Mumbai Court December 1936 Judgments

Kisandas Laxmandas Gujar and ors. Vs. Godavaribai Govindas Gujar and o ...

Court: Mumbai

Reported in: 170Ind.Cas.647

Barlee, J.1. One Kishandas died leaving a widow, a son Ganpatdas, and some minor daughters. The widow and Ganpatdas died and the estate came to the minor daughters, who are the plaintiffs in this case. In 1900 the District Court appointed two persons, Ganpatdas Hirachand and Laxmandas Narottamdas, to be guardians of the minors property, and each of them entered into a bond under Section 34(a), Guardians and Wards Act, making himself liable to the extent of Rs. 6,000 if he failed duly to account for what he might receive in respect of the property of the wards. The plaintiffs came of age in the years 1914 and 1915 and in 1919 Ganpatdas exhibited his accounts, paid what was due from him to the minors and obtained from them a receipt and later got a discharge from the Court. The other guardian Laxmandas did not render an account and the plaintiffs applied to the District Court for an assignment of the bond to enable them to file a suit against him. In the course of these proceedings he di...