1. It would be profitless for us to discuss the bearing ofthe decisions in Mackenzie v. Narsing Sahai : 1 Ind. Cas. 413 [LQ/CalHC/1909/100] : 36 C. 762 : 10 C.L.J. 113, and Narain Das v. Balgobind : 11Ind. 517 : 33 A. 528 : 8 A.L.J. 604, because in this case we have to deal withthe fact that a preliminary decree was passed in appeal by the High Court,after a final decree previously passed by the Court of first instance. How thiscame about, we do not know, but it is a fact from which there is no escape, andwe, therefore, have to see what the result is. The decree of the High Court ofthe 8th of January 1903, though a preliminary decree, must be regarded asdecisive of the rights of the parties, notwithstanding the fact that there hadbeen a prior final decree, and in the special circumstances of this case, wehave so to determine. It is conceded before us that if the decree of the HighCourt is to be the governing decree, then the appeal fails. In the view we havetaken, therefore, this appeal must fail, and we dismiss it with costs.
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