Lord Carson:-

The present suit was brought in the Court of the Subordinate Judge of Gorakhpur by the plaintiffs (first three respondents) to recover possession from the defendants (appellants) of certain villages known as Kanchanpur and Patkoli with mesne profits and costs. The Subordinate Judge made a decree for possession and on appeal the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad by a decree dated 28th May 1926, affirmed the decree of the Subordinate Judge. At the hearings before the Courts respectively the defendants (appellants) relied upon their possession under a certain purchase deed dated 19th November 1908, of the equity of redemption of one Mahant Karya Bharthi in the said villages, whilst the plaintiffs (respondents) claimed a superior title through certain sale certificates in respect of each of the villages eventuating out of suits filed by the predecessor of the plaintiffs (respondents). It is unnecessary to go into any detail as to this branch of the controversy between the parties, as the decisions upon this matter in the Courts below have not been challenged in argument before this Board when the only question was whether the plaintiffs (respondents) were entitled to o