The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1926] AC 355
[HOUSE OF LORDS.]
BIRKDALE DISTRICT ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY, LIMITED APPELLANTS; AND CORPORATION OF SOUTHPORT RESPONDENTS.
1926 Feb. 12.
EARL OF BIRKENHEAD, LORD ATKINSON, LORD SUMNER, LORD WRENBURY, and LORD CARSON.
Electricity
— Provisional Order
— Maximum Charge
— Local Authority as Undertakers
— Transfer to new Undertakers, with Board of Trade's Approval
— Collateral Contract by new Undertakers, without Board of Trade's Approval, not to exceed Prices of adjoining Borough
— Ultra vires
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Electric Lighting Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 56), s. 11
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Electric Lighting Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 34), s. 14, sub-s. 1.