JUDGMENT

R.C. Mitter, J. - This appeal is on behalf of the defendant. It is directed against the judgment and decree of the learned District Judge, Birbhum, which have affirmed the judgment and decree of the Munsif of Suri. The defendant has been held liable to render account from 1313 to 1337 B.S., and a Commissioner has been appointed to take accounts. Hari Pada Ghose, plaintiff 1, Guru Pada Ghose, the father of the minor plaintiff 2, and plaintiff 3, Gokul Mohini Dassi, wife of Rakhal Das Sarcar, now dead, were the owners of some zemindary and other properties. Hari Pada and Guru Pada were both minors before 1313; the latter who was the eldest of the two attained majority in 1313. At the time when both of them were minors, Rakhal Das Sarcar was appointed their guardian by the District Judge. As such guardian he appointed the defendant-appellant an agent of the minor's estate. His wife also appointed the same gentleman as her agent. The duties of the defendant were to collect the rents and profits of all their properties, to put in Government revenues and rent due to the superior landlords and to pay the net profits to his principals.

2. The plaint states that he submitted regular