Judgment.-A.S. No. 126 of 1975 is against the decree and judgment in O.S. No. 980 of 1966 and A.S. No. 774 of 1970 is against the decree and judgment in O.S. No.5594of 1967 on the file of the City Civil Court, Madras. The appellant in both the matters is one and the same, he being the sole defendant in both the suits. The respondent in both the appeals is also one and the same person, being the plaintiff in the two suits, which were tried jointly. 2. The plaintiff (respondent) is no other than the father-in-law of the defendant (appellant). They entered into a registered lease agreement as per the original of Exhibit A-1, dated 9th November, 1959 under which the defendant became a lessee under the plaintiff of the building bearing Door No. 1-A, PonnappaChetti Lane, Triplicane, Madras, with certain machinery etc. connected with running an oil mill. The document describes the building in one schedule and under the heading schedule relating to machinery gives the details of the items of machinery etc., given possession of by the plaintiff to the defendant. According to the terms of the document, the defendant was to be a lessee for a period of five years from 9th November, 1959 to 8th

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