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 not appear he would, I take it, have been acting under 0.xxx r.3. but in that case the plaintiff would be obliged to give ex parte proof of his claim. No ex parte evidence was adduced by the plaintiff and if that were the sole ground upon which the judgm
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However, the Board had been ordered to file a defence under 0.xvi r.1, and they had failed to do so inspite of repeated opportunity. It was held in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9390782\charrsid1447727 Rasulan v. Sher Ali Khan}{
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 that failure to file a defence when so ordered is tantamount to admitting allegations of fact in the plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid531046 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9390782 s Statement of Claim.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13190694 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9390782 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid282180 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9390782 In the instant case the allegation of fact is quite clear, namely that the Board owed the plaintiff of a 
specific and ascertained sum namely $154.50 for work done. Following the ratio decidendi in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9390782\charrsid11747725 Rasulan v. Sher Ali Khan}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9390782 
 (supra) the learned Magistrate would be in order in entering judgment for that sum without further proof.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid282180 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9390782 The appeal is dismissed with costs which I fix at $45.00 for each respondent.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13190694 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9390782 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7024998 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14369955 (S}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9390782\charrsid282180 gd.) J.T.WILLIAMS,
\par JUDGE
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9390782 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9390782 LAUTOKA
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2296941 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9922359 15th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9390782  November, 1978.}{
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