Court : Mumbai
Decided on : Nov-16-1906
Reported in : (1907)9BOMLR119
Russell, J.1. This case raises a very interesting question under the Stamp Act, for which, I may say, no distinct authority has been brought to my notice.2. The question arises in this way : The plaintiff sues as the assignee of a certain contract for the delivery of gunny bags which had been entered into by one Sharifbhoy Ebrabim who was the son of the second plaintiff with the present defendant.3. It appears that Sharifbhoy was largely indebted to the firm of which the first plaintiff and Sharifbhoy's father were partners? and towards satisfaction of the liability he assigned the benefits of this contract with the defendant which I have mentioned.4. In the course of the plaintiff's evidence Mr. Jardine, his counsel, tendered the following document (the one which is impounded).5. The principal portion and the principal subject matter of this document is this. It is a Gujarati contract called a sale of a number of gunny bags by the defendant to this man Sharifbhoy and there are a large...
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