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2. It appears that the petitioners 1 to 3 purchased, together with the other members of the family, certain shares in Mehal Motihari, town No. 644, from Musammat Barkatunnessa of Gaya on the 25th July 1904. The consideration of the said deed of sale was stated to be Rs. 19,214 in cash and currency notes, Rs. 6,286 by way of paying off old bond debts, and Rs. 13,967 on account of four promissory notes executed by the said Musammat Barkatunnessa; total Rs. 39,467.
3. In a suit brought by the,Maharani of Bettiah for pre-emption of the said shares filed on the 7th of March 1905, the Subordinate Judge, who tried the case, held that the four promissory notes for Rs. 13,987 were forgeries put forward for the sole purpose of increasing the amount the Maharani would have to pay in the exercise of her right of pre-emption.