JUDGMENT

Lindsay, J. - I have heard the counsel in this case. I do not think any ground has been made out for interference with the judgment of the court below. The facts are simple enough. The plaintiff Badhey Lal sent a parcel containing a number of brass rings from Muttra to Badrinath.

2. This parcel was sent V.-P.P. and apparently never reached the consignee at Badrinath. The evidence is to the effect that the label had become torn and the result of all this was that in due course the parcel reached the Dead Letter Office at Lucknow.

3. There the parcel was opened but no clue having been obtained as to where the parcel had come from nothing more could be done. The officer in charge of the Dead Letter Office says that the seal of the office of posting had left an indistinct impression so that it was impossible to say from what post office the article had been posted. After being kept in the Dead Letter Office for a period of about a year the parcel was sold and brought a sum of Rs. 15 odd.

4. The plaintiff in this suit claimed the value of the goods contained in this parcel, the amount stated being Rs. 86-8-0, for which the court below has given a decree.

5. The Secretary of State so