Rajamannar, C.J. — The only question in this appeal is whether the alleged adoption of the plaintiff-appellant to one Peddappa Reddiar by his senior widow, the first defendant, is valid. The suit was filed by him for a declaration that he was, such validly adopted son and for partition of the suit properties. The two defendants were the two widows of Peddappa Reddiar who died on 2nd September 1946. He had no male issue but by the first defendant he had four daughters and there is evidence that the daughters have also sons who were alive at the time of the death of Peddappa Reddiar. The plaintiff is the second son of Appuswami Reddiar the only brother of Peddappa Reddiar, but divided from him. In the plaint it was alleged that Peddappa Reddiar authorised the first defendant, his senior widow to make a adoption. It was further alleged that the widow also obtained the consent of the nearest agnates of her husband, namely, Appuswami Reddiar, his divided brother, and two sons of one Chinna Rami Reddi, the son of the brother of the paternal grandfather of her husband, namely, Gengi Reddi and Erra Nagi Reddi. The consent given by these three agnates was embodied in a registered document,

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