Allahabad Court October 1939 Judgments

Tota Ram Vs. Kunwar Zalim Singh

Court: Allahabad

Reported in: AIR1940All69

Verma, J.1. The suit which has given rise to these appeals by the defendant was one for accounts by a principal against his agent and for the recovery of the amount found due on the accounts being rendered. The preliminary decree was passed on 19th January 1933 and the appellant was ordered to render accounts to the plaintiff-respondent from 11th September 1915 to 14th August 1930. A commissioner was appointed and, after going through the accounts and hearing the parties at length, he reported to the Court that a certain sum of money was recoverable by the plaintiff from the defendant. He further expressed the view that the defendant was liable to pay interest at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum. Both parties took objections to this report. The learned Civil Judge has accepted some of the objections of the plaintiff and has rejected all the objections of the defendant except in certain minor matters. The result has been that the decree passed by the learned Civil Judge is for an amou...