Fisher v Dwan Bros - (1908) 27 NZLR 529

Specific Performance — Sale of Land — Mistake — Existence of By-law unknown to either Party — Mistake as to Circumstances inducing Contract — Whether Contract void — Ultra Vires — Powers of Borough Councils as to imposing Conditions on Laying-off of Private Streets — "The Public Works Act, 1905," Section 116 — "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900," Section 227.