Judgement

Appeal (No. 47 of 1922) from a decree of the High Court (February 24, 1921) modifying a decree of the Subordinate Judge of Nellore.

The suit was brought by the respondents and related to certain villages in the zamindari of Kalahasti which were dealt with by two deeds executed by the Raja of Kalahasti upon August 4, 1908. The first deed (exhibit X) recited that in order to prevent a sale of the property under a decree the Raja (who was described as " the vendor") had " agreed to convey by private sale the said villages for Rs. 6,00,000, and conveyed them to the appellant subject to conditions and reservations of which those material to the present judgment are therein set out. The second deed (exhibit U) was described as an agreement for a reconveyance of the villages to the Raja (referred to as "the purchaser") and provided " The vendor agrees to sell and the purchaser to purchase the villages in the conveyance for Rs. 6,00,000, the said sum to be paid by the purchaser to the vendor on August 31, 1913, or August 31, 1914, and not earlier." The deed contained other material provisions which are stated in the judgment of the Judicial Committee.

In 1914 the villages were br