https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288238 Government, not the individual sowars, bore responsibility for maintaining the depot horses because the grain and fodder were supplied under official arrangements and paid from funds under official control. The Officer Commanding lacked authority to bind Government, and the purported agreement was invalid for failure to follow the required statutory mode of execution. Even so, compensation was recoverable for grain supplied and consumed, since Government knowingly received a non-gratuitous benefit; the recovery was assessed on market rate at the time of supply. Interest was refused, earlier settled accounts were not reopened, and the related objection concerning priority certificates did not change the relief. en-us Tue, 09 Jul 1929 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 27 May 2020 11:28:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288238 Government, not the individual sowars, bore responsibility for maintaining the depot horses because the grain and fodder were supplied under official arrangements and paid from funds under official control. The Officer Commanding lacked authority to bind Government, and the purported agreement was invalid for failure to follow the required statutory mode of execution. Even so, compensation was recoverable for grain supplied and consumed, since Government knowingly received a non-gratuitous benefit; the recovery was assessed on market rate at the time of supply. Interest was refused, earlier settled accounts were not reopened, and the related objection concerning priority certificates did not change the relief. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Jul 1929 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288238