Collins v Arrowsmith - [1919] NZLR 9

Municipal Corporation — Special Loan — Consent of Ratepayer — Contract by Council with its Solicitor for Construction of Waterworks and Electric Lighting Plant on Corporation's Land — Provision for Hiring of Undertaking to Council with Right of Purchase — Plant partly constructed before Poll of Ratepayers — Completed and Paid for by Solicitor from Overdraft guaranteed by Councillors — Purchase of Plant by Council — Discharge of Overdraft out of Loan — Whether Expenditure lawful — Whether Solicitor a Contractor or Agent — Municipal Corporations Act, 1998, ss 242, 274 — Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, ss 3, 53 (d).