Chambers v Cork Corporation

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1959
Date01 January 1959
CourtHigh Court
(H.C.)
Chambers
and
Cork Corporation

Injuries suffered by tenant's wife - Cover of gully trap not flush with surface of yard - Whether gully trap constituted a nuisance.

The tenant of a Corporation house found, when he went into occupation, that the iron grating covering a gully trap in the yard was set below the level of thesurrounding surface of the yard. Thinking it dangerous he reported the condition of the trap on several occasions to the defendants' housing officials, one of whom inspected the...

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    • High Court
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    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1980
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    • High Court
    • 1 January 1996
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