Karnataka Court May 1973 Judgments

The State of Mysore and ors. Vs. Tarachand Venkatachand Shaha and ors.

Court: Karnataka

Reported in: AIR1973Kant333; AIR1973Mys333; (1973)2MysLJ9

Venkataramiah, J.1. This appeal is filed against the decree passed in Special Suit No. 14 of 1967 on the file of the Civil Judge. Bagalkot. The said suit was originally instituted as Original Suit No. 17 of 1966 on the file of the Civil Judge. Bijapur and it came to be transferred to the file of the Civil Judge, Bagalkot. The suit was instituted on 10-6-1966.2. The suit was instituted by the State of Mysore, the Director of Agriculture and the Cotton Superintendent, Bijapur for recovery of a sum of Rupees 15,000/- together with interest thereon jointly and severally from defendants 1 to 14. The case of the plaintiffs was that defendant 1 borrowed a sum of Rupees 20,000/- from the Cotton Superintendent, Dharwar, in the year 1951 on two dates. On 7-7-1951 he borrowed a sum of Rupees 5,000/- and on 20-7-1951 he borrowed the remaining sum of Rs. 15,000/-. In lieu thereof he executed a bond on 19-9-1951 Exhibit P-2 in favour of the Cotton Superintendent undertaking to repay the sum of Rs. 2...