One Kumaraswamy Odayar died in about 1930 unmarried survived by his mother Soundarathammal and his sister Kamalathammal. On the death of Kumaraswamy Odayar, Soundarathammal succeeded to the property as his mother. On 25th November. 1955 Soundarathammal and her daughter Kamalathammal jointly executed a settlement deed in respect of the suit property in favour of Kamalambal, the sister’s daughter of Soundarathammal. Soundaratnammal herself died in 1957 and Kamalathammal died later. The first respondent herein instituted O.S. No. 367 of 1960 on the file of the Court of the District Munsif of Valangi-man at Kumbakonam for recovery of possession of the suit property with future profits. Before the suit, Kamalambai had alienated the property to Rathanavelu Odayar and one Ratnaswamy Odayar was in possession of the property as lessee under Rathanavelu Odayar. ‘Therefore, in the suit he impleaded Kamalambal as the first defendant, Rathanavelu Odayar as the 2nd defendant and Ratnaswamy Odayar as the 3rd defendant. The case of the plaintiff was that his grandfather and Kumara-swamy’s grandfather were brothers and therefore he was the nearest male reversioner after the death of Kamal