East African Court of Appeal - 1926

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January 1926
Conditional leave to appeal lapses automatically if required security is not furnished; respondents should request costs when appearing.
Appeal procedure – Conditional leave to appeal to Privy Council – Failure to furnish security within prescribed time causes conditional leave to lapse ipso facto; no revocation order necessary – Costs of application for leave to appeal should be provided for by the Court hearing the application – Practice that respondents appearing should request costs order or later costs applications may be disallowed.
1 January 1926
The applicant's notes dated without year are valid; an alleged part payment did not revive time-barred claims.
* Bills of Exchange Act – promissory notes dated with day and month but no year – construction of date by common sense to fix year. * Commercial instruments – certainty of time of payment – omission of year does not necessarily invalidate a promissory note. * Limitation – part payment after limitation – to revive claim must be interest or part payment of principal evidenced in payer's handwriting (Limitation Act s.20). * Appropriation of payments – absence of written appropriation precludes interruption of limitation period.
1 January 1926