Staunton and King v Wellington Education Board - (1909) 28 NZLR 449

Contract — Construction — Removal of Schoolhouse — Builder to replace Decayed Timber — Worm eaten Timber — Whether decayed — By-law prohibiting Use of Worm-eaten Timber — Validity of — Duty of Builder to obtain Permit under — Impossibility of Performance — Destruction of Subject-matter.