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Report on the settlement of a claim by Oswald Bloxsome for compensation, 1880

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Unique IDA-00433872SeriesCommittee Reports (Various committees), 1842-1899DateBetween 1st March 1880 and 20th July 1882Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Mayor, John Harris, on the settlement in his favour of a claim by Oswald Bloxsome for compensation for damages by overflow of sewers to his premises at Exchange Corner, Harris having found the overflow was caused by the imperfect system of drainage and not by Mr Bloxsome's alleged filling in of the Tank Stream. Appended: Letter from Davenport Miles & Co on behalf of Bloxsome detailing earlier court action against him by Bloxsome's tenant and recent recurrence of overflow and discovery of its cause; memos from City Engineer, J Trevor Jones, agreeing that the overflow had come from an unmapped old sewer and including his written opinion tendered to Judge Wilkinson; letters from SC Brown Solicitor.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Public access statusRestricted original (digital copy available)

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Source system ID21/16/74 [471]

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Authenticity & integrityThese are the original Committee Reports created by Council. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that this is an historical record and the language used within the record was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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