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…The issue of jurisdiction was decided, “on the evidence” before Golf, J.…

…It is immaterial whether the evidence is scanty or limited. Scanty or limited facts constitute the evidence before the court.…

…When the learned judge reached the evidence of Mr. Njugi he said: “I must confess the evidence of Mr.…

…It was evidence which corroborated Mary Njoki’s evidence, in particular it established her connection with the deceased.…

…In this respect I would refer to ss.13 and 51 of the Evidence Act which read: 13.…

…For nearly eighteen (18) years hence, there is no evidence of any conjugal relationship between the deceased and the rst appellant. Indeed, since 1972 there was no evidence of such relationship.…

…Damages are clearly payable to the parents of a deceased child, irrespective of the age of the child and irrespective of whether there is or there is not evidence of pecuniary contribution. 3.…

…The award of shs 100,000/- was in any event excessive and not supported by any evidence of loss. We shall deal with ground one first.…

…Reference was made to the three dates ie September 25, 26, and 27, 1976 whose evidence the judge bore in mind and which was not challenged by the plaintiff in his evidence.…

…The judge referred to the defendant’s evidence that the plaintiff stole from the defendant on September 18, 1976 and held that the evidence was not strictly admissible and added, “the court, therefore, disregards all evidence…

…At the hearing before the learned Judge, evidence was given by Fredrick Gachoka Njoroge (plaintiff No. 4) and one Kinuthia Githuri on behalf of the plaintiffs whilst the defendant gave evidence and called one witness.…

…She is the one who gave evidence that the piece of land belonged to the father. The fourth plaintiff giving evidence stated as follows: “The issue of Mbugua being a younger son was put to Mzee Kinuthia.…

…I turn, therefore, to examine the plaint and the evidence in support of it.…

…The learned judge, however, did not decide this issue directly, (nor could he do so in view of the way in which the evidence had emerged); for he said “No evidence was tendered to show the saw operator was negligent as a…

…Evidence is not to be pleaded.…

…The previous driver who had the car since morning is unknown and as such did not give evidence. The evidence of the plaintiff has been corroborated by the two defence witness.…

…If the defendant calls no evidence then he has not discharged the onus on him of proving the contributory negligence pleaded by him. In the absence of such evidence the court cannot decide relative blameworthiness.…

…He had before him evidence to show that the appellant was guilty of the offence of causing death by dangerous driving.…

…This evidence was not challenged.…

…Looking at the evidence as a whole, it is plain to us that the learned judge could not have come to any other conclusion than that the respondent’s account of the accident was the correct one.…

…The defendant did not offer any evidence. The only direct evidence on how the accident happened was given by James Odero Jowi who told the Judge – “I knew Joseph Nzioka Mwana. He was a driver of a fork lift.…

…She accepted this evidence and held the defendant liable. In the assessment of damages the learned Judge rejected the evidence of income of the deceased and the plaintiff’s claim that she had 5 children.…

…or that they are unsupportable on the evidence available on the record.…

…Where no evidence adduced the claim should be disallowed. It is very sad that the plaintiff was injured in this matter.”…

…However, the evidence he has adduced in support of his claim falls short of the required standard to warrant the grant of the orders sought.”…

…As far as grounds No 2 & 3 summed up above are concerned, these relate to matters of evidence.…

…Of course apart from the evidence of the respondent, there were also the four medical reports to which we have already referred.…

…It is, however, not suggested in evidence that Dr Kokonya had no basis for starting the respondent on the drugs in the first place.…

…on the evidence should stand – see–Peters v Sunday Post [1958] EA 424.…

…There was not a shred of evidence to support this suggestion.…

…Counsel noted that the respondent did not adduce any evidence relating to the policy. Counsel maintained that the appellant called evidence to confirm its position that the policy did not cover passengers. 8.…

…I have carefully reconsidered and evaluated the evidence which was adduced before the trial magistrate. The evidence was clear that the respondent was injured in an accident whilst traveling in the subject vehicle.…

…There is no evidence that a copy of the report was sent to or read out to the appellant.…

…adduced by or on behalf of the plaintiff, it appears to the court that, if such an action were brought forthwith and the like evidence were adduced in that action, that evidence would in the absence of any evidence to the…

…(3) What was the value of the respondent’s baggage and its contents on the recorded evidence? (4) Was there any basis for the trial courts’ award of general damages?…

…The learned trial judge carefully analysed and evaluated the evidence adduced before him by both parties, and made findings on it as required by law.…

…Thus the case for the AFC proceeded on a wholly false premise, one which, indeed, was belied by their own evidence.…

…The learned trial judge clearly misapprehended various aspects of the evidence before him and consequently made wrong findings thereon.…