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Subbiah Ready and Another Vs. T. Jardon

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : Phineas Quass and W.H. Hammerton, for Appellants; Respondent Ex parte. Solicitors for Appellants, Douglas Grant and Dold; Respondent, Ex parte.

Sir John Beaumont: This is an appeal from the judgment and decree of the Additional Judge of the Court of the Honourable the British Resident in Mysore, Bangalore, dated 14th August 1940, varying a judgment and...

The Hulli Electricity Co. Ltd. Vs. the Province of Bombay

Court : Privy Council

Subject : MRTP

Advocate for Appellant : Sir Valentine Holmes, Phineas Quass, for Appellant; J. Millard Tucker, R.K. Handoo, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellant, T.L. Wilson and Co.; Solicitors for Respondent, Solicitor, High Commissioner for India.

Lord Uthwatts: In the proceedings out of which this appeal arises the appellants sought a declaration that the purported revocation by the respondent Government on 28th, January 1944, of a licence to supply electricity to the...

Beninson and Others Vs. Shiber

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : Phineas Quass, for Appellants; Gilbert Beyfus and J. Bassett, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellants, Herbert Oppenheimer, Nathan and Vandyk; Solicitors for Respondent Piper, Smith and Piper.

Lord du Parcq: The appellants are the three daughters and sole heiresses of the late Mrs. Menucha Valero, widow of Jacob Valero. Mrs. Valero died on 5th March 1933. At the end of the year 1928...

Sri Kakulam Subrahmanyam and Another Vs. Kurra Subba Rao

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : C.S. Rewcastle and Phineas Quass, for Appellants; Sir Herbert Cunliffe and P.B. Subba Row, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellants, Douglas Grant and Co.; Solicitors for Respondent, T.L. Wilson and Co.

LORD MORTON OF HENRYTON: This is an appeal from a judgment of the High Court of Judicature at Madras dated 22 - 11 - 1943, affirming the judgment of the District Judge of Guntur dated 20...

United Provinces Vs. the Lower Ganges - Jumna Electricity Distributing ...

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Company

Reported in : AIR1948PC159

Advocate for Appellant : J. Millard Tucker and R.K. Handoo, Appellant; W.W.K. Page, Phineas Quass and Gavind Simmonds, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellant, Solicitor Commonwealth Relations Office; Solicitors for Respondents, T.L. Wilson and Co., Hy. S.L. Polak and Co.

LORD MORTEN OF HENRYTON: This is an appeal from a decree of a Divisional Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad dated 22 - 8 - 1941 dismissing a petition presented by the appellant,...

Jaber Elias Kotia and Another Vs. Katr Bint Jiryes Nahas

Court : Privy Council

Subject : FERA

Advocate for Appellant : D.N. Pritt and Phineas Quass, for Appellants ; C.T. Le Quesne and Gerald Gardiner, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellants, T.L. Wilson and Co., Solicitors for Respondent, Wylie Patterson and Herring.

LORD JUSTICE CLAUSON: The two appellants in this matter are the only brothers of Ibrahim Elias Kotia, who died intestate and childless on 7th December 1937, a national of and domiciled and resident in the Lebanese...

Ratti Ram and Sons (a Firm) Vs. Moti Lal and Others

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : AIR1949PC68

Advocate for Appellant : A.G.P. Pullan and J.M.R. Jayakar, for Appellants; Phineas Quass, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellants, Barrow Rogers and Nevill, Solicitors for Respondents, Douglas Grant and Co.

Lord Normand: This is an appeal from a judgment of the High Court at Allahabad reversing the judgment of the Subordinate Judge at Farrukhabad. The High Court granted decree to the respondents Moti Lal, Ram Kunwar...

Adan Haji Jama and Others Vs. the King

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Criminal

Advocate for Appellant : Phineas Quass, for Appellants; Frank Gahan, for the King. Solicitors for Appellants, Ingledew Brown and Co.; Solicitors for the King, Burchells.

SIR JOHN BEAUMONT: This is an appeal by special leave from the judgment of the protectorate Court of the Somaliland Protectorate sitting as a Court of Appeal dated 30th May 1946 dismissing the appellants' appeal from...

Pethu Reddiar and Others Vs. Rajambu Ammal

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : AIR1948PC97

Advocate for Appellant : S.P. Khambatta and Phineas Quass for Dinglt Foot, for Appellants; H.J. Umrigar, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellants, Douglas Grant and Co.; Solicitors for Respondent, T.L. Wilson and Co.

LORD MACDERMOTT: The litigation from which this appeal arises was commenced on 20 - 4 - 1932, by one Somasundara Reddiar against some 18 defendants for the purpose of setting aside a power - of -...

Mary Khayat Vs. Nasrallah Salim Khoury and Another

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : AIR1949PC26

Advocate for Appellant : Phineas Quass, for Appellant; H.V. Lloyd Jones, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellant, Stoneham and Sons, Solicitors for Respondents, Bulcraig and Davis.

Lord Simonds: This appeal is brought from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Palestine of 14th February 1945, affirming the judgment of the District Court, Haifa, of 7th March 1944, whereby that Court had dismissed...