Life of Ahmad — Page 713
as THE WALL 713 between these places and his residential house and office. They have to take now a long winding way when they come to him to show proofs, or for some other work. The plaintiff has claimed Rs. 1,000 as damages Rs. 500 have been spent on the construction of the new well in the boarding house. But the finding of this court in this matter is that the plaintiff had to construct it to meet the growing requirements of the school, the boarding house and the printing press. I do not think it has anything to do with the blocking of the lane under dispute. Sabir Ali, a defence witness, has shown a leaflet, dated February 17th, 1897, in which the plaintiff says that another building is required for the guests and that a well should also be constructed near the guest house. Collection of subscriptions was also decided upon for this purpose. Subscriptions were actually collected in accordance with this. . . Whatever the case might be, the new well has no connection with the blocking of the lane. Hence there are left Rs. 500 out of the damages claimed. . . It appears that calculation of any definite amount of damages, like that of the well, is not possible in such matters. But there is no doubt that the plaintiff has actually suffered by the erection of the wall. I think the plaintiff did not really care to realize the damages; his real object was to get a decree