Royco Homes Ltd v Eatonwill Construction Ltd (Three Rivers District Council Third Party)

Subject Matter

PUBLIC HEALTH — Sewage — Public sewer — Sewer laid under highway with consent of local authority — Local authority intending to adopt sewer — Failure of authority to pass necessary resolution — Whether sewer chattel or forming part of soil — Whether “acquired” by local authority — Public Health Act 1936, ss 15 (1), 20 (1) (b)

[1979] Ch 276; [1978] 2 WLR 957