Pollock, A J C—This appeal arises out of a suit for the administration of the estate of the late M.M. Sargon who died intestate at Jubbulpore on 15th August 1927. The suit was filed by Clement Sargon, a son by his first wife, who is the appellant in this Court. The defendants were Mabel Sargon, the third wife of the deceased; William' and Michael Skerrett Sargon, sons of the deceased by his second wife; Bertha Sargon, the wife of William and the daughter of Mabel Sargon by her first husband; Terence and Eric Sargon, the sons of his deceased son Percy Lionel by his first wife; and the Administrator-General and Official Trustee of the United Provinces to whom letters of administration of the estate have been granted.

2. The estate consisted mainly of about Rs. 26,000 in Government bonds, post office cash certificates, savings bank deposit, and a fixed deposit in the Allahabad Bank, Jubbulpore; jewellery worth about Rs. 2,000; furniture worth about Rs. 1,000; and some shares in the British-Burma Petroleum Co. which have a face value of about Rs. 2.600 but have, I am informed, practically no market value. The disputes relates mainly to the item of Rs. 26,000 and the jewellery, w