ASHARFI LAL Vs. FIRM THAKUR PD KISHORI LAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ON a reference made by our brothers Broome and G. S. Lal, JJ. this appeal under Section 6-A of the Court-fees Act (U. P. Amendment) has been laid before us.

(2.) THE respondent firm Thakur Prasad Kishori Lal brought the suit giving rise to this appeal for accounting and for the recovery of the sum found due after ac counting to the plaintiff respondent from the defendant appellant Asharfi Lal. In the plaint the suit was valued at Rs. 300, Paragraph 10 of the plaint, which deals with the valuation of the suit reads:

(3.) ON accounting it was found that a sum of Rs. 11, 825/50 was due to the plain tiff respondent from the defendant appel lant but before the trial Court decreed the suit and passed a formal decree or signed it made the plaintiff respondent deposit ad valorem court-fee on the sum of Rs. 11, 825/50.