Gibson v Mayor, Company, of Preston

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1865
Year1865
CourtCourt of the Queen's Bench
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6 cases
  • Cowley v Newmarket Local Board
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • Invalid date
    ... ... Gibson v. Mayor of Preston ( Law Rep. 5 Q. B. 218 ) approved ... APPEAL ... United Telephone Company F11 ... Winch Q.C. and W. Baugh Allen , for the respondents, were ... ...
  • Wentworth v Wiltshire County Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 Mayo 1992
    ...the old rule that an action would not lie for mere non-feasance did not apply to failure to perform the new statutory duties. In Gibson v. The Mayor of Preston [1870] L.R. 5 QB 218, this argument was rejected. At page 222 Hannen J., giving the judgment of the court, said: "But whatever the ......
  • Gorringe v Transport Commission (Tasmania)
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
  • Almeda v Attorney General for Gibraltar
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 24 Noviembre 2003
    ...v Men of Devon (1788) 2 TR 667, M'Kinnon v Penson (1853) 8 Ex 319, Young v Davis (1863) 2 H & C 197 and Gibson v Mayor of Preston (1870) LR 5 QB 218. He then said, at pp 375-376: "I think that the 'tetralogy' of cases which I have been considering finally established two principles of law.......
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