Judgement

Appeal (No. 12 of 1940) from a decree of the Chief Court of Oudh at Lucknow (February 15, 1940), setting aside a decree of the Subordinate Judge of Sitapur (January n, 1936), which, under the provisions of ss. 5 and 30 of the United Provinces Agriculturists Relief Act (XXVII of 1934) amended a compromise decree, dated July 4, 1933, made in a suit in which the first respondent was the plaintiff, and the present appellants predecessor in title was the defendant.

64 Law. Rep. 71 Ind. App. 56 ( 1943- 1944) Thakur Raghuraj Singh V. Rai Bahadur Lala Hari Kishan Das 165

The following facts are taken from the judgment of the Judicial Committee Thakur Raghuraj Singh, hereinafter called the debtor, now deceased and represented by the present appellant, was the talukadar of a large property in the district of Sitapur. On February 17, 1928, he borrowed from the first respondent (hereinafter called the creditor) a sum of Rs. 1,40,000 at ten per cent, compound interest, with six-monthly rests, on the security of six named villages. On October 25, 1931, he borrowed from the creditor a further sum of Rs. 1,53,000 at twelve per cent, compound interest, with six-monthly rests, on the secur