Nilayathakshi Ammal – Appellant
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The Taluq Board, through its President – Respondent
1. The plaintiff claims to inspect the account of a charity and has made the Taluk Board of Mayavaram defendants. By the will of the plaintiffs deceased husband, certain charities were created and trustees appointed. The plaintiff was one of them. In consequence of the alleged mismanagement the Board of Revenue intervened. It must be assumed for the purposes of this case that the management and superintendence of the endowment were made over to the Taluk Board under Section 51 of Madras Act V of 1884. The possession of the endowment property passed to the Taluk Board in due course. The plaintiff has ceased to be a trustee of the endowment and claims the right to inspect under a special clause in the will which runs as follows :-" I have appointed certain persons (named) as trustees. The said persons shall properly conduct the said charities according to their present scale and maintain correct accounts therefore in bound books accessible to all the persons." The power is given by the instrument to the trustees appointed for the nomination of their successors after their death. If the trustees make default in management and resign office the Government is given the power of
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