Lachmin Kuar And Anr. vs Debi Prasad on 17 May, 1898
In the case of Lachmin Knar v. Debi Prasad 20 A. 435, the facts were these: three brothers Ram Narain, Sheo Narain and Jai Narain, whose ancestral home was at Bilar in the Cawnpore district, went out into the world* and obtained employment in the Commissariat Department and in the course of time each acquired considerable wealth. They were not shown to have had any assistance from the joint family funds except in their support in early years and rudimentary education. It was not shown that any money was raised on the ancestral house to start any of them in life. They did not work jointly and no one of them was shown to have had any concern with the savings and accumulations of the other brothers. The question before the Court was whether the savings and accumulations of one of the brothers formed joint family property, and it was contended in support of the affirmative that Sheo Narain was educated when a boy at the family expense, and that, therefore, his subsequent earnings and accumulations should be treated as joint family property.