Privy Council Court July 1927 Judgments

Abdul Wahab Khan Vs. Tilakdhari Lal and Others

Court: Privy Council

SINHA, J. 1. This is an appeal from a decree of the High Court of Judicature at Patna, dated the 6th March 1925, reversing a decree of the Subordinate Judge of Monghyr, dated the 28th April 1921. 2. The decree dismissed a suit brought by the plaintiff, Tilakdhari Lal (now respondent), against the defendant, Abdul Wahab Khan, and others, for partition of an estate comprising the villages of of Tetulia, Hardia, Belhanda and Dhamhare, and bearing tauzi No. 4920 on the rent roll of the Collector of Monghyr. The High Court decreed partition. 3. That estate had originally formed part of a larger estate named Tappa Chautham and received its separate tauzi No. 4920 when carved out of the parent estate more than forty years ago. At that time its proprietors were Hansraj Singh, Bhukhan Singh and Totaram Singh, who formed a joint Hindu family. 4. These three persons separated in board and residence in or about 1876, and either then or afterwards separate accounts were opened for each of their sha...