Davis v Caird - [1948] NZLR 837

Contract — Illegality — Hotel-keeper's Purchase of Spirits — Agreed Purchase at Prices in Excess of Maximum charged by Merchants — Action to recover Amount not refunded — Transaction illegal — Amount irrecoverable — Control of Prices Emergency Regulations, 1939 (Serial Nos 1939/275, 1946/169), Reg 20.