Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 333 · Decided 16 December 1976
Timblo Irmaos LID., Margo v. Jorge Anibal Matos Sequeira & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 333 · [1977] 2 S.C.R. 451
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1868/1968
- Decided
- 16 December 1976
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, JASWANT SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 92
Headnote
'Construction of a power of attorney-Principles of ejusdem generis-Object­ .Purpose-Nature-;-Frame-Provisions and language used-Dictionary meaning -Surrounding circumstances, whether power includes-Incidental to the ascer­ Jained objects. Evidence. Act !872-Sec. 92 pro~iso 2-Existenae of agreement is silent. The appellant company sued Mr. & Mrs. Sequeira for recovery of certain amounts under two contracts of supply of iron ore. The first contract was signed by Ramesh holder of a-power of attorney of Sequeiras and the !eeond con­ tract was signed by Ramesh's father as the
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