The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles and other Matters February 1 1911

When however the tenant defendant in rent muff claims a title in himself adversely to the plaintiff landlord and the subsquent title suit Ding between the same parties the question of title will be res judieata if the issue of title was directly and Substantially raised in the rent suit. [...] Meares who as Electrical adviser to the Government of India is competent to speak with authority upon the subject has been assisted so far as the legal aspect of the matter is concerned by Mr. [...] It is incomprehensible how any beginner in the study of law can be reasonably expected to understand the principles of the law of mortgages from the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act which furnish enough of puzzles for the busy practitioner. [...] It is in no sense a mere book of reference and we feel no doubt that the busiest practitioner will he amply repaid his labours not merely by the orderly exposition of legal principles and the lively criticism of judicial opinions but also by the literary allusions and the graces of style which appear in every page of the volume. [...] The learned author has shown great consideration to the profession by publishing the lectures separately and we venture to express the hope that when the second volume which will contain the text of the Transfer of Property Act is /rought out it will contain comments upon all the sections of the Statute ; the profession will no doubt be thankful for the lluminating notes of the learned author