{"id":17834,"date":"1898-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1898-01-30T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/marudamuthu-nadan-and-ors-vs-srinivasa-pillai-and-ors-on-31-january-1898"},"modified":"2019-03-19T19:08:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T13:38:48","slug":"marudamuthu-nadan-and-ors-vs-srinivasa-pillai-and-ors-on-31-january-1898","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/marudamuthu-nadan-and-ors-vs-srinivasa-pillai-and-ors-on-31-january-1898","title":{"rendered":"Marudamuthu Nadan And Ors. vs Srinivasa Pillai And Ors. on 31 January, 1898"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Marudamuthu Nadan And Ors. vs Srinivasa Pillai And Ors. on 31 January, 1898<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: (1898) ILR 21 Mad 128<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: Davies, Boddam<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>1. In accordance with the judgment of the Full Bench we must hold that the alienation is not binding on the plaintiffs. In the result, we set aside the decrees of the Courts below and give judgment for plaintiffs for possession of the land sued for on their paying Rs. 230 within three months from this date, failing which the suit will stand dismissed with coats throughout. If the payment is duly made each party will bear their own coats throughout.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Marudamuthu Nadan And Ors. vs Srinivasa Pillai And Ors. on 31 January, 1898 Equivalent citations: (1898) ILR 21 Mad 128 Bench: Davies, Boddam JUDGMENT 1. In accordance with the judgment of the Full Bench we must hold that the alienation is not binding on the plaintiffs. 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