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Tumahole Bereng and Others Vs. the King

Court : Privy Council

Reported in : AIR1949PC172

..... right. it was, however, contended that - apart altogether from what he considered as sufficient corroboration of the commission of murder to satisfy the requirements of the section - he had, in applying the rule of practice, found corroboration where none existed. what he looked upon as corroboration for this purpose appears from the following ..... of importance in the administration of criminal justice in the territory. 15the first of these relates to the cautionary rule of english practice emphasising the dangers of acting on accomplice evidence (be it that of one or more accomplices) which is uncorroborated in some material respect implicating the accused. it was not suggested ..... standing alone and unconfirmed in any material respect by other evidence. this question is not concerned with any rule of practice based on the dangers of acting upon the testimony of accomplices. the power to convict is clearly limited by s. 231 and the present issue necessarily turns upon its true construction as .....

N.S. Venkatagiri Ayyangar Vs. the Hindu Religious Endowments Board

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : (1949)51BOMLR952

..... be framed, and this was subsequently done.11. on january 19, 1939, the appellants filed a petition o.p. no. 15 of 1939 purporting to be under section 84(2) of the act, asking for a declaration that the order of the respondent dated january 19, 1938, was without jurisdiction and void, to have that order set outside, and for a ..... narayana objected to pay on the ground that the temple was a private one.6. on january 15, 1931, the respondent, having decided to hold an inquiry under section 84 of the act, served a notice on n.s. narayana informing him that his contention that the temple was a private one, would be heard by the board on february 26, ..... sheo buksh singh (1884) l.r. 11 indap 237 the privy council made the following observation upon section 622 of the former code of civil procedure which was replaced by section 115 of the code of 1008 (p. 289):the question then is did the judges of the lower courts in this case, in the exercise of their jurisdiction, act illegally or with material .....

La Crosse Telephone Corp. Vs. WisconsIn Board

Court : US Supreme Court

..... and privileges whether affirmative or negative in form, 227.15, and is allowed any person aggrieved and directly affected by the administrative decision. 227.16. [ footnote 2 ] section 111.05(4) provides: "the fact that one election has been held shall not prevent the holding of another election among the same group of employees, provided that ..... the national labor relations act, amended, now provides in part: "the board is empowered by agreement with any agency of any state or territory ..... under the wisconsin act also excludes certain strikers and others who have not been at work for certain periods. 111.02(3). these latter exceptions likewise do not, in the main, square with the definition of employee contained in 2(3) of the federal act. [ footnote 10 ] u.s.const. art. vi. [ footnote 11 ] section 10(a) of .....

Commissioner Vs. Estate of Church

Court : US Supreme Court

..... of a taxing statute, the doubt should be resolved in favor of the taxpayer, we feel bound to hold that the joint resolution of 1931 and section 803(a) of the act of 1932 apply only to transfers with reservation of life income made subsequent to the dates of their adoption respectively." "holding this view, we need ..... or enjoyment" clause in death tax statutes, and with what appears to be complete unanimity, they have, up to this day, despite may v. heiner, substantially agreed with this 1884 pennsylvania supreme court interpretation. [ footnote 6 ] congress used the "possession or enjoyment" clause in death tax legislation in 1862, 1864, and 1898. 12 stat. 432, 485; ..... "possession or enjoyment" provision appearing in 811(c) seems to have originated in a pennsylvania inheritance tax law in 1826. [ footnote 5 ] as early as 1884, the supreme court of pennsylvania held that, where a legal transfer of property was made which carried with it a right of possession with a reservation by the grantor .....

Klapprott Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the rule is that a default is the equivalent of an admission of allegations which are well pleaded. the court seeks support in the fact that other sections of the nationality act, 8 u.s.c. 738(e) and 746, provide for denaturalization when the alien has been convicted of the crime of procuring his certificate of ..... citizen might be implied, however, from the provision for notice by publication in 738(b). aside from possible constitutional questions, it may therefore be assumed that the section authorizes rendition of a denaturalization judgment in a defendant's absence. but it does not necessarily follow page 335 u. s. 610 that a court may also render ..... rule for vacating a judgment. first. the court assumes, as i think it must, that 338 of the nationality act authorizes default judgments of denaturalization. so much is clear from the provisions in (b) of that section for notice by publication and in (c) for the denaturalization of one who has left the united states to establish .....

Commissioner Vs. Jacobson

Court : US Supreme Court

..... internal revenue code, because that court felt itself obliged by precedent to classify each such gain as a "gift" under 22(b)(3) of that act [ footnote 3 ] and code. we hold, however, that those sections do not, in the light of the decisions of this court, permit that result. page 336 u. s. 38 the first test of the taxability ..... on june 1, 1939. this paragraph shall not apply to any discharge occurring before the date of the enactment of the revenue act of 1939, or in a taxable year beginning after december 31, 1942." "(b) basis reduced. -- section 113(b) of the internal revenue code (relating to the adjusted basis of property) is amended by adding at the end ..... manner not material here in 53 stat. 574, 575, 26 u.s.c. (1940 ed.), 22(a). the revenue act of 1938 applied to the respondent's income in 1938 and the internal revenue code to that in 1939 and 1940. [ footnote 3 ] "sec. 22. gross income." " * * * *" "(b) exclusions from gross income. -- the following items shall not be included in .....

Estate of Spiegel Vs. Commissioner

Court : US Supreme Court

..... fact, and may not have been even thought about by the settlor. to say that the settlor must have intended all the legal consequences of his acts begs the question. so construed, the section would have the same meaning as if the word "intended" had been omitted. "intended" should be given its normal, factual meaning. to intend means ..... had been brought squarely before this court in the reinecke case by the following question in the government's brief: "1. do the words of section 402(c) of the revenue act of 1921, which provide that, for the purpose of measuring the estate tax, there shall be included in the value of decedent's gross estate ..... remains for determination the fact whether the settlor did actually intend that the 1920 transfer take effect in possession or enjoyment upon the expiration of the trust at his death. section 811(c) expressly covers transfers either " in contemplation of or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after . . . death." (italics supplied.) we .....

Sri Raja Yarlagadda Siva Rama, Prasad Bahadur Vs. Majeti Potharaju and ...

Court : Privy Council

Reported in : AIR1949PC187

..... cents of land comprised in survey nos. 205 and 63. the plaintiffs belong to a village situated in the estate of the defendant, the zamindar of devarakota. section 55, madras estates land act, runs as follows : "when a landholder for three months after demand fails to grant a patta in such terms as the ryot is entitled to receive, ..... the land remained fallow they naturally did not desire to pay any rent and so did not ask for its inclusion in the patta. section 4, estates land act says : "subject to the provisions of this act, a landholder is entitled to collect rent in respect of all ryoti land in the occupation of a ryot." the defendant could have ..... and their tenants in possession of land regarding their respective rights, the madras legislature passed the madras estates land act (i [1] of 1908) in 1908. section 6 (1) of the act enacts that "subject to the provisions of this act, every ryot now in possession or who shall hereafter be admitted by a landholder to possession of ryoti land .....

JainaraIn Vs. the Governor-general of India Representing the B. and A. ...

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1951Cal462

..... its non-delivery being both admitted, the liability for compensation on account of non-delivery was, under the wide meaning attributed by the p. c. to section 19, limitation act, acknowledged by the rly.11. in my view, therefore, the petnr. is entitled to rely upon the letter of 12th march as constituting an acknowledgment of ..... joint debtors, & that for the purpose of a suit for contribution against him, such an admission would operate to enlarge the period of limitation under section 19, limitation act. it is not necessary for me to refer to other decisions where the principle laid down by the judicial committee has been elaborated & applied it is ..... before the learned judges that the letter which deft. rly. had written on 12-3-1945, amounted to an acknowledgment of liability within the meaning of section 19, limitation act. the learned judges overruled that contention somewhat summarily by saying that the letter could not be said to contain an acknowledgment of the liability in question ' .....

Mohammad Ismail Vs. Nurul Hasan and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1949All553

..... claimed by a grove-holder, namely, the ownership of the trees. this relief could be claimed in the revenue court by virtue of the provisions of section 206, clause (f) read with section 59, u.p. tenancy act. in the relief claimed in the plaint, it is not specifically mentioned that the plaintiff was a grove-holder. that is, however, immaterial, as, in .....