Duraisawmi Sastrial – Appellant
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Venkatarama Iyer – Respondent
1. In this case a decree was passed in favour of two persons, members of a joint Hindu family, by the Subordinate Judges Court of Kumbakonam in a small Cause suit. The first plaintiff in the suit was the managing member. Both the plaintiffs were minors at the time when the decree was passed. The present application for execution was put in by both of them. The first plaintiff had attained majority more than three years before the date when the application was put in. But the second plaintiff is alleged to have attained majority less than-three years before that date. The judgment-debtor contended that the execution of the decree was barred by limitation and the Subordinate Judge upheld his contention. A petition to revise the Subordinate Judges order was filed in this Court and Abdur Rahim J. holding that the application was not barred by limitation reversed the order of the lower court. This appeal is against the order of the learned Judge. The question has to be decided under the provisions of Section 7 of the present Limitation Act (IX of 1908). The corresponding section in the repealed Act (XV of 1877) viz., Section 8, did not apply to applications for execution of decr
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