Fletcher v Wainono Drainage Board - [1917] NZLR 405

Drainage Hoard — Proposed Extension of District — Commission to report thereon — Order in Council — Alleged Failure by Commissioners to observe Principles of Natural Justice — Classification of Lands — Rating — Special Rates — Validity — Special Loans — Special Order for Payment of Interest and Sinking Funds out of General Funds — Validity — Practice — Originating Summons — Scope of Procedure — Whether available to review Commission's Report or Order in Council — Land Drainage Ad, 1893, s 36 — Land Drainage Act, 1908, s 33 — Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1913, s 6 — Government Loans to Local Bodies Ad, 1886, s 5 — Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901, s 108 — Local Bodies' Loans Ad, 1908, s 1 (2) — Local Bodies' Loans Ad, 1913, ea. 21, 113, 115 — Declaratory Judgments Ad, 1908, s 3.