Kolkata Court August 1894 Judgments

In Re: SewnaraIn Mohata

Court: Kolkata

Reported in: (1894)ILR21Cal911

Sale, J.1. This is an application for letters of administration to the property and effects of the late Sewnarain Mohata. The deceased came from Bikanirin the territories of the Maharajah of Bikanir. He carried on business as a dealer in piece goods, and died in June 1893, leaving a widow and two sons, Sreekissen, the present applicant, and Gopeekissen. In July 1893 letters of administration to the property and credits of the deceased were granted to his widow during the minority of his infant sons. The widow has recently died, and now Sreekissen Mohata, the elder of the two sons, applies for letters of administration to his father's estate, which in British India consists of a business in piece goods which had been carried on by the deceased in his lifetime and by the widow after his death. The applicant says he is a little over the age of sixteen years, and that according to the law of his own country he has attained the age of majority. It appears from the verified petition of the m...