Wairau Hospital and Charitable Aid Board v Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. - (1904) 24 NZLR 45

Hospitals and Charitable Institutions — Recovery of Cost of Relief of Person coming from beyond District — Mandamus or Action — Limitaion of Claim — Statutes of Limitation — Whether Action against Patient must precede Action against Board — "The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885," Sections 71 and 74 — Magistrate's Court — Practice — Abandonment of Excess over Jurisdiction — Recovery up to Limit of Jurisdiction — "The Magistrates' Courts Act, 1893," Section 36.