Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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BOURNEMOUTH - SWANAGE MOTOR ROAD & FERRY COMPANY v. HARVEY & SONS.

(1930) 37 Ll L Rep 111

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Before Lord Buckmaster, Viscount Dunedin, Lord Warrington of Clyffe, Lord Thankerton and Lord Macmillan.

Ferry - Franchise - Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road & Ferry Act, 1923- Action brought by plaintiffs (grantees under Act) for declaration of their exclusive right of ferry and for an injunction restraining defendants (competing ferry owners) from disturbing plaintiffs in their enjoyment of the ferry-Construction-Held, that, there being no correlative obligation on the plaintiffs to provide a ferry, the Act did not confer upon the plaintiffs an exclusive right-Claim dismissed.

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