I have had the advantage of perusal of the judgment of my learned brother, in which he has dealt elaborately and fully with the main issues of fact that arise for our determination in these appeals. I am in entire agreement with his conclusions; that being the case, I felt somewhat hesitant to write a separate, concurring judgment. That hesitancy was reinforced by the consciousness that, though the case does involve the application of several principles of Hindu Law, to the facts, those principles themselves are well-settled, and enunciated in decisions that are now classic. Nor does the application of the principles to the facts of the case, involve any novel departure in any respect. Nevertheless, I propose, in a brief compass, to survey the principles of Hindu Law, that impinge on the facts and circumstances of this case. There are at least one or two refinements that render this expedient. I must make it clear, however, that I am not traversing the facts and evidence again, independently nor dealing with every aspect of the probabilities; my learned brother has discussed them so fully, that I shall assume the background, in addition to my own observatio