{"id":8324,"date":"2013-04-02T13:20:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org?p=8324"},"modified":"2013-04-02T13:20:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T13:20:55","slug":"atkinson-v-newcastle-and-gateshead-waterworks-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/atkinson-v-newcastle-and-gateshead-waterworks-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Atkinson V. Newcastle And Gateshead Waterworks Co."},"content":{"rendered":"
((1877), L. R. 2 Ex. D. 441). Where a statute imposes an obligation which did not exist before and prescribes a remedy for its breach, that is the only remedy, unless the duty is for the benefit of a particular class of persons, in which case any member of the class “injured by breach of such duty may recover damages, unless from the whole purview of the statute it appears that the penalty was meant to be the only penalty
The defendants were bound to keep up a pressure of water in their pipes, the water to be used by anyone for extinguishing fires, and were subject to a penalty of 10 for breach of duty. Held, the penalty was the only remedy<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n
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