Judgement

This was an appeal from a decree of the Sudder Dewanny Court of Agra, which reversed the judgment of the Principal Sudder Ameen of the District of Goruckpore, pronounced in favour of the Appellant, in a suit which was brought by Lal Inderdowun Singh, since deceased, and now represented by the - Respondent, his son, against the Appellant, the chief Defendant, and Ranee Degumber Koonweree.

The object of the suit was, first, to recover possession of certain" ancestral estates called Daree Dehat Mohundur, &c., situate in the Pergunnah Nugger Bustee, in the District of Goruckpore, with mesne profits and interest; and, secondly, to set aside a mortgage Bond, dated Assar Soodee Poornumashee, Fuslee (July, 1839), and to cancel the Appellants name as mortgagee in the Collectors records.

The circumstances under which the suit arose were these—

The Appellant, a Banker, carrying on business in the District of Goruckpore, Was in the habit of making advances and loans to the neighbouring landholders. His father, Buccus Panday, before him, had been engaged in the same business, and in the course of the latters transactions he had advanced the sum of Rs. 8,002, to Raja Jobraj Singh, the