Petone Borough v Lower Hutt Borough - [1918] NZLR 844

Municipal Corporation — Contract excepted before War for Supply of Gas to a Corporation — Inadequacy of Price after War — Request of Contractor for Increased Price — Power of Corporation to consent — Power of Court to review Contract under Emergency Legislation — Whether Basis of Contract taken away by Stale of War — War Legislation Act, 1917, s 17.