Odgers, J.

1. This is a suit for money brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, who are husbands of sisters. The first Court held that no such indebtedness was proved. On appeal to the Lower Appellate Court, the Subordinate Judge held that an amount of indebtedness was proved. There is one curious feature about this case, and that is, that the plaint sets forth the borrowings by the defendant of certain sums on specific dates and the only item with which we are concerned here is Rs. 800 stated in the plaint to have been borrowed on 28th January, 1916. The date given however in the additional issues framed by the District Munsif in the case is 28th November, 1916, and in the summary of the evidence the same date appears. This case is a very striking example of the great danger of employing figures instead of words in any kind of writing that really matters. It is all very well to do it at the top of letter-paper or things of that sort, though even so it may be that the date will become important, and the whole of this case hinges on the fact that 28th January, 1916, was written all in figures. In the learned Subordinate Judges setting out of the case he also says "Rs.