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1930 Supreme(All) 277

BENNET
(Chaudhary) Rajdhar – Appellant
Versus
Mohan – Respondent


JUDGMENT

Bennet, J. - This is a second appeal by the plaintiff against an appellate order dismissing his suit. The plaintiff sued to enforce a mortgage bond of 12th December 1919 executed by the defendants. Subsequent to this transaction on 9th December 1922 there was a simple bond executed by the defendants in favour of the plaintiff for Rs. 650 balance then owing after some payment had been made by the defendants. The question before us is whether the execution of this bond of 9th December 1922 was a novation of contract between the parties within the meaning of Section 62, Contract Act. A suit was brought No. 1454 of 1924 by the plaintiff on the basis of this bond of 9th December 1922, and it was held in that suit that the suit should be dismissed because the plaintiff had made certain interpolations in regard to interest and in regard to instalments after the bond had been executed by the defendants. On account of this forgery by the plaintiff the Courts held that the plaintiff was unable to sue on this bond at all. The plaintiff has now come into Court relying on his original mortgage bond of 12th December 1919, and he claim's that because he is unable to sue on his bond of 9th

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