Judgement

Appeal (No. 106 of 1922) from a decree of the Chief Court (July 2, 1917) reversing a decree of the District Judge of Delhi (May 15, 1914).

The appeal arose out of a partition suit brought by the appellant. The defendants by their written statement pleaded that the plaintiff and themselves were separate and not joint.

The relationship of the parties appears from the pedigree in the judgment of the Judicial Committee, and the facts material to this report are there stated.

The District Judge made a decree in favour of the plaintiff. On appeal to the Chief Court that decree was reversed, it being found on the facts that the plaintiff and the defendants were separate and not joint.

1923. Dec. 13. Sir George Lowndes K.C. and E. B. Raikes for the appellant.

Dunne K.C. and Wallace for the respondents.

1924. Jan. 22. The judgment of their Lordships was delivered by

SIR JOHN EDGE. This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a decree, dated July 2, 1917, of the Chief Court of the Punjab, which reversed a decree, dated May 15, 1914, of the District Judge of Delhi, and dismissed the suit. The suit is for the partition of property alleged by the plaintiff to be joint property of the parti