{"id":51906,"date":"1896-03-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1896-03-29T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/palaniappa-chetty-vs-avatharaman-and-ors-on-30-march-1896"},"modified":"2014-09-11T13:19:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T07:49:01","slug":"palaniappa-chetty-vs-avatharaman-and-ors-on-30-march-1896","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/palaniappa-chetty-vs-avatharaman-and-ors-on-30-march-1896","title":{"rendered":"Palaniappa Chetty vs Avatharaman And Ors. on 30 March, 1896"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Palaniappa Chetty vs Avatharaman And Ors. on 30 March, 1896<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: (1897) 7 MLJ 195<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: S Aiyar<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Subramania Aiyar, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. The plaintiff sues upon a bond executed to his deceased father. In the absence of any admission or evidence to the contrary, the presumption is that the debt was one due to the family, and no certificate of heirship was necessary to enable the plaintiff to recover the debt.<\/p>\n<p>2. I set aside the order of the Subordinate Judge and direct the suit be restored to the file and dealt with according to law. Costs to abide and follow the result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Palaniappa Chetty vs Avatharaman And Ors. on 30 March, 1896 Equivalent citations: (1897) 7 MLJ 195 Author: S Aiyar JUDGMENT Subramania Aiyar, J. 1. The plaintiff sues upon a bond executed to his deceased father. 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