Court : Kolkata
Decided on : Jun-08-1896
Reported in : (1897)ILR24Cal216
Ameer Ali, J.1. The plaintiff seeks in this suit to recover possession of two houses situated in Calcutta, being No. 97, Canning Street, and No. 2, Portuguese Church Street. Originally she had also included in her claim No. 96, Canning Street, but when the case came on for trial that portion of the claim was abandoned.2. The circumstances which have given rise to this suit are shortly these.3. On the 9th of February 1816 a deed of settlement in contem(sic)tion marriage was executed by a gentleman named Moradkban, belonging to the Armenian community. The lady whom he was going to marry, together with the trustees of the settlement, were parties to the deed.4. By that deed Moradkhan assigned a sum of Rs. 25,000, which he had lent out to some people, to the aforesaid trustees, named Manuk and Gasper, upon certain trusts, to which I shall refer more particularly later on, with a power to them to invest the money when realised in 'real or Government securities.' In pursuance of or acting un...
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