Folkestone
Express 12-4-1930
Local News
Judgement was given in the King`s Bench Division on
Monday by Mr. Justice MacKinnon, who had been occupied for a week in hearing
the action brought by Messrs. A. Leney and Co., Ltd., of Dover, the owners of
the Royal Standard Inn, Canterbury Road, Folkestone, Fremlin Bros. Ltd., the
lessees, of Maidstone, and Mrs. A.E. Summerfield, the tenant and occupier of
the Royal Standard, against A. Waddington and Son, contractors, of Sheffield,
to recover damages for injury to the inn by the laying of a sewer for the
Corporation by the defendants. Plaintiffs alleged that the work was not carried
out in accordance, causing cracks and injury to the inn.
Defendants denied negligence, and said the work was carried
out in accordance with the powers and duties conferred on the Corporation, and
that the damage was not due to any work they did.
Mr. Schillen, K.C., appeared for the plaintiffs, and
Mr. Mellor, K.C., for the defendants.
On Thursday Mr. A.T. Mellor said there was no
suggestion made by the plaintiffs that the work had not been properly carried
out to the advantage of the general public. The allegations that were made
arose out of the tittle-tattle of neighbours, living in old houses which were
built on shifting foundations. Several of the witnesses had come from Mayfield
Terrace, where the contractors had sunk one of the shafts, and there had been
an inflow of water from a burst main. It was then alleged that the contractors
had burst the pipes, but the contractors said that it was water from the burst
pipes which washed into his manhole, and not the result of some trivial
subsidence. There was no negligence here on the part of his clients.
Mr. Zinn, resident engineer to the Folkestone
Corporation, said he was in charge of the arrangements, and in his opinion the
job was carried out in a perfectly efficient way. He had visited the tunnel
during its excavation, and the correct line of direction had never been
deviated from.
Mr. J.C. Waddington, of the defendant firm, said every
precaution was taken to prevent subsidence. In his opinion the damage
complained of by the plaintiffs was due to Army tanks and increased traffic
along the road in question.
The further hearing was adjourned.
On Friday, when the case was resumed, Mr. Stanley H.
Page, architect and surveyor, of Ramsgate, called on behalf of the defendants,
said in his opinion the cause of the whole trouble was the unstable condition
of the topsoil, which was moving away from the sewer.
Mr. Justice MacKinnon, in delivering his judgement,
found for the defendants with costs. He said he was satisfied that the whole of
the timber used in connection with the tunnelling of the sewer was new, with
the exception probably of the railway shores, which, however, served their
purpose. He was satisfied there was no failure at all on the part of the
defendants to put concrete properly into the places caused by the excavation.
It was a significant fact that the tunnelling went under the viaduct of the
main line of the Southern Railway and no adverse results had followed. Further,
he was satisfied that the sewer had nothing to do with the cracks which
occurred in the Royal Standard. Whilst it was not necessary to express an
opinion on the subject, he thought that probably the true theory was that the
upper stratum of yellow clay mixed with some sand above the blue gault was
slowly sliding to the South-west, and that was the reason that the houses
showed a tilt that way with cracks.
Folkestone
Herald 12-4-1930
Local News
In the King`s Bench Division on Friday of last week Mr.
Justice MacKinnon reviewed the hearing of the action by A. Lenet and Co. Ltd.,
of Dover, the owners of the Royal Standard Inn at Canterbury Road, Folkestone,
Fremlin Bros. Ltd., of Maidstone, the lessees, and Mrs. A.E. Summerfield, the
tenant and occupier of the Royal Standard, against A. Waddington and Son,
contractors, of Sheffield, to recover damages for alleged injury to the inn by
the laying of a sewer for the Corporation by the defendants. Plaintiffs alleged
that the work was followed by subsidence, causing cracks and injury to the inn.
Defendants denied negligence, and said the work was
carried out in accordance with the powers and duties conferred on the Corporation
and that the damage was not due to any work they did.
Mr. Schiller, K.C., appeared for the plaintiffs, and
Mr. Miller, K.C., for the defendants.
Mr. Stanley H. Page, architect and surveyor, of
Ramsgate, called on behalf of the defendants, said in his opinion the cause of
the whole trouble was the unstable condition of the topsoil, which was moving
away from the sewer.
On Monday Mr. Justice MacKinnon delivered his
judgement, finding for the defendants, with costs. He said he was satisfied
that the whole of the timber used in connection with the tunnelling for the
sewer was new, with the exception probably of the railway shares, which,
however, served their purpose. He was satisfied there was no failure at all on
the part of the defendants to put concrete properly into the places caused by
the excavation. It was a significant fact that the tunnelling went under the
viaduct of the main line of the Southern Railway and no adverse results had
followed. Further, he was satisfied that the sewer had nothing to do with the
cracks which occurred in the Royal Standard. Whilst it was not necessary to
express an opinion on the subject, he thought that probably the true theory was
that the upper stratum of the yellow clay, mixed with some sand above the blue
gault, was slowly sliding to the south west, and that was the reason that the
houses showed a tilt that way with cracks.
Folkestone
Express 24-3-1934
Local News
Four silver cups, awarded by the United Friendly
Societies (Folkestone) Royal Victoria Hospital Saturday and Sunday Fund to the
licensed houses collecting the highest amount of money in the town during the
year, were presented on Monday evening.
The principal award went to Mr. T.I. Jordan, of the
Richmond Tavern, who collected £16 15s. towards the fund. The second prize was
gained by Mrs. E.A. Summerfield, of the Royal Standard, collecting £8 6s. 8d.;
third place by Mr. S. Herbert, of the Swan, with £4 7s. 6d.; and finally Mr.
H.W. Cork, of the Red Cow, who collected £3 12s. 8d. Messrs. B. Todd, S.
Burvill, G. Spicer, and Mr. G. Dunkling, who superintended the collecting at
the respective houses, were the recipients of presents of cigarettes.
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