Finlayson v Minister of Public Works - [1934] NZLR 456

Public Works — Land injuriously affected — Betterment — "Execution of such works" — Railway-line authorized by Parliament — Work suspended after Completion of Section, Terminus of which Three and a Half Miles from Claimant's Land — Report by Railway Board against Continuance of Line — Improvement in Value of Claimant's Land by Reason of Completion of Section — Entry on Claimant's Land after Construction of Completed Section — Claim by Crown for Betterment derived from Completed Part — Public Works Act, 1928, ss 79, 80 — Government Railways Amendment Act, 1931, s 18, subss (2), (3).