Banks Peninsula Electric-Power Board v Akaroa Borough Council - [1923] NZLR 880

Contract — Electric-power Board and Akaroa Borough Council — Agreement for Sale and Purchase of Electric Works — Whether authorized by Electric-power Boards Amendment Act, 1929, s 17. subs 2 — "The Property of the Local Authority" — Interpolation of the Words "the Body Corporate represented by" — Same Principle of Construction applicable to Order in Council — "Electric Works" — Whether including Land — Agreement subject to Approval of Governor-General in Council — Suspended pending such Approval being obtained — Uncertainty — Reference to Plan — No Plan in Existence — Admission of Parol Evidence to identify Land — Grant of Easement by Council — Validity — Measure of Damages for Delay in Performance — Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, ss 49–53 — Electric-power Boards Amendment Act, 1920, s 17.