Abdur Rahman, J.

1. Kotamma, a Brahmin girl, became a widow while she was very young. When she grew older, she fell into evil ways and had two illegitimate children one of whom Namburi Subbamma is the present plaintiff and the other Sundararamayya is the seventh defendant in the present litigation. Kotamma, died on the 12th October, 1919 and left some stridhanam property at the time of her death which forms the subject matter of the present suit.

2. The property left by Kotamma, was sold by her son Sundararamayya to six defendants (defendants 1 to 6) under several sale deeds. Namburi Subbamma brought a suit out of which the present appeals arise for the recovery of their possession. If the children were not illegitimate, Kotammas stridhanam property would, under the ordinary rule of Hindu law devolve on her daughter Namburi Subbamma in preference to her son. But it was contended that as Kotamma was an outcaste and lived in a degraded condition, the plaintiff would be no heir to her mother and the seventh defendant would succeed to her property (paragraph 5 of the written statement). This plea did not prevail and the suit was decreed by the District Munsif of Kanigiri. Defenda