{"id":233927,"date":"1929-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1929-10-22T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/md-abdul-rahim-vs-mt-izzatunnissa-bai-on-23-october-1929"},"modified":"2017-02-03T20:19:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T14:49:13","slug":"md-abdul-rahim-vs-mt-izzatunnissa-bai-on-23-october-1929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/md-abdul-rahim-vs-mt-izzatunnissa-bai-on-23-october-1929","title":{"rendered":"Md. Abdul Rahim vs Mt. Izzatunnissa Bai on 23 October, 1929"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Allahabad High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Md. Abdul Rahim vs Mt. Izzatunnissa Bai on 23 October, 1929<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: AIR 1930 All 72<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>1. This is an appeal by the defendant in a suit for account. This suit was resisted upon every ground which was possible to human ingenuity. The Court of first instance overruled the plea of limitation raised by the defendant and came to the conclusion that the defendant in his capacity as manager of the property belonging to the family was liable to render an account of his stewardship. A preliminary decree was accordingly passed in favour of the plaintiff and the defendant was saddled with her costs. In the present appeal which relates only to costs it has been contended that the Court below ought no to have passed a decree for costs in plaintiff&#8217;s favour in the preliminary decree-but ought to have stayed its hands till the time of the passing of the final decree. It is also pointed out that the plaintiff had overvalued her claim.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. We are of opinion that the plaintiff as the successful party in the suit was entitled to a decree for costs and it makes no difference that the costs were allowed in the preliminary decree. There is nothing in principle which precludee the Court from assessing costs and passing a decree for costs in favour of the successful party in a suit for accounts in the course of the preliminary decree. In a suit for accounts the relief cannot be valued with meticulous precision. The plaintiff could only make a rough estimate of the value of the claim and that is what appears to have been done in the suit. We think that the costs were rightly assessed and the decree passed by the Court below does not call for any interference. We dismiss the appeal under Order 41, R, 11, Civil P.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allahabad High Court Md. Abdul Rahim vs Mt. Izzatunnissa Bai on 23 October, 1929 Equivalent citations: AIR 1930 All 72 JUDGMENT 1. This is an appeal by the defendant in a suit for account. This suit was resisted upon every ground which was possible to human ingenuity. 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