The father of minor defendants 1 to 4 who had been appointed as guardian ad litem has filed this appeal. The plaintiff is the son of the sister of one Pichu Ammal who is now dead. This Pichu Ammal was a Brahmin widow. On 28.4.1115 she had executed a gift deed for the plaint properties in favour of one Valliammal, the mother of the defendants. This Valli Ammal was the daughter's daughter of Pichu Ammal's deceased brother Sankaranarayana Iyer. Valli Ammal died in 1116 Pichu Ammal then executed Ext. B on 6.12.1116 cancelling the gift deed Ext. A to Valli Ammal. The same day she had executed Ext. E, a gift deed for the plaint and other properties in favour of the plaintiff in the case. It was the plaintiff's allegation that Valli Ammal had no knowledge of the execution of Ext. A gift deed in her favour, nor had she accepted the same. She had also not acted according to the provisions made therein. According to him Ext. A was therefore an invalid document. The properties covered by Ext. A remained in the possession of Pichu Ammal, and the plaintiff stated that after Pichu Ammal's death he got possession of the same. The plaintiff applied before the Taluk Office, Thovala for