JUDGMENT

Banerji, J. - This appeal raises an important question as to the order in which, according to the Benares School of the Mitakshara Law, gotraja sapindas succeed. The first plaintiff claims the estate of Sahib Sahai as his next heir under the following pedigree:

                                       NAINSUKH MAL,                                            |                                | ------------------------|                                |                         |                           Narpat Singh,              Kunji Mal,                                    |                         |                                |-----------|     Buddha Singh alias                                            |  Chaturi Singh, plaintiff.                                |---------------------------|                           Puran Singh,                Raja Gur Sahai                                |                   Musammat Rani Kishri                           Budha Singh,                  kunwar,                                         |                           |                           Laltu Singh,                Sahib Sahai.                          defendant No. 1.

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