T. P. Ahmed Hussain Sahib, a Muslim resident of Tirupattur North Arcot District, died on 24th July, 1952, leaving behind considerable properties and two widows, 7 sons and 3 daughters. Zuleika Bi was one of the two surviving widows She had 3 sons by Ahmed Hussain, the eldest of whom was T. P. Muhammad Yousuf Sahib. He was a lad about 18 years old at the time of his father’s death and his two younger brothers were still minors. There was a partition of the estate of the said Ahmed Hussain Sahib between his heirs in which all the heirs including Zuleika Bi and Muhammad Yousuf Sahib got their legitimate share of the properties as per Muslim Law. Zuleika Bi’s brother was one Abdul Jabbar Sahib, a merchant at Hindupur, having a residence at Tirupattur also. He evinced interest in the affairs of his sister and was instrumental in bringing about an amicable division of the assets of the deceased Ahmed Hussain between his heirs. Yousuf Sahib was living with his mother and he executed two documents in her favour, one called a gift deed and the other a deed of release by which he completely denuded himself of all the properties he got as a sharer in the estate of his deceased f