JUDGMENT :- The defendant is the appellant. The plaintiff, respondent herein, who is a dealer in automobile parts, filed the suit for recovery of a sum of Rs. 4,395.72 with future interest. His case was that he has supplied motor car parts to the defendant on various occasions between 29-7-1958 and 31-10-1961 and that in respect of those supplies of goods the suit amount was due. While calculating the amount due, he has also calculated interest periodically and added it and has claimed compound interest. The appellant filed a written statement in which he raised two main contentions : Firstly, the supply on credit of the goods was not to the defendant personally but to his father and brother-in-law, one V. K. Jagannathan. It was further contended that the calculation of compound interest is wrong and that only a sum of Rs. 4,027.21 would be due under the account if his other contentions fail. There was also the plea that the suit was barred by limitation.

2. Both the courts below have concurrently held that the supply of goods was to the defendant personally and not to his father or brother-in-law and that therefore he was liable to pay the suit amount. Though the learned counsel f

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