Ramesam, J.

1. These revision petitions are against the decisions of the District Munsif of Peddapur in S.C.S. Nos. 372 and 379 of 1931. They are connected and arise out of the same transaction. The transaction out of which the suits arise may now be described. The plaintiff is the same in both cases and is a dealer in gramaphones. He managed to get up a party of 120 persons. These 120 persons are to subscribe the first week each one rupee. At the end of the first week prizes "are drawn and one of them gets a gramaphone. Then he goes out of the transaction. The second week the remaining 119 subscribe Re. 1-4-0 each. At the end of the second week another gentleman gets a gramaphone by taking lots. He goes out of the transaction. Third week the remaining 118 subscribe Rs. 1-8-0 and so on. Each week the amount of subscription is increased by four annas but is paid by a diminishing number of persons. At the 20th week 19 persons would have drawn gramaphones in this way. But the remaining 101 people would have paid Rs. 67-8-0 and all of them get a gramaphone each. The net result of the transaction is simply this. 101 out of 120 persons get each a gramaphone for Rs. 67-8-0 and the