20. Admission by persons expressly referred to by party to suit.
Statements made by persons to whom a party to the suit has expressly referred for information in reference to a matter in dispute are admissions.
Illustration-
The question is, whether a horse sold by A to B is sound.
A says to B “Go and ask C. C knows all about it” C’s statement is an admission.
COMMENT:
In eviction suit where person having power of attorney for tenants admits arrears of rent tenant subsequently cannot resile(abandon a position/back off) from such admission.
Related case- Ram Sahai v. Jai Prakash, 1993
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