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The Law Reports. Under the Superintendence and Control of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales Indian Appeals: Being Cases in the Privy Council on appeal from the East Indies 1880-81

1881

BANGARI SESHAMMA MA Leith Q. C. and Bowring for the Appellant contended that by NAYANAUR the custom of the family and caste which on the evidence must be held to be established he and Chandrasehhara as the sons of the first or royal wife of Ramadasappa and his surviving widow were entitled to succeed to the polliam in preference to the Respondent who though elder in age was the sou of a y [...] The Appellant Pedda Ramappa is the son of the third wife; the Respondent Seshamma is the soli of the fourth wife Venhatamma but was born before his half-brother Ramappa. [...] In the present car PEDDA the first two wives having died before the marriage of the third AMAPPA and fourth wives it is contended that the third wife is in the NAYANINARU V. position of a first or royal wife and that her son is entitled to suBANGARI SESHAMTIA reed in preference to elder-born sons of junior wives. [...] The preference which has been given to the first-born son over his brothers irrespective of the priority of the marriages of their mothers mainly depends upon the religious rules which guide the Hindu community. [...] The Judges who formed the majority of the Court in their judgment say " The ordinary course of succession is certainly shewn by the evidence to be that stated by the Plaintiff "—that is the order stated in the marginal note.
law
Pages
275
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.100079
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xv Herbert Cowell view
Cases in the Privy Council on Appeal from the East Indies
1-254 Herbert Cowell view
Index
255-i Herbert Cowell view

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