Reuben, J.

1. These two appeals are directed against a decision of the Subordinate Judge at Hazaribagh dated 22nd December 1945, decreeing in part a suit impugning the validity of three mortgage decrees and the sales held in execution thereof.

2. Three simple mortgage bonds were executed on 10th July 1910, each hypothecating a one-third milkiat share in villages Dania, Lalpania and Khakhanda in the jurisdiction of Police Station Gomia to secure a sum of Rs. 2,200. The mortgagors sold their entire interest in these villages to the late Kalachand Chakravarty, father of the plaintiff, by a sale-deed dated 23rd March 1914. The mortgagors (mortgagees) sued on their bonds and obtained decrees for sale in Mortgage Suits No. 123 of 1917, 48 of 1918 and 49 of 1919. The property hypothecated was sold in execution of these decrees on 3rd February 1920, 4th February 1921 and 4th July 1921, respectively. In each case, the purchasers were the mortgagees decred-holders who subsequently transferred their rights under the purchase to Ram Ratan Bhagat, who was himself a joint decree-holder. Defendant 3 is the heir of Ram Ratan Bhagat and big possession over the property is admitted. The plai