1. This appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 011. 1996 made in O.S.No.76/1994 on the file of the Principal Subordinate Judge, Nagapattinam. The defendant in the suit is the appellant herein.

2. The first respondent herein had instituted the above said original suit against the appellant herein for the recovery of a sum of Rs.5,70,000/- towards the principal and interest upto the date of the suit along with subsequent interest on the basis of his contention that the appellant herein/defendant borrowed a sum of Rs.4,00,000/-from the respondent herein/plaintiff in April 1989 to meet the expenses of the marriage of his son and daughter proposed to be arranged shortly thereafter.

3. It was the further contention of the 1st respondent herein/plaintiff that, as the marriage of Janaki, daughter of the appellant herein/defendant with the son of the 1st respondent/plaintiff had been fixed and the appellant herein/defendant proposed to arrange for the marriage of his son also, he wanted the above said financial assistance from the 1st respondent/plaintiff promising to repay the same with interest and that the respondent/plaintiff, taking into account the fact the