East Suffolk Rivers Catchment Board v Kent

Subject Matter

WATER — Land drainage — Breach in wall on bank of tidal river — Damage to adjoining pasture land by flooding — Catchment Board empowered but not obliged to repair breach — Repair undertaken but unnecessary delay in performance — Corresponding increase of damage to land — Liability of Board to landowner — Land Drainage Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 44), ss. 34, 81.

[1941] AC 74, HL(E)