Chennai Court May 1910 Judgments

A.S. Guruva Chetty Vs. A.S. Ragammal

Court: Chennai

Reported in: 7Ind.Cas.534

Sankaran Nair, J.1. One Cundaswamy Chetty, the plaintiff's son, died on the 18th December 1898, intestate and without any issue, leaving his widow the defendant as his legal heir and representative. The defendant took out letters of administration and continued in possession of his property. The suit is now brought by the plaintiff, as the next reversioner, to remove her from the management of the estate and to appoint a Receiver on account of gross mismanagement add malversation by her. In her application for letters of administration and in her affidavit, the defendant stated that her husband's estate would be worth Rs. 143,873-10-7 besides the immovable property which was stated to be worth Rs. 10,800 and the debts due by the estate was stated to be about Rs. 15,785. The net amount realised by her has not been proved. But it is conceded that it was not less than Rs. l,02,953-5-4(See Exhibit L. 3). Up to December 1907 the interest that she received appears from her accounts to be not...