{"id":51135,"date":"1896-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1896-05-06T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mahabir-pershad-and-anr-vs-adhikari-koer-and-anr-on-7-may-1896"},"modified":"2016-02-23T08:28:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T02:58:55","slug":"mahabir-pershad-and-anr-vs-adhikari-koer-and-anr-on-7-may-1896","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mahabir-pershad-and-anr-vs-adhikari-koer-and-anr-on-7-may-1896","title":{"rendered":"Mahabir Pershad And Anr. vs Adhikari Koer And Anr. on 7 May, 1896"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Calcutta High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mahabir Pershad And Anr. vs Adhikari Koer And Anr. on 7 May, 1896<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: (1896) ILR 23 Cal 942<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Macnaghten<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: Hobhouse, Macnaghten, Morris, James, R Couch<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Macnaghten, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. Their Lordships are of opinion that there is no foundation for this appeal. They entirely agree with the judgment of the Court below. They think that the possession has been adverse since the year 1843, the date of Dipa Koer&#8217;s death; and they will, therefore, humbly advise Her Majesty that the appeal must be dismissed with costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calcutta High Court Mahabir Pershad And Anr. vs Adhikari Koer And Anr. on 7 May, 1896 Equivalent citations: (1896) ILR 23 Cal 942 Author: Macnaghten Bench: Hobhouse, Macnaghten, Morris, James, R Couch JUDGMENT Macnaghten, J. 1. Their Lordships are of opinion that there is no foundation for this appeal. 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