Matheson v Attorney-General - [1956] NZLR 849

Negligence — Licensee — Undisturbed Use by Public of Pathway across Crown Land for Twenty Years — Knowledge of Railway Servants with Ostensible Authority — Such Knowledge imputed to Crown — Users of Pathway Licensees — Children playing on Turntable near Path over Some Years — Knowledge thereof imputed to Crown as Owner — Child injured while playing on Turntable — Dangerous Allurement — No Reasonable Precautions taken to Guard against Danger to Children — Such Degree of Tolerance and Acquiescence as to constitute Child a Licensee on Turntable as well as on Pathway — Such Licence not ultra vires Railways Department.

Infants and Children — Negligence — Railway Turntable — Dangerous Allurement — No Precautions taken to guard against Danger to Children — Tolerance and Acquiescence of Railway Servants constituting Child a Licensee on Turntable.