(1.) THE plaintiff in O.S. No. 140 of 1953 of the Moovattupuzha Munsiff's Court, an endorsee of a document dated 3 -2 -1950, is the petitioner before us. The instrument reads as follows:
(2.) THE lower court has stated:
(3.) ARTICLE 49, Travancore -Cochin Stamp Act, 1125 provides: