MUHAMMAD ABDUL GHANI vs MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM JALIL — 1985 MLD 1510

Citation: 1985 MLD 1510

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1962

Decision Date: 1962-01-30

Parties: MUHAMMAD ABDUL GHANI vs MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM JALIL

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Case cited as 1985 MLD 1510

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): G. B. Constantine Title: MUHAMMAD ABDUL GHANI vs MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM JALIL Case No.: Second Civil Appeal No, 34 of 1960 Date of Judgment:1962-01-30 Reported As: 1985 MLD 1510 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT ' This is a second appeal against the judgment of the Additional District Judge, Karachi (Mr. Mehdi All Siddiqi) dismissing an appeal from the judgment of the First Class Sub-Judge, Karachi (Mr. Moazzam Ali). ' The appellant is the plaintiff, an Advocate practicing in Karachi, who filed a suit for the recovery of Rs,2,000 from the respondent alleging that this was the amount which the respondent had agreed to pay Mr. Ghani in return for professional services in conducting a case in the civil Court on behalf of the respondent. The defence was that the defendant had not agreed to pay Rs,2,000. The fees for conducting the suit were to be settled by a common friend. Both the lower Courts have found that the defendant agreed to pay Rs,2,000 to the plaintiff as his professional fee for conducting the whole case, and the finding of the Additional District Judge is binding upon me in second appeal. The trial Court found against the defendant's contention that the fee was to be settled by a common friend. The trial Court came to the following conclusion: "As already mentioned the plaintiff was to get Rs,2,000 as his fee for conducting the whole case. However, after the termination of the forma pauperism proceedings, the defendant…

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