Kingdon v Hutt River Board - (1904) 25 NZLR 145

River — "Bed" — Banks — Channel — Grant of Land bounded by River — Presumption of Grant ad medium filum — River Board — Powers of, and Property in Bed, under Statute — Effect on Bights of Riparian Owners — Right to remove Shingle — Compensation — "The Wellington Rivers Act, 1876" — "The River Boards Act, 1884" — Estoppel — Proclamation taking Land — Estoppel of Local Body from denying Ownership — Compensation Court — Title of Claimant to Land taken — Compensation — Principle of Assessment.