East African Court of Appeal - 1934

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January 1934
1 January 1934

Principal and Agent—Foreign Principal—Liability of Agent-
Indian Contract Act I.872 sec. 230—Presumption—Rebuttal.

1 January 1934

Sec. 34 Stamp Ordinance, Cap. 57, Laws of Kenya—Sec. 32
Indian Stamp Act compared.

1 January 1934

'Copyright—What may be protected by copyright—Assignment
of copyright must be in writing—Costs.

1 January 1934

Registration Title—Certificate of Ownership—Building o'ned
• by person other than the registered owner—Site or building
held for term not exceeding twelve months—No memorandum
on Certificate of Ownership—Land'Titles:Ordinance, sections
20 and 21—Registration of Title Ordinance, section 41.

1 January 1934

Nullity of marriage—Invalidity of marriage on ground of wilfur
acquiescence of. both parties to its celebration under a false'
name—Section 34 (2) (b) of the Marriage Ordinance, Cap..
167 of the Revised Laws.

1 January 1934
1 January 1934

Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1930, section 27—Wilful refusal of two persons to attend on subpmna to be examined as witnesses-
Whether any order can be made against them for costs, they being merely witnesses—Application by trustee in bankruptcy
for costs.

1 January 1934

Bankruptoy—Bankruntcy Nol ce--trr.gUla ity—Inclusion of costs
incurred subsbqueit to J udgment—Amendhi en t—Bankruptcy
Ordinance 1930, sections 3 (1) (g) , 4. and 129 (1).

1 January 1934

Advocate and Client, taxation—Retainer—C'onflict between A dvó-
cate and Client.

1 January 1934

Revenue—Stamp duty on promissory note—Bills of Exchange
Ordinance—Interpretation of words "due" and "payable".

1 January 1934
1 January 1934

Credit Trade with Natives Ordinance, Cap. 130 Laws of Kenya--
indian Evidence Act sections 91 and 92—Bills of Exchange-
Admissibility of evidence as to transactions in tespect ot
which bills of exchange are given.

1 January 1934

Execution—Objection proceedings—Decision appealable without
leave—Civil Procedure Rules, 0. 19 rs. 55-60--Wakf—Life
interest reserved to Wakif--Validity—Conyeyance to defraud
creditors—Chattel propertyRegistration—.Chatte1s Transfer
Ord. 1930—Registration of Documents Ord. (Cap. 144).

1 January 1934
1 January 1934

C.I.F. contract—Subsidiary contract—Right of Buyer to Presen-
tation of Shipping Documents before Payment—Local Usage of Trade—Course of Dealing—Waiver—Estoppel.

1 January 1934

Bill of Sale—Consideration not accurately stated—Departure
from Statutory Form—Mortgage of live stock—Description
of property—Promissory note subsequent to date of bill of
sale for amount due thercunder—Defeasance—Chattels
Transfer Ordinance (No. 24 of 1930) sections 13, 17, 19, 22,
24.

1 January 1934

Murder—Corpus delicti--Necessity for proof by direct evidence or
irresistible ground of presumption—Confessions of the accused—No other evidence of death—Body not found- Whether conviction may follow on confession alone.

1 January 1934

Resident Native Ordinance, No. S of 1925.

1 January 1934

Sentence—Reduction on ground of severity.

1 January 1934

Penal Code, section 296—"Having in his possession or. convey-
ing' property suspected of having been stolen.,

1 January 1934

The Diseasea of Animals Ordinance, Cap. 157—Diseases of
Animals Rules 1931—Interpretation and General Clauses
Ordinance Cap. 1—Confiscation of Stock—Method of levying
Fines. Distress—Sale by private treaty—Consent of owner
necessary.

1 January 1934

Criminal Procedure Code, section 169—Costs—Imprisonment in
• default—Period of imprisonment.

1 January 1934

Criminal law—Murder—Trial of European by Jury—Application
by Crown, prior to trial, for change of venue of trial from
district in which alleged offence took place to Nairobi on
ground of unlikelihood of fair and impartial trial in that

district owing to local prejudice in favour of accused—Com-
petency of - application by Crown—Whether such application

necessary—Jurisdiction of Supreme Court—Criminal Pro-
cedure Code, sections 4, 6, 68, 238, 241 and 242.

1 January 1934

Local Government (Rating) Ordinance, 1928—Correction of
Valuation Roll by local authority—Error as to the nature of
the interest valued—Collection of rate unpaid by reason of
such error.

1 January 1934

Arbitration—Article 158, Indian Limitation Act—Limitation.

1 January 1934

Criminal Procedure—Evidence—Reasonable doubt.
The trial magistrate on the evidence found the appellant
guilty 'of threatening the respondent and ordered him to be
bound over to keep the peace.

1 January 1934