Spencer, J.

1. The plaintiff and defend-ants Nos. 1 to 10 represent a firm which was started in Mandalay under the style of A. L. A. M. for doing money-lending business, which, for brevity may be referred to as the Mandalay firm In 1908, the 8th defendant in this suit brought a suit in the District Court of Mandalay for dissolution of the partner-ship of this firm and obtained a decree in which the proportionate shares of the partners were defined, seven in number and the plaintiff in the present suit was declared to be the owner of one share While the suit was pending and before the partnership was dissolved, a sum of Rs. 35,239 and odd was collected by one Arunachalla Chetty, who was the agent of the Mandalay firm, and this sum was deposited at interest with a firm consisting of defendants Nos. 1 to 7 and a stranger who is the 11th defendant in this suit which may be briefly referred to as the Rangoon firm. It may be seen that defendants Nos. 1 to 7 are common partners in both the Mandalay and Rangoon firms. The present suit was brought to recover 1/5th share of the money deposited with the Rangoon firm and the temporary Subordinate Judge of Sivaganga has given the plainti