The meeting of the minds in a contract speaks of the intent of the parties in entering into the contract respecting the subject matter and the consideration thereof, and if the words of the contract appear to be contrary to the evident intention of the parties, the latter shall prevail over the former.

Direct proof is not essential to establish conspiracy as this may be inferred from the acts of the accused before, during and after the commission of the crime whuch indubitably, point to and are indicative of a joint purpose, concert of action and community of interest.

Certiorari may be issued only where it is clearly shown that there is patent and gross abuse of discretion as to amount to an evasion of positive duty or to virtual refusal to perform a duty enjoined by law, or to act at all in contemplation of law, as where the power is exercised in an aribitrary and despotic manner by reason of passion or personal hostility.

For an abandonment to constitute a valid ground for dismissal there must be a clear, deliberate and unjustified refusal to resume employment and a clear intention to sever the employer-employee relationship on the part of the employee. 

A party cannot, without violating the principle of exhaustion of administrative remedies, seek court intervention by filing an action for replevin for the grant of relief during the pendency of an administrative proceedings.