Summarize the following court judgment. Appeal No. 46 of 1961. Appeal from the judgment and decree dated July 17	 1958 of the Patna High Court in Appeal from Original Decree No. 162 of 1952. Sarjoo Prasad and D. N. Mukherjee	 for the appellant. R. C. Prasad	 for respondents Nos. 565 April 1	 1964. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by MUDHOLKAR	 J. This is an appeal by a certificate granted by the High Court of Patna under article 133(1)(a) of the Constitution	 and arises out of a suit instituted by the appellant against the respondents for the recovery of a sum of Rs. 57	000/ . The appellant holds permanent lease hold rights over a colliery called the Jealgora Govindpur Colliery and had worked the colliery himself for some time. On January 31	 1949	 he granted a sub lease of the colliery to respondent No. 4 for a term of five years. At that time	 2803 tons of slack and rubble coal was lying in the colliery	 and under the terms of a separate agreement executed by respondent No. 4	 he was liable to pay for this coal at the rate of Rs. 10/ per ton after selling it. According to the appellant	 this coal was sold by respondent No. 4	 but he was not paid its price amounting to Rs. 28	030/ . Further	 according to him	 royalty and commission were due to him from the respondents in respect of the coal extracted by them from the colliery	 as also Rs. 1	355 / 8 / 3 on account of a loan taken by them from him on February 17	 1949. The total claim was tentatively valued by him at Rs. 57	000/ . He joined respondents 1	 2 and 5 as defendants to the suit on the ground that these three persons along with respondent No. 4 formed a partnership firm known as Saurashtra Coal Concern which was joined in the suit as defendant No. 5 and is now respondent No. 3 before us. The appellant 's case was that respondent No. 4 was a benamidar for the partnership firm and	 therefore	 all the respondents were liable for the claim. Respondents 4 & 5	 who are father and son	 admitted the appellant 's contention that the lease was obtained by respondent No. 4 on behalf of the partnership firm	 but their contention was that they surrendered their lease hold interest to the appellant on November 1	 1950	 which was accepted by him	 and that he was	 therefore	 not entitled to the claim in respect of royalty and commission from them for the period subsequent to November 1	 1950. Further	 according to them	 the coal which was lying in the colliery was not actually weighed at the time of the agreement and the figure of 2803 tons was put down only as a rough estimate. According to them	 on the date of the surrender of the lease by them	 there was a stock of more than 2803 tons of slack and rubble	 etc.	 as well as soft coke	 including the stock left by the appellant at the time of granting the sub lease	 because that could not be sold	 and the appellant took possession of the entire stock lying in the colliery in November	 1950	 after promising to adjust it towards the dues. They	 therefore	 566 disclaimed all liability to pay the price of 2803 tons of coal. They also denied having taken a loan from the appellant as alleged by him. No separate written statement was filed on behalf of respondent No. 3	 but respondents 1 & 2	 who were defendants 2 & 4 in the trial court	 denied the appellant 's claim totally. According to them	 respondent No. 4 took the sub lease in his personal capacity and not on behalf of the 'other respondents. They averred that there was no privity of contract between them and the appellant and that	 therefore. he was not entitled to a decree against them. The real facts	 according to them	 are that the respondent No. 4 took a sublease of the property from the appellant and gave a managing agency of the same to the Saurashtra Coal Concern of which the first respondent is the financing partner and the second respondent is the working partner. This concern was	 they say	 never a sub lessee of the appellant. They also denied having anything to do with the stock of coal which the appellant is alleged to have sold to the 4th respondent. The trial court negatived the claim of the appellant in respect of the loan but decreed the claim for Rs. 28	030/ as the price of coal and commission thereon against all the respondents. It further passed a preliminary decree for ascertaining the precise amount of royalty and commission which would be due to the appellant on account of the sub lease. The trial court further said that the minimum amount under this head would be Rs. 26	000/ . Respondents 1 to 3 preferred an appeal to the High Court and the High Court accepted it. Thus	 the position now is that the decree of the trial court stands only against respondents 4 & 5	 but has been set aside as against respondents 1 to 3. In view of the fact that both the courts below have found concurrently that the sub lease in question was taken by respondent No. 4 alone	 the only point urged by Mr. Sarjoo Prasad in support of the appeal is that respondent No. 4 being a partner in the Saurashtra Coal Concern	 all the partners of the firm are liable under the lease inasmuch as the firm admittedly came into possession of the demised colliery. He points out that even according to respondents 1 to 3	 they came into possession of the demised colliery immediately after the execution 'of the sub lease	 and wants this Court to infer from this that the partnership had already come into existence before the lease was obtained. This	 however	 has never been the case of the appellant in the courts below. The only case which he put forward was that the lease was taken by respondent No. 4 on behalf of all the respondents. In other words	 his case was that respondent No. 4 was a benamidar for the partnership firm. It is only 567 this case which the respondents had to meet	 and in our judgment	 it would not be proper to permit the appellant to make out an entirely new case at this stage. Apart from that	 section 22 of the 	 clearly provides that in order to bind a firm by an act or an instrument executed by a partner on behalf of the firm	 the act should be done or the instrument should be executed in the name of the firm	 or in any other manner expressing or implying an intention to bind the firm. The sub lease was not executed in the name of the firm	 and it has been found by the courts below that respondent No. 4 in obtaining the lease	 did not act 'on behalf of the firm. This in substance means +	hat in obtaining the sub lease	 the parties to it did not intend to bind the firm by that transaction. In support of his contention	 Mr. Sarjoo Prasad has strongly relied upon the decision in Karmali Abdulla Allarakia vs Vora Karimji Jiwanji and others(1). That was a case in which the question for consideration was whether one of the two partners is liable upon a hundi drawn by one of the partners though the hundi was not drawn in the name of the firm. The Privy Council following the decision in Gouthwaite vs Duckworth(1) held that the other partner would be liable though on the face of it the hundi did not purport to be on behalf of the firm. That decision	 however	 does not help the appellant	 because while the transaction in connection with which the hundi was drawn	 was admittedly a partnership transaction	 in the case before us	 it has been found that the transaction	 that is	 the taking of the sub lease	 was not on behalf of the partnership. The next case relied upon was Mathura Nath Choudhury vs Sreejukta Bageswari Rani and others(2). In that case	 the question was whether the firm is liable for the money borrowed by one of its partners. The High Court pointed out that this is a question of fact and depends upon the facts and circumstances of each particular case. In that case also	 it was found that the liability arose upon a contract entered into by one of the partners in connection with the partnership business. This case is	 therefore	 similar to the one just referred to above. The third case relied upon is Pandiri Veeranna vs Grandi Veerabhadraswami(4). In that case	 the question was whether the fact that one of the several partners had authority to acknowlede liability to save limitation as against his partners	 had to be established only by direct evidence or whether it could be inferred from the surrounding circumstances. The High Court held that it was (1) ILR at 274	 etc. (2) (1810) 12 East 421. (3) 46 CLJ 362. (4) ILR Bench). 568 permissible to establish the existence of authority from the surrounding circumstances. The case is thus of no assistance to the appellant. The next case relied upon was Lakshmishankar Devshankar vs Motiram Vishnuram	 etc.(1). There	 it was held that where money borrowed by one partner in the name of the firm but without the authority of the co partners has been applied to paying off the debts of the firm	 the lender is entitled in equity to repayment by the firm of the amount which he can show to have been so applied and the same rule extends to money bona fide borrowed and applied for any legitimate purposes of the firm. It is difficult to appreciate how this case advances the present matter further	 because here	 the sub lease has not been obtained in the name of the firm. The last case relied upon was Gordhanadas Chliotalal Seth vs Mahant Shri	 Raghuvirdasji Gangaramji(2) That again is a case in which the firm was held to be bound by the debts contracted by the managing partner for the purposes of the factory run by the firm. All the partners were held liable	 because the transaction was entered into	 by the managin partner for the purpose of the partnership business. This case is similar to the one just referred to above and is	 therefore	 of no assistance to the appellant. Mr. Sarjoo Prasad also referred to two other decisions in Ram Kinkar Banerjee and others vs Satya Chararan Srimani and others(3) and Raja Sri Sri Jyoti Prasad Singh Deo Bahadur vs Samuet Henry Seddon(4). In these cases	 the defendants sought to be made liable were assignees of a lease	 but that is not the case here. Indeed	 Mr. Sarjoo Prasad quite rightly conceded that respondents 1 to 3 cannot be made liable upon the ground that there was a privity of estate between them and the appellant. We	 therefore	 agree with the High Court that the decree should be limited only against respondents 4 and 5	 and dismiss the appeal with costs. Appeal dismissed. (1)6 BLR 1106. (2) 34 BLR 1137. (3)AIR (4) ILR 19 Pat. 433 at 459.

The plaintiff appellant instituted a suit against the defen dants respondents for the recovery of a sum of Rs. 57	000/ . The appellant was holding permanent lease hold rights over a certain colliery. On January 31	 1949 the appellant granted a sub lease of the colliery to respondent No. 4 for a term of 5 years. He joined respondents 1	 2 and 5 as defendants to the suit on the ground that these three persons along with respondent No. 4 formed a partnership firm known as Saurashtra Coal Concern which was joined in the suit as defendant No. 5. The appellant 's case was that respondent No. 4 was a benamidar for the partnership firm and	 therefore	 all the respondents were liable for the claim. Respondents 1 and 2 denied the appellant 's claim totally. According to them	 respondent No. 4 took the sub lease in his personal capacity and not on behalf of the other respondents. Respondents 4 and 5 who are father and son	 admitted the appellant 's case that the lease was obtained by respondent No. 4 on behalf of the partnership firm. The trial court passed the decree against all the respondents. On appeal	 the High Court set aside the decree as against respondents 1 to 3 but affirmed the same against respondents 4 and 5. Held: that Section 22 of the 	 clearly provides that in order to bind a firm by an Act or an ins trument executed by a partner on behalf of the firm	 the Act should be done or the instrument should be executed in the name of the firm	 or in any other manner expressing or implying an intention to bind the firm. The sub lease was not executed in the name of the firm. On the facts of this case it was held that in obtaining the sub lease	 the parties to it did not intend to bind the firm by that transaction	 and therefore the decree should be limited only against respondents 4 and 5. Karmali Abdullah Allarakia vs Vora Karimji Jiwanji	 I.L.R. 	 Gouthwaite vs Duckworth	 (1810) 12 East 421	 Mathura Nath Choudhury vs Sreejukta Bageswari Rani	 46 C.L.J. 362	 Pandiri Veeranna vs Grandi Veerabhadi aswami. T.L.R. 	 Lakshmishankar Devshankar vs Motiram Vishnuram	 6 B.L.R. 1106 and Gordhandas Chhotalal Seth v	 Mahant Shri Raghubirdasi Gangaramji	 34 B.L.R. 1137	 distinguished.