S. Padmanabhan, J.

1. The Additional plaintiff in O.S. No. 71 of. 1968, who is the son and legal representative of Paramayee Animal, the deceased first plaintiff, is the appellant. Paramayee Ammal having died pending suit, her son the appellant was brought on record as her legal representative. Paramayee Ammal filed the suit for a declaration that the agreement of sale executed by her in favour of defendants 1 and 2 on 17th June, 1967 was void and inoperative and for other reliefs. The suit was dismissed by the trial Court and consequently the present appeal has been filed.

2. The facts of the case may be briefly set out as follows : One Marimuthu Pillai, the husband of Paramayee Animal was the owner of an extent of 4.04 acres of land comprised in T.S. No. 1332 in Erode Town. Marimuthu Pillai died in 1953 leaving two widows one of whom was Paramayee Ammal and two sons Venugopal and Rajagopal through his first wife and a son Madhavakrishnan, the appellant herein and a daughter Lakshmi though his second wife Paramayee Ammal. On the death of Marimuthu Pillai disputes arose between the first plaintiff on the one hand and her son, the second plaintiff and step-sons on the other. T