Judgment.-The question for debate in the second appeal preferred by the plaintiff is whether the finding of the learned District Munsif, Srivaikuntam in O.S. No. 441 of 1968 which was confirmed by the Subordinate Judge, Tuticorin in A.S. No. 7 of 1971, that item (1) of the suit property did not belong to the predecessor-in-title of the appellant and that item (2) of the suit property was not liable for redemption and recovery of possession on the ground of limitation, is a correct one. In her suit, the appellant sought redemption and recovery of possession of two items of land, survey Nos. 746/2 and 746/1, of 83 cents and 44 cents respectively. Her case was that both the items were originally owned by one Namasivaya Mudaliar who sold them under Exhibit A-3 on 23rd July, 1862 to one Paranjothi Nadar. Under the original of Exhibit A-4 dated 13th May, 1871, Paranjothi Nadar sold the two items to one Yesuvadial. On Yesuvadial’s death, her daughter Muthayee succeeded to her property. When Muthayee too died, her husband, Augustus Masilamani Nadar, succeeded to the property. He subsequently bequeathed the property by means of a Will to his foster-daughter, the appellant herein, and that

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