Bhandari, J.

1. This petition raises a questions upon the interpretation of the expression "resides" appearing in Section 20, Civil P. C.

2. The plaintiff is one Lajya Ram, a broker of Lahore while the defendants are Mr. M. S. Oberoi, Director of Oberoi Hotels Limited, and Rai Bahadur Jodha Mal, a well-known contractor of the Punjab. In the year 1946 Mr. Oberoi expressed a desire to purchase the Nedous Hotel at Lahore from Rai Bahadur Jodha Mal and requested the plaintiff to negotiate the purchase. The plaintiff brought the parties together and induced the owner to enter into an agreement for the sale of the property for a large sum of money. Mr. Oberot refused to purchase the property and the transaction could not be completed, the defendants declined to pay the commission to which the plaintiff considered himself entitled and the plaintiff accordingly brought a suit for the recovery of a sum of Rs. 79,500/-.

3. The defendant objected to the Jurisdiction of the Courts at Delhi to deal with the case, but the trial Court came to the conclusion that although no part of the cause of action had arisen in Delhi, Mr. Oberoi had been residing in Delhi not merely temporarily but fo