1. These second appeals arise out Of two connected suits brought by the same person in the District Munsiffs Court of Cranganore, O. S. 79 of 1122 and O. S. 80 of 1122. Two adjoining shop buildings and the sites on which they stand formed the subject-matter of dispute in these suits. O. S. 79 of 1122 related to the southern of the two buildings and its site, and O. S. 80 of 1122 to the northern building and its site. Plaintiff is the widow and sole heir of one Venkiteswara Prabhu, who died in Meenom 1121. Her case in each of the two suits was that the shop in respect of which that suit was filed was leased by her deceased husband to the defendant therein for a monthly rent of Rs. 5/- and the latter had defaulted to pay the rent from Karkatagom 1121 and also failed to execute a fresh lease deed in her favour in spite of her demand and that she was therefore entitled to recover possession of the shop and its site from him. Alternatively she claimed in each suit that she was entitled to recover possession of the property on the strength of her husband's title which had devolved on her after his death. One Kunhikayi was the defendant in O. S. 79 of 1122 and the lease in his