Courts to try all civil suits unless barred

a civil

nature excepting suits of which their cognizance

is either expressly or impliedly barred,. Eqdanations I.-A suit in which the right to property or to an offtce is

contested is a suit of a civil nature, notwithstanding that such right may depend

entirely on the decision of questions as to religious rites or ceremonies. 2[E.rplanation 11.-For the purposes of this section it is immaterial whether or not any fees are attached to the office referred to in Explanation 1 or whether or not such ofhe is attached to a particular place.]