V. RAMASWAMI, J. :- Defendants are the appellants. The suit was filed by the respondent-plaintiff for recovery of a sum of Rs. 11,048-26 on the foot of a promissory note dated 21-10-1966 executed by the defendants. The facts leading to the execution of the promissory note are as follows. The plaintiff and defendants 1 to 3 entered into a partnership. But the terms of the partnership were not reduced to writing. The parties also had not let in any oral evidence to show as to what was the object of business of the partnership. But it is seen from the notices exchanged between the parties and the licences issued under the Cinematograph Act, they were running a touring cinema under the name and style 'Shanthi Talkies'. The licence issued under the Madras Cinema (Regulation) Act 1955 was in the name of the second defendant and is dated 11-2-1965 and the licence covered a period from 13-2-1965 to 18-2-1966. Though the licence is in the name of the second defendant the cinema business was run by the partnership consisting of the plaintiff and defendants. It appears that the parties carried on the business till the expiry of the period of the licence and they had to shift the camp