Lower Hutt City v Leighton and Another - [1964] NZLR 558

Practice and procedure — Appeal — Appeal to Supreme Court — Magistrate refusing demolition order — Whether appeal lies — Magistrates' Courts Act 1947, s. 71.

Local government — Municipal corporations — Powers — Demolition order — Building alleged to be dangerous in event of major earthquake — Meaning of "dangerous" — Whether demolition order may be made — Whether appeal lies from Magistrate's decision — Municipal Corporations Act 1954, s. 300 (1), (4).