1958 Supreme(AP) 131
MOHAMMED AHMED ANSARI, P.SATYANARAYANA RAJU
Nori Venkata Rama Dikshitulu – Appellant
Versus
Ravi Venkatappayya – Respondent
( 1 ) THE question arising for decision in these two appeals is whether S. No. 333 of Vatticheruku village had been dedicated for raising Dharma Vanam or (sic) for public benefit. The appellant in one of the aforesaid appeals is one out ot the four plaintiffs to a suit for permanent injunction, restraining the defendants from interfering with their possession and en-joyment of part of the said property. In the Other the appellants are defendants 1, 2 and 4 to 7 to a claim under Section 92 of the C. P. C. for removing them from the office of trustees, for appointing new trustees and vesting the property in them. The land (sic) measures Acs. 8. 28 cents and originally belong-ed one Nori Lakshmipathi Somayajulu, who was an ancestor of the appellants. In 1788 he had dedicated the property to charity and the exact nature of this endowment is now in dispute. There is no written document showing how the property had been gifted; but Ex. B-1, an extract from the Inam Register of 1868, describes the land as Dharmadayam. Its third column states the pro-perty as dry, tamarind trees 18 and the eighth column mentions it as for the public benefit. The 11th column shows one Nori Lakshmipathi to b
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