Judgement

Appeal from a judgment and decree of the High Court (January 16, 1914) reversing a decree of the Subordinate Judge of Hazaribagh (August 12, 1910).

The question for determination in the appeal was whether the appellant (plaintiff), the Maharaja of Ramgarh, was entitled to resume a jagir of a village, granted in 1852 by-one of his-predecessors, upon failure of lineal descendants of the grantee. The village was in Raj Ramgarh, in Chota Nagpur, Hazaribagh district. The terms of the grant appear in full in the judgment of their Lordships.

The following issues, among others, were settled (5.) What is the true character of the jagir grant now in question? Is it liable to be resumed upon failure of the male heirs of Kanhai Singh? (6.) Is there any

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custom of resuming jagir grants on the failure of the male heirs of the original grantee, as stated in the plaint ? If so, will the custom apply to the grant in question?

Much documentary and oral evidence was called at the trial as to grants of jagirs in Raj Ramgarh, and reference was made to the following passage in Hunters Statistical Account of B