Commissioners of Public Works v Boyle

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1933
• Date: 01 January 1933
• Court: Circuit Court (Irish Free State)

[Cir. Ct., I.F.S.],

Commissioners of Public Works

and

Boyle

Slips "within a distance of two hundred yards from the seaward extremities" of a certified marine work - Built prior to the construction of the certified work -Whether tolls leviable - "An area below highwater mark" - Meaning of - Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1846 - Marine Works (Ireland) Act, 1902.

Where slips were erected and used before the passing of the Marine Works (Ireland) Act, 1902, and where practically all the work was carried out by local labour, aided in a slight degree by the Congested Districts Board, without any control or supervision being exercised by the said Board; and where a certified work had been erected in the neighbourhood of the slips since the passing of the said Act, so that the slips were within two...