Debendra Nath Sen vs Mirza Abdul Samed Seroji And Ors. on 18 February, 1909
227 : 39 L.J. Ch. 342 : 22 L.T. 190 : 19 W.R. 196, Kinniard v. Trollope (1838) 39 Ch. D. 66 : 57 L.J. Ch. 905 : 39 L.T. 433 : 37 W.R. 234 and Debendra Nath Sen v. Mirza Abdul Samed Seroji 1 Ind. Cas. 264 : 10 C.L.J. 150 at p. 163 were relied upon for this proposition. In view of the events that have taken place and of the present title of the parties, it is difficult to apply the rule of estoppel; but it is unnecessary, to consider whether it is applicable. In any case, Bomma Razu would not have taken a mortgage of the dasabandham rights if he had conceived himself to be entitled to right's of full ownership in it; and the conduct of Bomma Razu is, therefore, strong evidence in favour of the existence of the custom. He was deeply interested in denying the existence and questioning the effect of the custom, he would have had intimate knowledge of facts enabling him to determine whether the custom was prevalent, yet he acted to the detriment of his own interests in a manner which cart only be explained on the basis of the existence of the custom and a consciousness of its having binding force. Exhibits O, O1, OO, E, LL, K, H, H1 need not be referred to in detail; they ail support the same conclusion.