1. Plaintiff is the appellant in this second appeal. The suit is for streedhanam including the price of gold ornaments and bronze vessels. Plaintiff is the sister of defendants 1 and 2. The third defendant is their mother. Plaintiff was married in the year 1088 to one Devaseya Devaseya. It is alleged in the plaint that at the time of her marriage, her father, Cheriath, promised to give her 6000 Chakrams as streedhanam, gold ornaments for six sovereigns and bronze vessels of the weight of 450 Palams but that these were not given to her. The father died intestate in the year 1112. Plaint schedule properties belonged to him. According to the plaintiff, the streedhanam due to her including the value of the ornaments and bronze vessels is a charge on the plaint schedule properties and she is entitled to realise the same from the properties. Demand was made by the plaintiff on 2.1.1121 by means of a registered notice and the suit

was filed on 29.1.1121.

2. The first defendant filed separate written statement in the case while defendants2 and 3 filed a joint written statement. The main contentions of the defendants were that the suit was not maintainable and that it was barred b