Sir Lionel Leach.:-

This is an appeal from a decree of the High Court of Judicature at Nagpur allowing an appeal from a decree of the Additional Judge of Chanda. The appeal has arisen out of a suit filed by Arjuna (the husband of appellant 1 and the father of appellants 2, 3 and 4) and appellants 5, 6 and 7 (the brothers of Arjuna) to enforce payment of the sum of Rs. 12,553.0.3, claimed to be due on a mortgage executed in their favour by Mt. Bajabai, her son Saoji (father of respondent 1 and the husband of respondents 2 and 3), and respondents 4 and 6 (Saoji's brothers) and on behalf of certain minors. Arjuna, Bajabai and Saoji have died during the course of the litigation. The Additional District Judge held that the minor defendants had no interest in the property mortgaged and this finding has not been challenged. Consequently, they have not been made parties to the appeal.

2. The respondents' case is that in the month of December 1934, the mortgagees agreed to accept the sum of Rs. 9500 in settlement of the amount due under the mortgage, that on 17th January 1935, Rs. 9300 of the agreed amount was paid to Govinda (plaintiff 2 now Appellant 5) who received it on behalf of all the