61 480 The following issues were framed on the above con tentions: " (2) Is the said joint family the owner of the right and benefits of the contract for the felling and removal of timber from Coupe No. 4, Nedumangad Taluq, entered into with the Forest Department, Travancore Cochin State? Has the joint family any interest in the said contract? (3) Is Mr. Kuppuswami Karayalar whose name appears as the contractor only a name lender for the joint Hindu family of which the respondent is a member?" On issue 3, the Tribunal found that Krishnaswami Karayalar was the real contracting party, and that Kuppuswami was a benamidar for him, and on issue 2, that the contract was entered into on behalf of the joint family, of which the appellant was a member.