https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277498 Section 43 of the Contract Act applies only to a joint promise and does not authorise fastening liability on one heir alone where rent liability arises from an inherited tenancy claimed against all the heirs. A suit framed against all heirs of a deceased tenant, treating them as holding one tenancy, could not be converted into a case against a single heir on an unpleaded footing. The decree against the lone heir therefore could not stand, and the matter was remitted for fresh determination against all defendants. en-us Fri, 23 Jun 1916 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 05 Dec 2018 17:56:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277498 Section 43 of the Contract Act applies only to a joint promise and does not authorise fastening liability on one heir alone where rent liability arises from an inherited tenancy claimed against all the heirs. A suit framed against all heirs of a deceased tenant, treating them as holding one tenancy, could not be converted into a case against a single heir on an unpleaded footing. The decree against the lone heir therefore could not stand, and the matter was remitted for fresh determination against all defendants. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Jun 1916 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277498