JUDGMENT

Henry Richards, C.J. - This appeal relates to the right to possession of a very valuable estate in Mirzapur, referred to in the plaint as the Agori Barhar Raj. The last male owner was Raja Kesho Saran Shah. The Raja died on the 4th of March 1871, leaving no issue but a young Rani Bed Sarau Kunwari him surviving. The Rani lived until 1913 when she died. A glance at the pedigree filed with the plaint will show that the plaintiff is the eldest son of Babu Jagannath Prasad. This gentleman survived the late Raja but died before the Rani on the 14th of October 1910. Defendant No. 1, Babu Baijnath Prasad, is the rival claimant to the Raj. He was a brother, next in seniority to Babu Jagannath Prasad aforesaid, father of the plaintiff. Defendant No. 2 is a younger brother of defendant No. 1. In the plaint it is alleged that the Rani had made or attempted to make large gifts at the expense of the estate to one Pandit Banarsi Misir, a Brahman, that she had tried to get the consent of the plaintiff's father to her action, that the plaintiff had intervened to prevent his father consenting and that thereupon the Rani turned her attention to the rival claimant and his brother defendant No