Alagiri Chetty And Anr. vs Muthuswami Chetty And Ors. on 2 August, 1939
8. Mr. Sitarama Rao also cited Gobind Lal Seal v. Debendranath Mullick (1881) 6 Cal. 311. There one Hira Lal Seal who was the owner of a house and the predecessor-in-title of the plaintiff allowed the defendant's predecessor to occupy the house and the question arose whether Article 142 or Article 144 governed the suit brought to recover possession of it. The learned Judges held that, Article 144 applied to the case, Garth C.J. observing: