https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171077 A decree against a firm must be construed as a whole, and where its terms expressly confine execution to partnership property in the hands of the partners, it cannot be treated as creating personal liability against the partners. The executing court is bound by the decree as passed and has no power to go behind it or enlarge the liability fixed by it. Reading the decree with the pleadings and trial court judgment confirmed that personal relief against the partners had been refused and execution was limited to firm assets. On that construction, the decree could not be executed against the personal properties of the partners, and the Supreme Court affirmed the order under challenge. en-us Tue, 08 Sep 1959 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 12:21:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171077 A decree against a firm must be construed as a whole, and where its terms expressly confine execution to partnership property in the hands of the partners, it cannot be treated as creating personal liability against the partners. The executing court is bound by the decree as passed and has no power to go behind it or enlarge the liability fixed by it. Reading the decree with the pleadings and trial court judgment confirmed that personal relief against the partners had been refused and execution was limited to firm assets. On that construction, the decree could not be executed against the personal properties of the partners, and the Supreme Court affirmed the order under challenge. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 08 Sep 1959 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171077