https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312668 Section 38 of the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act was treated as conferring limited revisional, not appellate, jurisdiction, so a new trial Bench could not reverse factual findings merely by reappreciating evidence. On the railway claim, proof of consignment and short delivery shifted the burden to the railway administration, as bailee, to explain the shortage and show due care; absent a satisfactory explanation, liability remained. On limitation, shortage certificates were treated as written acknowledgments of subsisting liability, and such acknowledgment was sufficient to give a fresh starting point for limitation even without reciting every legal consequence. en-us Fri, 23 Oct 1970 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:16:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312668 Section 38 of the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act was treated as conferring limited revisional, not appellate, jurisdiction, so a new trial Bench could not reverse factual findings merely by reappreciating evidence. On the railway claim, proof of consignment and short delivery shifted the burden to the railway administration, as bailee, to explain the shortage and show due care; absent a satisfactory explanation, liability remained. On limitation, shortage certificates were treated as written acknowledgments of subsisting liability, and such acknowledgment was sufficient to give a fresh starting point for limitation even without reciting every legal consequence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Oct 1970 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312668