https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292074 A statutory entry under the Oudh Estates Act, 1869 conclusively established the pre-existing family custom of single-heir succession for the taluka, and that proved custom raised a presumption that the same rule also governed the last owner's non-talukdari acquisitions in a Muhammadan family. The burden was not on the defendant to prove a separate custom for the acquired property; rather, the plaintiff had to affirmatively show a different rule of devolution. As no contrary usage was proved, the presumption was not displaced and the acquired property was treated as following the same custom as the taluka. en-us Fri, 21 Jul 1916 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 05 Dec 2020 13:10:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292074 A statutory entry under the Oudh Estates Act, 1869 conclusively established the pre-existing family custom of single-heir succession for the taluka, and that proved custom raised a presumption that the same rule also governed the last owner's non-talukdari acquisitions in a Muhammadan family. The burden was not on the defendant to prove a separate custom for the acquired property; rather, the plaintiff had to affirmatively show a different rule of devolution. As no contrary usage was proved, the presumption was not displaced and the acquired property was treated as following the same custom as the taluka. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 21 Jul 1916 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292074