1. The 1st plaintiff granted to the 1st defendant a lease of certain land for 6 years. On the expiration of the six years the plaintiff sued the defendants for recovery of possession of the land, rent and mesne profits.

2. The 1st defendant set up the defence that the land was not the property of the 1st plaintiff but the property of Government and that in 1893 he had accepted a putta from Government comprising the land in question. The Lower Courts were of opinion that on the facts, the 1st defendant had established a good defence to the plaintiffs suit. The ordinary rule of course is that a tenant is estopped from denying the title of the landlord who let him into possession.

3. Mr. Rosario on behalf of the 1st defendant did not attempt to support the judgment of the Lower Appellate Court on the ground taken by the District Judge. But his argument was that admitting the 1st plaintiffs title to the property in 1891 that title was determined in 1893.

4. The 1st defendant entered into possession under the lease granted to him by the 1st plaintiff in 1891 and during the period of his tenancy nothing occurred which could be treated by the party having (as we assume) the title pa