Kane v Howth Urban District Council

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1939
• Date: 01 January 1939
• Court: Circuit Court

(Cir. Ct.),

Kane

and

Howth Urban District Council

Breach of duty -Repair of highway - Failure to leave road surface in safe condition - Granite slabs causing obstruction not removed - Misfeasance or non-feasance -Damage to user of highway - Liability of local authority.

Where a local authority in repairing a highway under its control negligently omits to do something which was required to be done to make the highway when repaired safe for traffic, such an omission may constitute an act of...