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…The evidence of the 2nd Defendant before the Arbitrator contradicts his own evidence in court that he had never been to that land till after the land was transferred to him.…

…His evidence and that of the 1st Defendant that they visited the said land in September, 1987, clearly confirms the evidence of the Plaintiff and his witnesses that both Defendants had come to the said land in September,…

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

…In Indian proceedings a Mrs Ingles had given evidence which supported the wife’s claim, and hence the pypothesis of the wife’s adultery.…

…Such evidence was given on commission and taken down by commissioner who signed the document.…

…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…

…Coupled with that there is the evidence of DW 1 to the effect that the plaintiff was seen by him leaving his farm on the material day and shortly before his arrest. That evidence stands uncontroverted.…

…That evidence is at great variance with what is contained in the P3 form. There are peculiar aspects about Dr Rouhani’s medical evidence.…

…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.…

…Until such time as there is denite agreement on the issues at hand, such correspondence cannot be used as evidence against any of the parties.…

…Where a document contains an admission there is provision under Section 23 of the Evidence Act Cap 80 which states: “In all civil cases no admission may be approved if it is made either upon an express condition that evidence…

…We have no direct evidence as to how the collision occurred.…

…Those mechanics could have given better evidence.…

…From the evidence of the Plaintiffs only witness he statedwhen asked about an agreement:- "There must have been an agreement.It must be oral."…

…In order to prove that a theft had occurred, all the Plaintiffrequired to do is to produce the lower court file under section 34 of the Evidence Act.…

…The variance of the issues raised by the parties calls fordetailed examination of the evidence adduced on each aspect.…

…(d) There is no clear-cut evidence showing' that the plaintiff absconded from duty.…

…That assumption, on the evidence adduced before me, is not correct because D.W.1 who was in charge of the Ferry at the time of the alleged accident strenuously denied in his evidence that the Ferry was involved in any accident…

…This must be so due to the nature of the evidence I received, particularly that of D.W.1. Mrs.…

…That written statement of defence repays a re-reading from time to time when the evidence in the case is being considered.…

…Except what the 1st defendant said there is no evidence to suggest that her ownership was subject to any trust.…

…There is evidence (see Exh.5) that the 1st defendant had been interfering with the late Mary James ownership of the property.…

…Accordingly none of the parties to it or any other person would adduce them in evidence in subsequent proceedings without the consent of the parties to it.…

…Mr Mburu appears to have overlooked the fact that privilege is a rule of evidence. It stems from public policy.…

…The evidence from the Ministry of Labour, Mombasa: It was given by Mr Francis Gitau who is incharge of workmen’s compensation.…

…My conclusions on this issue: I am satisfied on the basis of the evidence that the plaintiff must have been engineered and coached to give the evidence intended to exculpate the 1st defendant.…

…As a first appellate Court we are entitled to re-evaluate the evidence given in the High Court.…

…The evidence is that as he was alighting from the tractor in a hurry he slopped and fell. I do not see any difference in substance therein.…

…To the Court his evidence was that he was a livestock trader which entailed buying cattle from markets in his home district and taking them for sale in Nairobi.…

…It is in evidence herein that on the material date he was taking 7 head of cattle for sale in Dagoretti in Nairobi.…

…His salary was not even given in evidence. In these circumstances, the learned judge made several crucial findings which are the subject of this appeal.…

…to the evidence, than judging the matter by the record itself.…

…At the hearing of the suit the Plaintiff’s witnesses adduced evidence to the effect that c. the accident was due to the negligence of the 1st defendant who was the 2nd defendant’s servant. They were duly cross-examined.…

…Therefore in a case where the defendants have failed to adduce any evidence in support the assertion made in their pleading the issue of liability must, ipso facto, be resolved in favour of the plaintiff whose evidence stands…

…The evidence against the first two defendants is given by the two plaintiffs.…

…The evidence with regard to the deceased Abdi introduced in the case is not quite relevant and can have no effect on the facts of this case.…