Madras High Court Reports: Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Madras, Volume 1J. Higgingbotham, 1864 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... brought to recover from the defendants the proceeds of the land . These are desig- nated damages , but in fact are rent . But as no paṭṭás and muchalkás have been exchanged between the parties , such a claim , pursuant to section 6 of ...
... brought to recover from the defendants the proceeds of the land . These are desig- nated damages , but in fact are rent . But as no paṭṭás and muchalkás have been exchanged between the parties , such a claim , pursuant to section 6 of ...
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... brought . Where part - payments were made on a bond and credited in discharge of the principal , and an action was brought for the balance of the principal and for interest , and the lower Court allowed a sum for interest as due at the ...
... brought . Where part - payments were made on a bond and credited in discharge of the principal , and an action was brought for the balance of the principal and for interest , and the lower Court allowed a sum for interest as due at the ...
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... brought his suit for recovery of the sum in which the mortgagees were indebted to him ; but the District Munsif of Tellicherry dismissed it on the ground that his remedy was to foreclose the mortgage by assumption of the mortgaged ...
... brought his suit for recovery of the sum in which the mortgagees were indebted to him ; but the District Munsif of Tellicherry dismissed it on the ground that his remedy was to foreclose the mortgage by assumption of the mortgaged ...
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... brought in the District Munsif's court of Tiruppattúr , for the recovery of a field assessed at rupees 18-0-9 . The field , which was situated in a non- mírásí district , had been held by the plaintiff on paṭṭa from 1848 to 1851. From ...
... brought in the District Munsif's court of Tiruppattúr , for the recovery of a field assessed at rupees 18-0-9 . The field , which was situated in a non- mírásí district , had been held by the plaintiff on paṭṭa from 1848 to 1851. From ...
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... brought for the recovery of certain málguzárí lands valued at rupees 13,816-11-5 . Branson for the appellant , the plaintiff . Saḍagópáchárlu for the respondent , the first defendant . The facts of the case sufficiently appear from the ...
... brought for the recovery of certain málguzárí lands valued at rupees 13,816-11-5 . Branson for the appellant , the plaintiff . Saḍagópáchárlu for the respondent , the first defendant . The facts of the case sufficiently appear from the ...
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