Wellington City Council v Longhurst - [1995] 3 NZLR 300

Local government — Liability of council — Subdivision of land in 1906 — Drains laid by subdivider — Local body later acquiring certain rights in relation to those drains and public drains and sewers connected thereto — Whether local body intended to exercise control over drains — Whether drain under present owner's land public drain — Local Government Act 1974, s 441(2).