boundaries
— Payment of Expenses out of City Fund
— Cost of Running
— Defined Route for Omnibuses
— Ultra Vires Acts by Corporation
— Application of Local Statutes
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Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), s. 140, sub-ss. 1, 2, 3 (a); Filth Schedule. Part II., s. 11
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Leeds Corporation (Consolidation) Act, 1905 (5 Edw. 7, c. i.), ss. 4, 77, 92, 97, 337
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Leeds Corporation Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. lxviii.), s. 27
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Leeds Corporation Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. cxli.), s. 19, sub-ss. 1, 9
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Leeds Corporation Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. ci.), s. 101.