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12. There are, however, other features in respect of this draft which show that it does not achieve the purpose for which it was attempted to be used by the appellant before the learned trial Judge. To appreciate that aspect of the case it is necessary to state the circumstances in which this draft came to be used at the trial Court According to the usual practice on the Original Side of this Court an admitted brief of documents containing this draft was prepared and was sent by the plaintiff's' attorneys to the defendant company's attorneys for comparison. At that stage the defendant company's attorneys put the words 'Western India Theatres Limited' in pencil on that, draft signifying that the draft had been signed by the company. Then the plaintiff's attorneys asked the defendant company's attorneys to initial that copy draft when they replied that they would take instructions on the matter from the defendant company. Subsequently the draft was initialled by the attorneys of the defendant company and the brief of documents containing this draft was admitted. At the trial the learned Advocate General who appeared on behalf of the defendant company admitted that brief of documents without taking any exception to that draft. The Advocate General in his address before the learned trial Judge said that he admitted the draft on a misapprehension of facts. The facts as they appear now are what have been stated before, namely, (1) that this was only a draft, (2) that it was not actually signed and used by the company, (3) that it was not despatched to the addressee at all and (4) that the addressee who was the plaintiff did not get, as he could not, the original of that letter.