Pandit Suraj Narain vs Pandit Ratan Lal on 30 January, 1917
In the case before this Board, Suraj Naruin v. Ratan Lal (1917) L.R. 44 I.A. 201 it was pointed out that the effect in such transactions was to cause the whole property to become joint, and the only real distinction that can be drawn between that case and the present is that there separate estate was brought into a joint family account instead of as in this case the joint family property being brought into the separate accounts, Their Lordships are unable to see that this distinction is sufficient to defeat the appellants claim. The real question to determination is what is the true conclusion to be drawn when people united, as the present parties were, by bonds of close relationship and living as a joint family, draw for the joint family expenses out of a fund enriched by other contributions. They think that the result is accurately stated by the Subordinate Judge, in the following words: