Deans v District Land Registrar - [1928] NZLR 311

Sale of Land — Subdivision — Dedication of Roads — Effective only on Registration — "Existing Roads" — What constitutes — Power of Drainage Board under Local Act to require Drains to be laid, &c. — Selling Owner ought to ascertain Board's Attitude — Duty of District Land Registrar to be satisfied Statute complied with — Public Works Act, 1908, s 116 — Christchurch District Drainage Amendment Act, 1926, s 2.