Patanjali Sastri, J.

1. This appeal arises out of a suit brought by the appellant for recovery of Rs. 5,982-14-9 from defendants 1 to 3 personally and from the family properties of all the defendants. The first defendant is the father of defendants 2 to 4 and the fifth defendant is the son of the first defendants deceased brother. The defendants constitute a joint Hindu family of which the first defendant is the manager. The defendants are Nattukottai Chetties and were carrying money lending and banking business under their family vilasam V.R. Pl. M. at Rangoon and other places in Burma. The amount claimed is said to be the stridhanam money of the first plaintiff deposited by her father the second plaintiff with the first defendant. The Court below decreed the claim against the first defendant personally and against the family properties of all the defendants as it was a debt contracted by the first defendant in the course of the family business. Not satisfied with this decree, the plaintiffs have appealed claiming a personal decree also against defendants 2 and 3, the respondents herein, and the only question for decision relates to their personal liability.

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