Jagmohan Singh vs Ram Khilawan Dube - 1929 Supreme(All) 304

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1929 Supreme(All) 304

BOYS, MUKERJI
Jagmohan Singh – Appellant
Versus
Ram Khilawan Dube – Respondent

JUDGMENT

Mukerji, J. - This is an application to revise an order of the lower appellate Court dated 5th December 1927, by which the Court allowed an application made by the plaintiffs in the suit, who are the respondents before us, to withdraw the suit instituted by them with liberty to bring a fresh suit.

2. The facts which led to that application are briefly these: The plaintiffs came to Court with the prayer that they might be declared to be the owners of certain plots by virtue of a certain ancient gift. In the plaint they said that they were paying a certain amount of money periodically to the zamindars but that they were paying the same as being their share of the revenue payable to the Government, and that they are paying the same to the Government through the zamindars. When the parties were examined by the Court for framing the issues, on 18th December 1926, one of the plaintiffs said: '"muzhir zamindar ko lagan deta tha." The defendants to the suit, who are the applicants before us, were the zamindars They opposed the claim on the ground that the plaintiffs were nothing but tenants of the lands in question. The learned Subordinate Judge who heard the suit found that it had